Appointments: Yorkshire Law Society; RBS; NorthEdge

PETER KAY, senior director of Ware & Kay Solicitors, has taken up the role as president of the Yorkshire Law Society.

This year marks the society’s 230th anniversary and Mr Kay is the sixth family member to lead and represent the region’s legal profession.

The Yorkshire Law Society is the second oldest local law society in the country and membership is currently open to practicing solicitors, legal executives, paralegals and university law lecturers together with some County Court Judges.  
Mr Kay said “It is a great honour to accept such a prestigious role within an organisation that has represented the local legal profession for over 200 years.

My aspiration for the year ahead is to raise the approval rating of solicitors and their firms in the Society’s area by emphasising the importance of solicitors in enabling society to function in everyday life.  It is only through good advice and care for the client’s interests that people and businesses can achieve their legitimate aspirations, wealth, security and quality of life.  I am very much looking forward to representing local practitioners and raising issues of local concern on their behalf at national level.”

Mr Kay has chosen York against Cancer as the chosen charity for the year.

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Liam Kane RBSTHE Royal Bank of Scotland has announced the appointment of Liam Kane as regional director of commercial banking for the North and Scotland.

Mr Kane will head up the commercial banking team that is responsible for supporting SME customers across the North West, Yorkshire, North Derbyshire, North East and Scotland.

He will be based at Sovereign Street in Leeds as well as the Mosley Street office in Manchester.

Mr Kane said: “I am excited about working with my colleagues to support a wide range of local businesses to facilitate their growth strategies. We have a vision to be the favourite commercial bank and as a team we are focused on putting people at the heart of modern banking, supporting customer ambitions, providing outstanding customer service and growing our business.”

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Ben Wildsmith NorthEdgeNORTHEDGE CAPITAL, the private equity house that invests in businesses in the North, has hired Ben Wildsmith as portfolio director to manage the firm’s existing portfolio and to help deliver new deals.

Mr Wildsmith has over 15 years of corporate finance experience. He joins NorthEdge from EY where he was corporate finance director responsible for leading the regional debt advisory business.  Prior to that he specialised in business reorganisations and operational change gaining expertise in advising family and owner managed businesses. Prior to EY, Mr Wildsmith was at accountancy firm Andersen.

He said: “The new role represents an excellent opportunity to work in a thriving environment at a progressive, growing firm. The greater scope for responsibility, opportunity, and influence in a business’ decision-making process is an exciting prospect. I look forward to working with the team to achieve NorthEdge’s ambitious growth strategy and am delighted to join the firm.”

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