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Movers and Shakers
Anna Madden and Julia Gallagher together with Stuart Wood
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS CURO WELCOMES NEW PARTNER AS EXPANSION CONTINUES
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Bromsgrove-based Chartered Accountants Curo start 2022 by taking on a new partner as it continues to expand across the West Midlands region and beyond.
Stuart Wood joins Curo from KPMG in Birmingham where he was an Audit Director for nearly 20 years.
Stuart joins as Audit partner and will be working closely with Anna Madden on Curo’s audit clients, further delivering Curo’s unique selling point of big firm expertise but without the price tag.
On Stuart’s appointment, Co-founder Anna Madden, says: “His years of experience and wide-ranging skill set are the perfect fit for Curo’s entrepreneurial and overseas client base and will allow us to continue to grow.”
Anthony Burns & Kevin Rogers
ROGERS’ RETIREMENT: CEO OF PAYCARE ANNOUNCES PLANS TO STEP DOWN
Paycare CEO Kevin Rogers has announced his intentions to step down from his current role. He’d previously reduced his hours to allow his senior team to take on more responsibility, and it was known he was preparing to retire at some point. Kevin says: “It’s time now – the worst thing I could do would be to block the development of the team. From the beginning, I’ve wanted to allow people the autonomy and space to develop their skills. By trusting them to get on and do amazing things, we’re now in a position where Paycare is in extremely capable hands going forward.” Anthony Burns, Paycare’s current Commercial Director will be following Kevin in the role of CEO subject to regulatory approval.
www.paycare.org
DIRECTOR OF COMMS & CAMPAIGN SARA LYDDY JOINS DRPG BOARD
Joining the group as a Senior Account Manager in June 2014, Sara helped manage the Lloyds Banking Group account where she focussed predominantly on live event delivery and the growth of the account. Sara’s comms experience came to the forefront as DRPG began to expand its offering, establishing DRPG’s Comms division in 2016 under the late Julie Davidson.
Sara commented: “I’m super excited for what the future of our industry will bring and how it will continue to shape our team. I love a good challenge, and DRPG continues to be the place to bring me this.”
BUSINESS LENDER MAKES SENIOR APPOINTMENT
A West Midlands based alternative finance provider has confirmed a senior appointment to its leadership team. BCRS Business Loans has announced that Caroline Dunn has joined its 17-strong team as Finance Director after Stephen Deakin stepped up to the role of Chief Executive last year. Caroline said: “I am delighted to have joined BCRS Business Loans as Finance Director during such an exciting period of growth. “I am looking forward to getting stuck into my new role, shaping the finance team alongside my colleagues and working with the senior leadership team to extend our support whilst remaining true to our socially-driven ethos.”
www.bcrs.org.uk
GJS DILLON PROMOTES ANDREW LEWIS TO COMMERCIAL AGENCY DIRECTOR
GJS Dillon is delighted to announce the promotion of its Associate Director Andrew Lewis to Director, Commercial Agency. Andrew joined the Worcestershire commercial property consultancy in May 2018. John Dillon, GJS Dillon’s Managing Director, said: “This is a well-deserved promotion. The Commercial Agency has gone from strength-to-strength since Andrew joined us and more recently he has steered the team through the uncertainty of the pandemic, while continuing to negotiate transactions across all sectors.”
