People on the Move: Every1; London Stock Exchange; Duchy Homes; Affirmative; Key
Preston-based digital marketing agency, every1, has appointed five new team members across various areas of the business.
Joshua Roseman joins the agency’s web development team in a senior role, Scott Bradley brings with him extensive technical SEO expertise and Emily Waddecar specialises in UX design.
In addition, Molly Cookson has joined the team in an account executive role. She is a skilled digital marketer with a flair for social media strategies.
Furthermore, every1’s newly-appointed financial director, Janet Roseman, will take control of the financial affairs of the business from a strategic and commercial perspective.
Simon Clayton, managing director of every1, said: “It’s really important to us to attract the best talent locally.
“All of our new team members have got stuck in from day one, showing enthusiasm and expertise and they’re already delivering fantastic results for both our clients and our agency.”
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Bod Buckby has joined London Stock Exchange plc as head of UK primary markets-North from Rothschild in Manchester.
He brings 20 years of equity capital markets and M&A experience.
Bod Buckby
He was director of M&A and head of UK regions IPO advisory, advising corporates, private equity, entrepreneurs and PLCs in the mid-cap market.
Prior to this he was responsible for originating and executing equity transactions across London Stock Exchange and international exchanges in the Rothschild Equity Capital Markets team in London.
Marcus Stuttard, head of AIM and UK primary markets, London Stock Exchange Group, said: “We are delighted to welcome Bod to the team.
“Bod brings extensive UK capital markets experience and a broad network of contacts which will benefit our issuers.”
Bod Buckby said: “I’m delighted to be joining London Stock Exchange and look forward to making the equity markets as accessible as possible to help drive growth for companies across the North.”
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Luxury house builder Duchy Homes has welcomed eight new faces to its North West division as it prepares for its growing number of developments across Cheshire and Lancashire.
The premium builder is renowned for its high-quality homes across the North of England and the Midlands, and established its Manchester-based North West division in 2016
Now, just two years later, it has a growing team of 16 people based at its regional office and across its North West sites, headed up by managing director Neil Waddington.
Andrew Darbyshire has been appointed as technical manager to oversee a smooth planning and design process from inception through to completion, and brings with him 15 years of experience from his previous roles at Morris, Bellway, Arley, Keepmoat and Mulbury.
Working closely together, Lorna Ankers has joined as engineering manager to ensure the most cost-effective engineering solutions are achieved. Lorna will support the land and commercial teams in the early viability stages as well as sharing her 10 years of Plc developer expertise with the site teams and contractors on a day-to-day basis.
The new team
Accepting the new role of quantity surveyor for the North West is Adrian Murphy who will apply his experience in the house-building industry to ensure the procurement and valuations processes are accurately managed.
Keith Edwards brings a comprehensive understanding of the build process and an award-winning history of high standards in construction as he leaves Story Homes to embrace the new position of construction manager for Duchy Homes in the North West.
Two new site managers join Keith’s construction team as Carl Knights takes charge at Bunbury and Chris Pickup drives forward the new homes at Milton Green.
Both Carl and Chris have an abundance of high level experience and are responsible for delivering a premium product on-programme, maintaining the best standards in build quality and health and safety.
Supporting Carl at Bunbury is new assistant site manager, Samantha Torevell, with a background in civil engineering and construction and a wealth of project management experience that makes Sam perfectly placed to assist with the premium collection of distinctive homes in Cheshire.
Finally, Shirley Andrews has bolstered the customer-focused sales team, bringing with her valuable customer care skills as well as significant new build sales experience, and is currently based at the newly-open sales and marketing suite at The Paddock in Milton Green.
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Following a good summer of business, which included its best completion month of the year, Manchester finance firm Affirmative has continued its commitment to cultivating the very best talent with two internal promotions and a new appointment in the underwriting and
processing team.
Andy Dunn has been promoted to the role of processing manager after a year of working at Affirmative.
Andy Dunn
Farah Akhtar has been promoted to the role of junior underwriter. He has been with Affirmative for two years, joining in 2016 as a case manager.
Farah said Affirmative has given her the opportunity to learn from some of the most experienced professionals in the industry, which has enabled her to continue developing her skills as an underwriters.
Mahbuba Khanom joins Affirmative as part of the processing team. Despite joining from outside the bridging industry, her previous experience working in administration roles means that her skills have proven to be easily transferred.
The expansion comes ahead of Affirmative celebrating its 15th birthday as a company.
Head of underwriting, Chi Ho, said: “These promotions and appointment demonstrate our desire to continue to grow our team, but also to reward and invest in our people once they are with us. I have no doubt that Andy, Farah, and Mahbuba will all continue to be great assets to the business.”
Affirmative is a mainstay lender in the short-term finance market which provides bridging and development loans for property developers, property investors, self-build enthusiasts, financial intermediaries, and many other businesses and individuals.
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Independent equity release adviser, Key, has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of Rachel East as head of advice sales: whole of market.
Rachel joins the company following a career which has seen her gain considerable experience in retail banking and the regulated arena at a variety of different organisations, including Santander and The Royal Bank of Scotland.
Throughout her time working in the banking industry, Rachel has been responsible for advice, sales and growth of the regulated mortgage market, specifically across telephony, digital and face to face channels.
She has held senior leadership roles for more than 10 years across various established retail banks.
At Preston-based Key Rachel will be responsible for leading the team of whole of market regional managers with a focus on helping Key’s field-based advisers achieve their businesses goals, aspirations and continue to deliver a consistently market-leading service to customers. Rachel will report to advice delivery director Ian English.
Will Hale, Key chief executive, said: “With the equity release and broader later life lending markets continuing to grow rapidly, it is essential that we have the right people in place to ensure we evolve our advice proposition and offer a consistently high level of service to our customers.
Rachel East
“Rachel will use her experience to help us continue to build our offering and develop our people. She will be a great asset to our team as well as our customers and I look forward to working with her.”
Rachel said: “I am passionate about people, leadership and progression so I will be looking to influence this at a rapid pace.
“It’s a fantastic opportunity to help customers with their later life lending needs and to be a part of a growing business which is a leader in its field.
“The equity release sector is rapidly growing and I look forward to collaborating with the team to ensure that consumers continue to be able to rely on us to help them make the right choices around their property wealth in later life.”
