Appointments: FrontRow Legal, Leeds Building Society, Luna Finance, Baytree Interiors
LEEDS law firm FrontRow Legal has announced that Robina Hussein has been promoted to partner.
She joined partner Richard Cramer eight years ago, qualified in 2010 and has over the years developed a wealth of experience in dispute resolution in all areas of sports, media and business law .
Ms Hussein said: “The practice has continued to develop independent creation in October 2011.
“With new offices in the centre of Leeds we are now at the next stage of the development of the practice.”
Mr Cramer said: “The promotion of Robina is testament to her hard work and dedication and is part and parcel of the ambitions and next phase of the business.”
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HEAD of decision support Fraser Collins has been appointed at Leeds Building Society.
He joins the Society from Metro Bank, where he was head of business partnering, financial planning and analysis.
Decision Support delivers finance business partnering throughout the Society to embed financial controls and drive insight to support growth.
Mr Collins said: “I am looking forward to working across the organisation with a diverse range of stakeholders to deliver value to the business.
“By raising the profile of Finance I aim to develop insightful analytics to drive pricing and operational efficiency.
“I’m delighted to be back in Yorkshire and working for Leeds Building Society. I am from York originally but have worked in London and overseas during my career to date.
“The Society has enjoyed strong growth in recent years and I hope to be able to contribute to its ongoing success.”
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ASSET finance specialist Luna Finance, part of the Totemic Group, has announced the appointment of Simon Wilson as business development manager.
The company are making the appointment following a 50% growth spurt in the business.
With 18 years’ experience Mr Wilson will now be based in Luna’s Wakefield office.
Charlotte Obahiagbon, business development director at Luna Finance said: “We are absolutely delighted to be welcoming Simon to the team. He is vastly experienced and will help strengthen the service we provide to clients, whilst helping us grow our business.
“Luna Finance has gone from strength-to-strength since its inception in late 2014 and the expertise and dedication of our staff has been central to a prolonged period of growth. I am confident our new business development manager’s strong grounding in the financial sector will aid our client’s quest to build better businesses.
“Simon has all the attributes needed to identify and deliver tailored financial packages to our clients.”
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HOME retailer Baytree Interiors has appointed interior designer Ella De Wastney to join its Bedale head office.
Ms De Wastney has more than 25 years’ experience in interior design, and spent 19 years at Laura Ashley. She will be working with Baytree’s buying team
She will also advise on product display and showroom concepts within Baytree’s chain of 10 stores across the North.
Nik Hill, managing director of Baytree Interiors said: “We have seen tremendous growth in our retail business over the last few years, both in the physical shops we have opened across Yorkshire and the North East, and also in our online offering.
“With demand continuing to grow, we want to take Baytree to a new level by pulling together our product ranges and offering customers a complete lifestyle brand.”
Baytree Interiors is part of a family business started by Graham and Joan Hill 40 years ago. It now employs 120 staff and has ambitious plans to expand its retail outlets across the UK.
