Appointments: Insurance broker strengthens team; New family lawyer at Williamsons; and more
INDEPENDENT insurance broker The Insurance Partnership (TIP) has appointed account executives Simon Sharp and Colin English within its Hull-based team.
The Priory Park-based business has also promoted Steve Neal, a senior account executive with eight years service at TIP, to the role of associate director.
Mr Sharp has 15 years experience in the insurance industry working across the North of England. His role at TIP involves organising private health care for the commercial sector.
Mr English was appointed as a commercial account executive last month. He has worked for insurance companies and brokers since leaving school.
Mr Neal was promoted to associate director in July after achieving the industry standard ACII qualifications.
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WILLIAMSONS Solicitors has welcomed a new lawyer to its growing family department.
Natalie Tindall, who has specialised in family-related legal issues for more than seven years, joins the Hull-based team of eight solicitors and 12 support staff.
Ms Tindall, who gained a Masters in law last year from Leeds Metropolitan University, attended South Holderness School and Wilberforce College before studying law at Leeds Metropolitan University and the College of Law, York.
She has higher rights of audience, which means that she is able to represent clients in any court, including in a High Court trial, the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords.
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FINANCIAL and business advisory firm Grant Thornton has launched a new internet intelligence offering and has appointed Paul Mewett and Michael Stannard to head up the new service.
Paul and Mike join from a US consulting firm where they both have more than 30 years of experience in the field of intelligence and investigations.
Grant Thornton’s internet intelligence offering will provide extended web mining investigation to identify key evidence and intelligence from the depths of the internet.
This will be used in fraud investigations, asset tracing, counterfeiting and piracy, reputational matters and brand protection, including logo abuse and customer hijacking.
Chris Clements, forensic partner at Grant Thornton’s Leeds office, said: “We are delighted that Paul and Mike have joined to establish this new service for the firm. There has been a growth in online logo abuse and hijacking of customer details on the internet which has a detrimental effect on the reputation of any company.
“Our aim is to work with companies on all areas of corporate fraud and utilise information on the internet to garner intelligence.”
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