People: Bevan Brittan; Springboard Corporate Finance; The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre

An experienced health and care advocate has become the second partner in as many months to join Bevan Brittan’s health and care – regulatory team.

Amanda Wright-Kluger has extensive experience of working with health and care providers across the independent and NHS markets on patient and service user care issues as well as governance and risk management.

Based in the Birmingham office, she will support health and care clients across the country. She is a solicitor advocate as well as a qualified US attorney with many years’ experience as a civil trial lawyer.

Her appointment comes at an exciting time for Bevan Brittan’s Health & Care – Regulatory team, with new partner and health and social care expert Amrita Hurst also joining the firm in August.

Wright-Kluger said: “Bevan Brittan has a strong reputation for its health and care practice and I’m looking forward to working with the team and supporting clients on a range of health and care regulatory issues. My focus is always to help clients achieve the best possible outcome and guard against future risks.”

Tim Hodgetts, partner and head of the health and care – resolution & regulatory department at Bevan Brittan, added: “Demand for our services continues to increase and Amanda has exceptional experience at a senior level that is a great fit for our team. We are delighted that she has joined us, and I know that our clients will benefit from her legal knowledge, sensitivity and focus on providing excellent service.”

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Springboard Corporate Finance has recruited Pritesh Mistry as business development manager and Amrit Singh as an analyst.

Mistry brings eight years of experience in professional services business development. His career includes roles with KPMG, Grant Thornton, and Addleshaw Goddard. He will focus on identifying opportunities for Springboard and leading the firm’s marketing efforts.

Singh, a recent Accounting and Finance graduate of the University of Birmingham, joins as an analyst and will provide support to the Springboard team across all aspects of its services.

Springboard partner Simon Ward said: “I am delighted to welcome Pritesh and Amrit to the Springboard team. Pritesh is a seasoned Business Development professional with a proven track record whilst Amrit has already demonstrated her ambition and commitment to learn with us. I look forward to helping both develop their careers with the firm.”

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The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC), the national battery manufacturing scale-up facility, has appointed Sean Gilgunn as its new managing director.

Gilgunn, who will take up the post at the Coventry-based £130m facility in October, joins UKBIC from Johnson Matthey where he has worked across various business areas, most recently as global procurement director, strategy and operations.

Prior to this, he was based in Poland as general manager and president of the board of directors for JM Battery Systems, a leading manufacturer of batteries across a wide range of applications.

Gilgunn was appointed by the UKBIC Board to lead the organisation following the announcement in April that incumbent, Jeff Pratt, will be leaving at the end of his appointment in September 2023.

Gilgunn said: “I am really pleased to have been appointed to the role of Managing Director for UKBIC.  The opportunity to lead an organisation whose work is pivotal to the UK’s ambition to create a strong and sustainable battery manufacturing industry is truly unique. I am excited by the opportunity to drive forward UKBIC’s strategy in supporting the growing industrial opportunity for battery production at scale, and to work with our partners across the UK ecosystem to ensure we are providing the right environment for businesses to thrive.”

Richard Moon, chairman of UKBIC’s board and director of property services and development, Coventry City Council, said: “I’m delighted that Sean has taken on the role of Managing Director at UKBIC. He brings an impressive background in strategic and operational leadership, which includes more than 20 years of international commercial and management experience in the B2B battery systems, automotive and chemical sectors. It’s this experience which will be vital in guiding the organisation forward in the years ahead.”