People: Senior hire at logistics consultancy; Technical director taken on at architects practice; and more

Huddersfield-based supply chain and logistics consultancy SCALA continues to strengthen its service offering to clients with a new senior hire.

With over 30 years of experience in the logistics sector and extensive expertise in supply chain design and optimisation, David Short joins the team as a senior consultant.

Short’s most recent position involved leading the industrial engineering function for DHL Europe, developing comprehensive supply chain solutions across all DHL services and business units.

With expertise in advising on a wide range of logistics and warehouse operations, he will help to lead the warehouse design and optimisation projects that SCALA undertakes. As well as this, he will assist with SCALA’s new due diligence offering for companies engaged in mergers and acquisitions.

Having previously worked for SCALA on specific projects as an associate consultant, he will now join the team as a full-time employee. The hire comes at a pivotal time for the business as more and more companies are looking for ways to maximise their workspace and supply chain efficiency in increasingly turbulent market conditions.

Commenting on his appointment, Short said: “Having spent most of my career leading cross divisional supply chain projects, joining SCALA was a no-brainer.

“SCALA already has an extensive and well-respected reputation in the supply chain and logistics sectors and I’m looking forward to furthering its position as the go-to provider for businesses’ warehousing and logistics needs.”

John Perry, managing director at SCALA, said: “David’s vast experience in supply chain logistics makes him the perfect fit. With such a broad range of experience in the sector I have no doubt that he can help to support our clients with the best advice when assessing their supply chain efficiencies.

“With more and more businesses looking to optimise their supply chains and ways of working, David will help to strengthen our team’s offering and further the level of comprehensive advice we can provide to both new and existing clients.”

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 Andrew Chetwynd has been with the Kelham Island based company for four years, originally as an architectural assistant and more recently as an architect and associate, leading the CODA Architecture post-planning team, tasked with the delivery of mixed use and residential projects across the UK.

 “It gives us great pleasure to welcome Andrew as a director at CODA,” said managing director Matt Bowker.

 “Andrew has very much transformed the way we deliver projects and is responsible for more than £100 million worth of work.

 “Over the past four years he has become a vital member of the CODA team, improving and enhancing our processes and as such we felt that this was absolutely the right time to bring him to director level.”

 Chetwynd said: “This promotion comes off the back of years of hard work not just by myself but by the team I lead. Without them we would not be able to deliver the variety and number of projects that we are working on at the moment.

“I have always striven to achieve the highest standards possible and I encourage the same from the team around me.

“Given the skillset, ambition and enthusiasm we have at CODA Architecture, I believe the best is yet to come and we can achieve even more in the future.”

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Construction consultants MAC has announced the expansion of its Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) team with the appointment of senior fire and health & safety (H&S) compliance consultant, Paul Allsopp.

While being employed in the firm’s Sheffield office, Allsopp also has a UK-wide mandate.

He has over 20 years of experience working in fire risk management and H&S and will be delivering a range of related risk management services to MAC’s intensive client base.

His appointment will allow the firm to expand on its fire safety and H&S Compliance offering.

Allsopp is a member of the Institution of Fire Engineers (MIFireE), Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (CMIOSH) and the Association of Project Safety.

He has worked on projects outside the United Kingdom and has worked on behalf of the Falkland Islands Government.

Richard Dryden, director of SHE at MAC, said: “We are really pleased to be able to recruit a new member of staff that will help us expand our current offering at MAC.

“This year we are focusing on expanding the SHE department and since the start of the new year we have brought on two Senior staff members who will help deliver our new business strategy.”

Allsopp added: “I’m excited to start working closely with Richard and the wider SHE team to be able to identify new service offerings that we can provide to existing and new clients, helping to develop the successful team.

“A key part of my role will be training existing staff members to be able to deliver specialist fire safety services.”