Appointments: Stockport has new chief; NetPlay loses its FD and more
EAMONN Boylan has been appointed as Stockport Council’s new chief executive, subject to formal confirmation.
Mr Boylan is currently deputy chief executive of national housing and regeneration body the Homes and Communities Agency where he is responsible for improvement programmes for land, private finance, growth and new initiatives.
Stockport Council leader, Councillor Dave Goddard, said: “This is a real statement of intent from Stockport that we want to move from excellent to exceptional. Eamonn has a proven track record and we are absolutely certain he will drive us into the best possible position.
“We know that Stockport has a great workforce, we have good transport links and we have sites ripe for development. The climate is still challenging economically and we have total confidence that Eamonn is the right person to take us on the next stage of our journey.”
Mr Boylan, who lives in south Manchester, is expected to take up post later this year when current chief executive John Schultz retires.
He was previously deputy chief executive of Manchester City Council, from 2002 to 2009. He was also director of housing and community services at Manchester from 1999 to 2002.
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NICHOLA Halverston, finance director at the interactive gaming company NetPlay TV, has resigned from the business following a decision to move its head office to London.
The business, which was based in Lancaster, is relocating its head office and finance, billing and marketing departments to the capital.
Ms Halverston, who will continue to work with NetPlay as a consultant, will be replaced by Charles Butler.
He has spent the last nine years in the gaming sector in various roles including finance director and then chief executive of Bowman International which was sold to the Bet365 Group at the end of 2006.
Moshe Edree has also been appointed to the board as a non-executive director. He founded SafeCharge, a processing company in the gaming industry, and IOG, a casino brand purchased by Party Gaming in 2007.
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BLACKBURN busmaker Optare has appointed Glenn Saint as a director.
Mr Saint has been promoted to the board in his current role of commercial director.
During his time at Optare he has also held the post of technical director and manufacturing director.
Chief executive Jim Sumner said: “The board believes his strong commercial and technical knowledge of the bus industry will be invaluable and that it brings another layer of expertise to the Board and we all look forward to working with him.”
