People: Reside; Contract Originators; Fleetsolve; Rinicare; Equity Release Supermarket
Manchester sales and lettings agency Reside has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Rhiannon Durston to sales and marketing director.
The promotion follows a record 12 months for the Deansgate agency which has reported a year-on-year 10% increase in market activity in 2020.
Founder and managing director Anthony Stankard said: “Rhiannon has been with us since Reside began seven years ago and has played an integral part in the agency’s growth and success. Her knowledge of the market, experience and strong relationship with clients made her appointment to directorship the obvious next step.
“Rhiannon’s insights into the regional market and sage advice adds real value to our clients and gives their marketing strategies a competitive advantage.”
Reside is the retained agent for Manchester Life, the joint venture between Manchester City Council and the Abu Dhabi United Group and has delivered successful owner-occupier sales at One Vesta Street and New Little Mill which launched earlier this year.
This Summer Reside also launched Broadside at New Cross, its first managed build to rent development, and let 100 of the 274 homes in 100 days of lockdown.
Rhiannon said: “The city centre market has changed dramatically over the last decade, not just in terms of resident numbers but also in the levels of service that customers rightly expect.
“As a city centre specialist Reside is able to provide detailed insight to developer clients and we are continuing to see new developments come on line and new discussions about future projects.
“The pandemic of this year has made people focus even more on where they call ‘home’ and I am hugely grateful to lead a team who are similarly passionate about the city and helping make people feel at home here.”
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Contact Originators, the packaging origination, graphics management and flexographic plates manufacturer, is further expanding its investment in staffing, despite a serious fire at its Bredbury, Stockport site at the beginning of the year.
The company said it has still attained its budget for 2020, and chief executive Steve Mulcahy said: “With the support of our supply partners, alongside the resilience and tenacity of the contact team in maintaining our quality, innovation and service focus, we have accomplished our budget and now investing in bringing new talent into the business. These appointments are key to our 2021 expansion plans at our recently announced super site in Dukinfield, Manchester.”
The company has recently expanded its logistics team and made new appointments to its packaging artworking and origination departments, adding more than 70 years’ experience to the contact team. The appointments include Anton Butel and Julian Beckett.
Steve Mulcahy
Anton Butel has joined the business’s high quality post print artwork department. He is an experienced reprographic design artist and is skilled in flexography, lithography, silkscreen, pre-press, typography and digital printing. Anton has been in the industry for 31 years, starting as a trainee pre-mounter at Accur-a-cut (AC Graphics). He has previously worked for Carlton Cards (UK Greetings), Chemence Graphics and JPG (Jupiter Prestige).
Meanwhile, Julian Beckett has joined the quality control department. He began his career as a technical illustrator for a Dutch-owned publishing business before joining a design consultancy as an art worker where he worked on some memorable projects for Porsche, Lexus and Audi. Prior to joining Contact, he enhanced his flexographic skills at V & W Graphics.
Mr Mulcahy added: “It’s an absolute pleasure to be bringing new people into the team at such an exciting time. Julian and Anton bring years of expertise, skills and knowledge that will benefit the business and our customers. 2021 holds a great deal of promise for us and I’m looking forward to the months ahead.”
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Pioneering renewable bioenergy specialists Fleetsolve has appointed a new managing director to help spearhead its ambitious growth plans announced last week.
Fleetsolve, a member of the SIMEC Group, has appointed Damian Shevloff as its new managing director marking a new chapter for the rapidly-expanding wirral renewable combined heat and power (CHP) company.
Damian, working alongside CEO and founder, Keith O’Connor, joins the company to help spearhead the firm’s £150m growth plan, which includes the creation of 70 jobs in the next six months.
With almost 30 years of CHP sector experience Damian brings with him a wealth of invaluable know-how and expertise of the wider CHP sector.
Prior to joining Fleetsolve Damian held the position of managing director of Veolia CHP, responsible for transforming VCHP into a large, successful, and profit-making business.
Damian Shevloff, left, and Keith O’Connor
Keith O’Connor said: “As a seasoned operator Damian’s acumen and expertise are second to none and I’m thrilled that he’s joined Fleetsolve. Over the next five years we will be significantly expanding our business across all CHP sectors and markets.
“His broad experience in the gas and methane sectors will create an integrated approach for our customers enhancing the offering of our successful biofuel CHP business whilst developing our hydrogen-ready gas CHP units, forming an essential part of our zero-carbon energy transformation.
“Damian’s appointment not only propels us further towards our goal of enabling large UK private and public sector organisations to take the step-change towards achieving their zero-carbon goals, but it also sends a clear signal to the CHP sector of our focus and commitment to fully realise our ambitions.”
