On the move: the latest East Midlands hires

Annette Forster has been appointed as group marketing director at listed brick-maker Ibstock.

Forster was previously marketing director at Wienerberger UK. She will be responsible for thedevelopment of marketing, innovation and brand strategy for Ibstock and its operating companies.

Her position as group marketing director will see her join Ibstock’s Executive Leadership Team, reporting to chief executive Joe Hudson.

She said: “I am absolutely delighted to join the team at Ibstock plc. This is a business with a long and enviable heritage, unrivalled skills and expertise and an exciting future ahead. I am absolutely determined to drive customer focus and remind people that Ibstock plc is at the heart of Britain’s building solutions market.”

Sean Lyons

Sean Lyons has been named as West Nottinghamshire College’s new independent chair of governors.

He succeeds Nevil Croston, who stepped down in December 2018 after almost five years in the role.

Lyons has more than three decades of experience in the steel and manufacturing sectors, where he held high-ranking positions at some of the world’s leading steel firms.

He is also a former NHS chairman, having headed-up the board of directors at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs King’s Mill and Newark hospitals, for a three-year term between June 2013 and June 2016.

Lyons said: “I’ve become very fond of Mansfield and Ashfield, in particular the people that live and work in the area, and I was looking for a new challenge. Although the college is going through some significant difficulties at present, I’ve experienced similar situations at other organisations in the past, where things needed to improve, so I’d like to see what I can do to help.”