On the move: the latest East Midlands hires
The IFP Group has appointed a new senior manager as part of its 2020 growth plans.
The Derbyshire-headquartered Group includes food and drink consultancy Integrated Food Projects, engineering consultants SDA Design Consultants and construction firm IFP Construction.
New recruit Matt Sparrow brings over 18 years of construction experience to the company.
He said: “Our goal is to make IFP Construction the go-to food and drink construction business.
“In this new role I’ll be developing the business to deliver projects in a much quicker timeframe than traditional construction processes due to our tailored contractual offerings.
“We’re preparing ourselves for a surge in new business this year, and this will be an exciting time that we are keen to grasp with both hands. We have rapid growth plans to increase turnover threefold in the next three years, initially concentrating on the UK as a primary market before working further afield in the future.”
Elsewhere, in vivo pharmacology and consultancy services firm RenaSci – part of Nottingham-based Sygnature Group – has bolstered its kidney disease and fibrosis capabilities with the appointment of Dr Wioletta Pijacka.
Dr Sharon Cheetham and Dr Wioletta Pijacka
Pijacka is an in vivo translational biologist with over 12 years’ experience in renal and cardio-vascular biology. She joins RenaSci from AstraZeneca, where she focused on chronic kidney diseases.
In her new role as study director, she will be responsible for implementing and developing new in vivo and ex vivo models of kidney disease.
Dr Sharon Cheetham, director at RenaSci, said: “We are absolutely delighted to welcome Wioletta to the RenaSci Team. She brings with her specialist experience and extensive knowledge of models of kidney disease and fibrosis which will greatly add to our existing capabilities. We are excited in being able to expand our offering in this area and further enhancing our integration with Sygnature Discovery.”
