On the move: the latest East Midlands hires
National auction house John Pye & Sons has boosted its in-house legal team with the appointment of Claire West as legal counsel.
West will be based at the firm’s head office in Nottingham and will report to head of legal Rosalind Keen. She brings 25 years’ experience to John Pye having trained at a national law firm before working in-house and then joining Nottingham Trent Law School as a lecturer in commercial law.
She said: “It’s great to be joining the John Pye team. The business is going from strength-to-strength and I’m looking forward to leveraging my legal experience to help take on some of the legal workload across all parts of the business.”
Keen added: “We’re extremely pleased to welcome Claire on board. Having a lawyer of her calibre supporting the team will help strengthen our partnerships and improve operations so we are primed to meet our targets.
“It’s an exciting time for the business and we’re looking forward to Claire joining us on the journey.”
Elsewhere, civil and structural engineering firm BSP Consulting has announced a pair of promotions.
Pedro Navarro and Oliver McElroy
Pedro Navarro, who joined the firm in 2017, has been made associate, while Oliver McElroy is promoted to principal engineer after joining in November 2020.
BSP director Tony Goddard said: “These promotions are in recognition of their tireless technical work within the civils team and their proven ability encouraging and developing younger staff, managing project finances and going the extra mile to nurture positive client relationships.
“On behalf of everyone at BSP Consulting, I’d like to congratulate Pedro and Oliver and wish them well in their new roles.”