Damian said: “I’m hugely excited to be joining Fleetsolve as managing director at a time when the business is on a significant growth trajectory. With Keith’s vision and the scale of ambition, I relish the opportunity to help spearhead its delivery.
“The buzz at Fleetsolve is palpable. The momentum of growth is fantastic and of a scale that I’ve not seen since the beginning of my career. With our ambitious plans and extensive recruitment drive over the coming months, I’m extremely excited about the future and what we will achieve.”
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Manchester-based clinician-led digital health company Rinicare has further strengthened its foundations with the appointment of a new managing director and the closure of a finance round, which included investment from the Future Fund.
The new MD, Dr Anthony Holmes, has taken up the post having worked with Rinicare in a consultancy role over the past few months.
Anthony’s career spans both medical and technology sectors having gained significant experience working with several cutting-edge machine learning and computer vision firms in the digital entertainment, industrial inspection, and healthcare industries.
He also holds a PhD in machine learning applied to breast cancer identification. Most recently Anthony has been working with UK-based SMEs to help commercialise AI-based software solutions that have a particular focus on medical applications.
Dr Anthony Holmes
Bolstered by the new perspective, with accelerated momentum from their recent addition to the senior management team and investment that will be used to expedite development, Rinicare is keen to evidence the value it can bring to global healthcare systems.
Holmes said: “The reality is that there a number of exciting innovations in the MedTech space.
“What will set them apart is their ability to work within existing clinical pathways and provide genuine clinical value in a cost-saving manner.
“This is what differentiates Rinicare and is why I was keen to join the team and why Mercia Asset Management and Catapult Ventures support the business. The technology is innovative and cutting edge.
“But what is exciting about Rinicare, and what sets them apart from the competition, is the fact that the technology has been developed by clinicians for clinicians. By specialists who understand the infrastructure, the pathways and the challenges faced by clinicians and healthcare professionals every day.”
He added: “Rinicare has an innovative portfolio and high-value pipeline of AI-powered solutions that identify patients at high risk of deterioration in different settings, from ICUs to care homes. Research has shown that an earlier clinical response offers significant patient benefit as it reduces avoidable harm and enables cost savings to be made by the healthcare system.”
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Equity Release Supermarket continues to bolster its industry presence with the addition of three new appointments this month.
Andrew O’Connor, John Spink and Sara Whitbread will be joining the Birchwood-based company, bringing a wealth of expertise, having each built up between 20 to 30 years’ experience within the wider financial services industry.
ERS is continuing to expand operations and these new appointments take the company’s national network of advisers to 54, with news that more are set to join in the New Year.
Mark Gregory, founder and CEO, said: “We’re delighted to welcome three new faces to our experienced and well-established team.
“The industry is becoming increasingly aware of our exceptionally high standards of advice and inclusive culture, which continues to attract the most talented of people to the business. Andrew, John and Sara’s respective expertise will help us to further strengthen our position and reach throughout the UK.
“Our strategy isn’t to always look for advisers that have years of equity release experience, as that can sometimes be a challenge to train and mould them into the standard we demand.
“Our new hires bring with them a breadth and depth of financial planning expertise, which fits perfectly with our approach of seeing equity release as just one aspect of later life lending and holistic retirement planning.
“They also highlight our commitment to investing in recognised talent amidst challenging market conditions and our continued investment within the sector.”
From left: John Spink, Ssara Whitbread, Andrew O’Connor
The newcomers are based in Hampshire, East Sussex and South Wales, respectively, supporting the company’s growing national presence.
Andrew has more than 20 years’ financial services experience having worked at Lloyds Bank and Chase De Vere previously.
While John brings a background in both wealth management and financial planning, this experience will help garner further demand within the wealth management sector. John has also held high-profile positions in several organisations, including working as the Royal Bank of Scotland’s regional director for specialist advice.
Prior to joining ERS, Sara worked as an adviser offering both mortgage advice and equity release advice in London and Hong Kong. Sara’s appointment, says ERS, is representative of its gender diversity and equality – this year alone it has more than doubled its female count.
Mark added: “At ERS we have always championed a gender-diverse team, with the understanding that this not only makes for a better business, but also one that is more adaptable to a wider range of situations, and appeals to a wider range of clients.
“These new appointments are certainly reflective of our mission to have only the best of the best working for us.”
The company now employs 54 advisers across the UK and Mark said: “There’s no doubting that this year has presented many challenges. However, despite these challenges, we have continued to stay true to our ethos and roots, taking a pioneering approach and adapting nimbly to all activity and the industry as a whole.
“This dynamic approach has seen our enquiry levels surge and, subsequently, the appointment of more talented advisors, setting us in a strong business position in the lead into the new year.”
