Appointments: Howells promoted to MD at Fresh; Bodycote & more

PATRICK Howells, 34, has been promoted to managing director at marketing and events agency Fresh.

Mr Howells has been with the Cheadle firm since 2006, has been
business development director and latterly client services director.

Chief executive Julie Besbrode said: “Patrick was the outstanding candidate to take the business forward in these incredibly exciting times. He is a true professional and likeable individual who has worked tirelessly since 2006 to help make Fresh the profitable, award winning business it is today – he fully deserves this appointment”.

Nick Porter, Chairman added: “Patrick’s vision for the future fits our strategy and it has been well received by everyone at Fresh. We look forward to helping him and the team drive the business forward”.

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BODYCOTE, the industrial thermal processing services group, has appointed Eva Lindqvist to its board.

Ms Lindqvist, a Swedish national, spent 20 years at mobile technology group Ericsson, focusing on strategy, production
development and international sales which included overseas assignments in Japan and USA. She will join Macclesfield-based Bodycote in June.

Chairman Alan Thomson, said: “We are delighted that Eva is joining the board. Her direct experience of Continental European, North American and Asian markets will be extremely valuable and we look forward to her contribution in enabling the company to meet its future development goals.”

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LANCASHIRE architecture and urban design practice Croft Goode Architects has added Andrew Green to its team.

The Kirkham practice, has recruited Andrew as a Part III Architectural Assistant to work on a range of social housing, private residential and education projects.

Andrew, who studied at the Lincoln School of Architecture, Westminster University and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, joins the practice after spells with Stanton Andrews Architects, in Clitheroe, and Ian Simpson Architects in Manchester.

Mick Goode, a director of Croft Goode, said: “Andrew has gained a wide range of architectural experience, both from his studies and from employment with a number of regional architecture practices. He will be a great addition to our team.”

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CORPORATE finance adviser Dow Schofield Watts has added two to its team in Daresbury.

The firm, which has recently launched in Leeds, has hired Keith Benson from KPMG in Preston and Gavin Jones from Ernst & Young in Manchester.