Appointments: HR director for Daisy Group: Brown Shipley boost & more
CLARE Martin has joined Lancashire telecoms company Daisy Group as director of human resources.
An experienced HR professional she is a former group head of commercial HR at Littlewoods Shop Direct Group.
Following its listing on AIM and a series of acquisitions within the last 12 months, Daisy has grown from one regional base with 180 employees in Nelson to a multi-site organisation with more than 1,000 employees nationwide.
With future growth planned, the company needed a clear plan for employee integration and engagement.
Clare said: “The attraction to Daisy centred on the growth opportunity and essentially how we retain a family-led culture within what has become a much bigger organisation.
“In a relatively short period of time we have already been able to enhance the employee experience, including the development of vision and values, establishing a people forum and making strides to deliver a ‘Daisy culture’ across the entire group.”
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PRIVATE Bank Brown Shipley has strengthened its fund management team with the appointment of Simon Nicholas as senior fund manager in its Manchester office.
Mr Nicholas’s main role will be to manage the IFDS Brown Shipley MultiManager International and Growth funds. These are currently managed by chief investment officer, Peter Botham.
He said: “It is a great time to be joining Brown Shipley. The company is confident about its position and the people are ambitious. The two funds I shall be managing, fresh from their rebrand from Solus, are attracting a lot of interest. What a nice challenge for me.”
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THE Video Inventory Agency (TVIA) has appointed Tom Derrett as a non-executive director.
Altrincham-based TVIA, which was set up last year by Frazer Fearnhead, offers state-of-the-art video inventories that have been designed to protect landlords’ assets.
Mr Derrett, 33, from Llandogo in Monmouthshire, has previously worked with disadvantaged tenants in social housing. He is trained in law and is and also runs his own company known as ADR Solution, which advises landlords using the deposit protection scheme’s dispute resolution services.
“Tom brings with him a wealth of property experience and expertise that will prove invaluable to the continued success of TVIA,” said Mr Fernhead. “We look forward to delivering the benefits of his insight directly to our customers.”
Current clients of TVIA include Winkworth, Belvoir Lettings, Watersons and Martin & Co.
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WIRRAL-based Hankinson Painting Group has appointed Carl Nolan as operations manager in its rail division.
Mr Nolan, 46, has 25 years’ experience of managing multi-million pound rail projects for a wide range of blasting and industrial painting organisations. He has worked on projects at Chester Station, Marylebone Station, London and Waverley Station, Edinburgh.
Birkenhead-based Hankinson has just opened a 7,000sq ft training academy in nearby Bromborough.
