People: Rotheras; XPO Logistics

Clockwise from top left: Weston, Abbott, Powell, Smith, Cotterill

Nottingham law firm Rotheras has announced a number of promotions.

Chris Powell, Emily Weston and Natalie Abbott have all been promoted to senior associate.

Joining Rotheras in 2019, road transport lawyer Powell has particular experience acting for large European hauliers and transport undertakings on cross border matters. He specialises in challenging civil penalties and LEZ penalties and responding to urgent vehicle seizure matters.

Residential conveyancing associate solicitor Weston, who is based at Rotheras’ Beeston office joined the firm in 2017. She assists clients with all aspects of conveyancing including sales, purchases, remortgages, transfer of equity, new build properties, including help to buy mortgages and shared equity, and right to buy.

Abbott joined Rotheras from Massers Solicitors in January 2020 and has over 10 years’ experience working in employment law, representing both businesses and individuals in relation to settlement agreements, redundancy, dismissals, breach of contract and discrimination.

Meanwhile Adam Cotterill and Luke Smith have been promoted to associate, supporting the wills and probate and commercial property teams respectively.

Christina Yardley, CEO at Rotheras, said: “We’re very fortunate to be able to announce five internal promotions that reflect the outstanding commitment each has shown to the firm, including providing great service, proactively developing their client base and mentoring trainees and paralegals within their teams.”

Sandeep Sakharkar

Northampton-based XPO Logistics has announced that Sandeep Sakharkar will become the chief information officer of GXO Logistics, the intended spin-off of XPO’s logistics segment.

Sakharkar currently serves as XPO’s senior vice president – logistics technology. He will lead GXO’s global systems development when the logistics segment’s technology organization transitions to GXO.

Sakharkar’s 20-year career includes roles as global vice president – core retail and infrastructure with Foot Locker, Inc., and EMEA director of digital technology with Johnson & Johnson. Earlier, he served as Johnson & Johnson’s IT director for the Asia Pacific region and as practice head with Cognizant Technology Services in Europe. He holds a post-graduate certification in management from Warwick Business School, Warwick University, in the UK.

Mario Harik, chief information officer of XPO Logistics, said: “Sandeep has an outstanding track record of achieving transformational change for global companies through digitalization and data science. Under his leadership, GXO’s technology organization will have a single-minded focus on realizing the company’s full potential as a leader in e-commerce fulfilment and advanced warehouse automation — major tailwinds driving growth in logistics outsourcing.”

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