People: BDO; Ware & Kay Solicitors; and more

Accountancy and business advisory firm, BDO, has expanded its Yorkshire and North East team with the senior appointment of Sarah Anderson as partner.

She joins the not for profit team as charities audit partner. Anderson brings nearly 30 years’ experience, with particular expertise in charity auditing, accounts and governance advice.

Working alongside a large number of charities and not for profit organisations, she also specialises in financial governance, board effectiveness, reserves policies, risk management and internal controls. She joins from Deloitte.

Terry Jones, partner and head of BDO in Yorkshire and the North East, said: “Sarah has carved out an exceptional career in the not for profit sector and brings to BDO an excellent reputation amongst some of the largest charities and not for profit organisations across the regions.

“Sarah will play an important role in spearheading our drive in the charities sector, using her experience on the Charity Commission’s SORP Committee, for example, to support not for profit organisations across the auditing, accounts and governance landscape.”

Anderson said: “I’m really looking forward to working with a wide range of charities and not for profit organisations across the North and nationally.

“I am also keen to support my colleagues to be the best that they can be, working with organisations that give people a sense of purpose, and acting as a role model promoting women in leadership.”

Jones added: “We are firmly committed in the region to investing in the very best talent. Sarah’s arrival reflects our drive and ambition to bring onboard key individuals who will play a vital role in our growth journey as a business.”

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Law firm Ware & Kay Solicitors has appointed Jack Hedley as its new risk and compliance officer.

He specialises in ensuring compliance with regulatory obligations, professional and practice standards, maintaining practice manuals and policies and keeping abreast of changes in the regulatory field.

He will also ensure relevant legal, financial and data protection legislation and frameworks are adhered to.

Hedley, who will be based in York, will act as the ‘eyes and ears’ of industry body the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), ensuring structures and procedures are in place as the company continues to grow.

Originally from Newcastle, he arrives at Ware & Kay with over eight years’ experience in the legal industry.

Having completed a law degree at Leeds University in 2013 before spending time in the industry he started his career in Compliance in 2018 at a firm of solicitors based in Leeds.

Hedley said: “I am incredibly passionate about offering the right level of support and training in the workplace, which is vital.

“As well as ensuring the firm is compliant with all industry standards at all times, my focus will also be sharing my experience – the good and the bad – to help develop quality solicitors and paralegals for the future and building on what is already an extremely talented and cohesive team.”

David Hyams, managing director at Ware & Kay, added: “It is with great pleasure that we welcome Jack to the team.

“Jack’s role is essential that, as we grow, we maintain our exceptionally high standards right across the firm.”

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Luke Stockill, senior director, Core Grocery, at Asda, is one of three new trustees appointed to nutrition charity The British Nutrition Foundation.

Stockill has been with Leeds-headquartered Asda since 2010 and has led the development of its £2bn core grocery offer. Most recently, he has been appointed to lead a transformation programme at the supermarket chain.

A spokesman for the British Nutrition Foundation said he would bring “considerable consumer insight and a valuable commercial perspective” as the foundation seeks to become more public-facing in the coming years.

The organisation has also appointed Sam Fulton, group director corporate affairs and sustainability at Nomad Foods and Paul Wheeler, corporate communications director, UK & Ireland, Kellogg’s, as trustees.

And it has welcomed Judith Batchelar, who has been appointed the new honorary president of the foundation.