HomeServe appoints new people director

ANDY Wicken has been appointed the new people director of home assistance company Homeserve.

Wicken, previously HomeServe’s customer services and sales director, will lead on all elements of the Walsall-based business’s people strategy, including talent and leadership, workforce planning, employee relations, learning and development and a range of projects and programmes.

He joined HomeServe in 2012 after senior roles at Barclays and Orange.
He said “It’s an incredibly exciting time for our business as we have a very clear vision of how we want to grow and evolve.

“Central to this is our people, and building our brand from the inside out and through our actions.

“We want HomeServe to be recognised as a great place for people to succeed, learn and grow; a place where everyone is important, from the front line to the back office.”

Lucideon appoints scientist to lead on innovation

DR Pam Whitaker has joined materials technology specialist Lucideon with a brief to take its latest technological innovations from the laboratory into commercial environments.
 
Dr Whitaker joins the Stoke-on-Trent company in the new role of process innovation manager.
 
One of her first projects is to scale up MIDAR Technology, a new process developed by Lucideon that could change the face of the nuclear and construction industries.
 
MIDAR Technology allows materials to solidify without the need for firing and processing at high temperatures, which could provide a low-energy alternative in the manufacture of construction products.
 
The technology can also be used to encapsulate waste in sectors including the nuclear industry and it has recently undergone successful feasibility trials in collaboration with Sellafield in the management of low and Intermediate Level Waste (ILW). 

eNL promotes two directors

BIRMINGHAM-based legal recruitment business eNL has promoted two directors.

Rebecca Barry, will take on an equity shareholding and Rebecca Lawrence will be appointed to the board as profit-share director.

Barry, the 2012 chair of Birmingham Young Professional of the Year, returned to eNL in 2005 having spent a number of years with a global recruiter.

During the past ten years she has held a key role in managing overall business strategy, direction and growth for eNL.

“It is our aim to continue in the same vein and as a result we wish to attract new people that share our values of empowering, expert, encouraging and enthusiastic.” she said.

Rebecca Lawrence, who has more than 14 years’ recruitment experience, joined eNL in 2007.

Just Good Food boosts catering team

CATERING company Just Good Food, has strengthened its catering team through the appointment of a new sous chef.

Lee Goodgame joins the Birmingham firm from The Peach Pub where he was a roving-sous-chef. He has worked in the catering industry for the past 18 years at numerous gastro pubs, restaurants and corporate catering companies in Hertfordshire, Birmingham and Sheffield.

His appointment is a result of a strong year at Just Good Food, which has celebrated a number of new client wins including The REP and property consultancy CBRE.

Goodgame said: “Just Good Food is a fantastic company and, having previously worked with them at business lunches and weddings I am delighted to be joining the team full time.”