On the move: the latest East Midlands hires
Jonathan Wills has been named as the new chief executive officer of the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI), based at Loughborough University. He succeeds Dr David Clarke who passed away at the beginning of February.
The ETI is a £400m industry and government funded research institute into low carbon energy system planning and technology development to address UK energy and climate change targets.
Wills has worked for the ETI in a variety of roles since 2011, most recently as the programme delivery director where he was responsible for the continued development of the ETI’s portfolio of technology programmes. Prior to joining the ETI, he worked for BAE Systems for 20 years. He is a chartered engineer, a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology and has an MBA from INSEAD.
Sir Rob Margetts, the chairman of the ETI said: “We are delighted that Jon has accepted the Board’s invitation to serve as the new Chief Executive Officer of the ETI and that we have been able to appoint such a capable candidate from within. This appointment will allow the ETI to continue to deliver its objectives with minimal disruption following the very sad passing of Dr David Clarke who established and led the ETI so successfully from its creation in 2007. Jon brings a wealth of experience to the role across a range of disciplines gained both within the ETI and from his previous roles”.
Wills added: “I am honoured to have been asked to undertake this role, albeit in such sad circumstances. David was an outstanding leader of the ETI. David has assembled an outstanding team to deliver evidence based analysis, technology demonstration, and insights, informing and enabling the transition to a low carbon UK energy future. My role is to lead the ETI team to continue to deliver a material impact in its remaining time, and to ensure the considerable capability and knowledge developed over the last 10 years is not lost to the UK energy innovation landscape when the ETI finishes operations at the end of 2019.”
Nottingham-based John Pye Auctions has bolstered its senior team with the appointment of five associate directors across its sites in England and Wales.
Joanne Greenfield, who is based at the Nottingham HQ in New Basford, is now associate director and company accountant.
Associate director and head of national retail facilities, Steve Anderson, is responsible for managing the company’s team of site managers across five key hubs; Marchington (where he is based), Nottingham, Derby, Scotland and South Wales).
Nottingham-based Charles Loake, associate director and head of business assets, has been with the business 21 years, joining in 1996. He now heads up the company’s business assets department, managing over 20 staff UK wide who work on instructions on behalf of Turnaround, Restructuring and Insolvency (TRI) Practitioners, as well as private businesses looking to restructure operations and unlock equity in surplus asset holdings.
Zoe Wright, who was previously Nottingham general manager is now associate director and general manager. Zoe’s main responsibility is to oversee head office management and administrative operations and internal communications. Zoe has been with John Pye Auctions for seven years and is integral to the company’s successful management and delivery of Government contracts and supporting operations with KPI tracking.
Noel Mulready, associate director and head of South Wales & UK Vehicle Operations, started with John Pye 15 years ago in 1990 when he joined the company on a casual basis before joining the military.
Returning in 2008, Mulready worked as a labourer, valuer and then a saleroom manager in Nottingham. He was subsequently a site manager at the Greater London auction hub in Acton and was also national vehicles operations manager for the mobilization, commencement and ongoing delivery of the firm’s DVLA contract which is still part of his role. He is based at the auctioneers largest and newest site, Port Talbot in South Wales, which he manages
