People: TrunkBBI; Brother; Together; Bentley Motors; Placefirst; Somo
Creative and performance marketing agency, TrunkBBI, has announced a new senior leadership team as the Manchester-based business enters a phase of ambitious growth.
Adam Britton, former managing director, is stepping up into the chief creative officer role.
Meanwhile, Hannah Evison, former client services director, has been promoted into the pivotal managing director role. She will be supporting the senior heads in bringing their strategic plans to fruition.
Tim Butler, who has been with business for 12 years and worked across multiple divisions in various roles, will step into the role of operations director, completing the senior leadership team alongside founder and CEO, Jon Butler.
Jon Butler said: “When we identified the need for the CCO role it was a no-brainer for me that Adam would step up into it seamlessly. His passion lies in producing amazing work and he’s played a pivotal role in our growth and expansion to date.
“The decision for Adam to move into this role left an MD-shaped gap in the agency, and after having worked closely with Hannah for the past three years, I can see she has a deep understanding of our business, the commercials, and perfectly aligns to our values.
“Tim has worked for the business since its infancy and will say so himself – TrunkBBI is in his blood. His knowledge of our business operations is second to none, and his ability to understand the numbers and make improvements off the back of them are exactly what we need as we scale.”
He added: “Tim’s skill set complements Adam’s and Hannah’s, meaning they all bring something different to the table and their input has been invaluable since we rebranded to TrunkBBI in April 2022.”
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Stuart Maclean
Business technology solutions provider Brother UK has further strengthened its leadership team with two senior promotions to support the Audenshaw-based firm’s strategic growth plans.
Stuart Maclean and Mike Anderson have been appointed to new roles, both reporting directly to managing director Phil Jones.
Stuart is promoted to chief financial officer (CFO) from his former role as head of finance and corporate planning. He will also continue his role as head of European finance shared services, leading a team of 33 across 13 countries, including the UK.
Mike Anderson
Mike is promoted to chief marketing officer after eight years as head of marketing at Brother UK. He will oversee a team of 25. Mike’s new role follows the retirement of sales and marketing director Andy Forsyth, after 11 years with the business and a 40-year long career in business technology.
Phil Jones said: “As the print sector rapidly evolves, we’re more determined than ever to grow and add value to our internal team to better serve our partners and end users.
“Both Stuart and Mike are already well respected in the business and will be instrumental in helping us respond to the sector’s changes with great precision. I look forward to working with them as we drive towards our goal of becoming the leading workstyle tech vendor.”
Mike and Stuart’s promotions closely follow Greig Millar’s appointment to chief revenue officer and Terry Caulfield’s promotion to chief commercial officer and will sit alongside Louise Marshall (director of ESG & OD) and Keith Howe (director of supply chain & service).
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Chris Baguley
Cheadle-based Together has promoted experienced corporate finance expert Chris Baguley to a new role driving future growth for the £6.2bn specialist lender.
Chris has now taken up the position of group channel development director, a new role to provide strategic support and to launch new initiatives, aimed at further building the business’s brand across commercial and personal finance markets. Chris will continue to drive thought leadership across the industry and continue to build out the business proposition to its customers, colleagues and business partners.
Having joined the property lender in 2006, his most recent position was managing director of corporate. He previously held senior posts at Manchester Building Society and Yorkshire Bank, where he specialised in commercial banking, during a career spanning nearly 35 years.
Chris said: “It’s a huge honour to be taking up this new post within such an amazing business and I am proud to have been part of the journey to drive this forward over the past 17 years.”
Marc Goldberg, CEO of group sales and distribution at Together, said: “Chris is a long standing and much valued member of our senior team at Together, and we are incredibly excited to see him stepping into this new role. His experience, drive and passion for everything we do as a business will continue to be an asset to Together, and we are excited to see what he can bring to this new position.”
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Andreas Lehe
Crewe-based Bentley Motors has appointed Andreas Lehe as the new board member for manufacturing, commencing, September 1, 2023. Lehe will report directly to Adrian Hallmark, chairman and CEO.
Lehe joins Bentley from AUDI AG, where he most recently held the role of head of strategic planning, responsible for the continuous development of Audi’s production strategy, digitisation of production and logistics as well as the associated global production network.
He has also held several senior roles across Audi Mexico and is well known for having delivered one of the most successful start-ups of a modern paint shop in the Volkswagen Group. This wealth of production and commercial experience is crucial as he joins Bentley at one of the most pivotal times in the luxury marque’s history.
Andreas Lehe, said: “Joining Bentley Motors is a hugely exciting new chapter in my career. The team has truly transformed the organisation, and their ground-breaking Beyond100 strategy is the boldest plan in the luxury automotive sector.”
Lehe succeeds Peter Bosch who moved to CARIAD in June as CEO.
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Henry Marshall
Build-to-rent provider, Placefirst, has appointed Henry Marshall as its new investment director, to drive forward the business’s ambitious growth plans.
Henry joins the senior leadership team in this newly created role at a key moment for the Salford-based business which looks to build on recent success. Henry will be based in the London office and will be responsible for leading Placefirst’s expansion geographically, which will include working with third party delivery partners.
Henry has more than 15 years’ experience in real estate investment, specialising in the living sectors. He was most recently at property investment firm Realstar responsible for the acquisition and asset management of residential investments, helping grow the business to more than 4,000 units. Prior to this, Henry held transaction roles at Quintain and Deloitte.
Henry said: “I am excited to join Placefirst at such an important time following significant recent growth. Having already delivered a number of award-winning schemes, the business has many successful neighbourhoods across England where people are proud to live. I look forward to working with the team to expand our position as leaders in the BTR sector through further high quality schemes.”
Chief executive, David Mawson, said: “We’re pleased to welcome Henry to Placefirst, bringing with him over 15 years’ experience and knowledge of real estate investment. He will be fundamental to our next phase of growth in this newly created role.”
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James Brocklebank
Specialist lending firm Somo Bridging, based in Altrincham, has expanded its team once again with the appointment of a new relationship director and two new underwriters.
The new starters join Somo’s growing team of relationship directors dedicated to every area of the country, as well as refurbishment and insolvency specialists. James Brocklebank has been appointed as relationship director for the Midlands and East, bringing Somo’s sales team to 14. Salman Ali and Harvey Wood have joined as underwriters.
James Brocklebank said: “Somo is a common sense lender, and, with this reputation in the industry, this helps open doors when it comes to new business.”
Salman Ali and Harvey Wood will bring the underwriting team to 12 members under underwriting director, Rob Johnson.
