Movers and shakers

›Ian Howick

Wealth of senior expertise

Ian Howick, Chair of Heathrow AOC and former Director at British Airways, has been appointed by independent charity, Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) as Executive Director of Corporate Services.

He succeeds John Lack, Director of Finance and Support, who retires at the end of September after seven years at KSS.

Ian will be responsible for overseeing the fi nance, HR, IT, estates, facilities, governance, compliance and risk management functions at KSS. As a member of the charity’s senior leadership team, he will report directly into CEO, David Welch.

Ian brings a wealth of senior expertise to KSS in safety management, frontline customer operations, engineering, fi nance, treasury and employee relations.

Movers & SHAKERS A NEW DIRECTOR FOR THE WEST HORSLEY PLACE TRUST

Thames Valley team strengthened

Business advisory fi rm Quantuma continues the expansion of its Thames Valley team with the appointment of new director, Michael Hall.

Michael is a Chartered Certifi ed Accountant and Insolvency Practitioner and will be joining Quantuma with over 20 years’ experience working within the fi nance, accounting and restructuring arenas, including ten years at a top 100 accountancy fi rm. Throughout his career, Michael has specialised in providing bespoke rescue solutions for SMEs in the Home Counties across a variety of sectors including retail, hospitality, manufacturing, consultancy and construction.

In his new role at Quantuma, Michael will be a member of the senior leadership team in the Thames Valley, working with local accountants, advice and solutions for solvent and insolvent businesses across the region.

The West Horsley Place Trust has appointed Ben Pearce as the charity’s new Director and he will take up his appointment in September.

In 2005, Ben won the LSE Titmuss Prize for outstanding achievement in social policy. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), a Trustee of GEM (the voice of heritage learning) and of the BGI, who run the National Videogame Museum in Sheffi eld. Ben is also a Non-Executive Director of the Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance (CHWA) and a member of the Advocacy Committee at the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB). Ben Pearce will succeed Peter Pearce, who retired as Director on 31 May 2020 having been appointed as the West Horsley Place Trust’s fi rst Director in spring 2016. Since this time, Peter has built the Trust from its inception, leading the development of its vision, completing the fi rst phase of restoration and setting in place the foundations for its future.

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UK LAUNCH

Revvis is a state-of-the-art software application designed to completely revolutionise digital property virtualisation in the UK.

The innovative company has appointed Paul Spencer as its managing director of sales and Nolan Everard to run its operations in the South East.

Paul is based out of London and has been in the property industry for over 25 years. He will lead the sales and brand strategy of revvis to both B2B and B2C markets. Meanwhile, Nolan is well connected in the property industry having worked on high-profi le acquisitions and disposals in the South for a number of years. solicitors and fi nanciers to provide the best practical › Nolan Everard

New Office Head

Knight Frank has appointed Matthew Hodder-Williams, Partner, as the new Offi ce Head at Knight Frank Sevenoaks.

As offi ce head at Knight Frank Sevenoaks, Matthew will head up an expert team of negotiators and support staff , whilst proactively handling a range of sales in the Sevenoaks area and surrounding countryside. Matthew brings exceptional experience to the role, with his in-depth knowledge of the area, along with his unrivalled network of contacts.

Future innovator

Dan Hicks, a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Associate of the University of Brighton and OSET Bikes, has been shortlisted for an award for his work on OSET’s electric trial bikes.

Dan has been announced as a ‘Future Innovator’ fi nalist at the 2020 KTP Best of the Best Awards, with a judging panel recognising ‘the enormous potential the entire community of Associates represents for the future of the UK economy’.

The KTP programme, which is funded by Innovate UK, is a collaboration between industry and academia and helps small businesses grow by pairing them up with a university and a graduate professional from their industry – in this case Dan, who was recruited in 2017 after gaining a fi rst in MEng Mechanical Engineering at the University of Leeds. OSET Bikes, a world leader in the design and manufacture of electric trials and motocross motorcycles, partnered with the University of Brighton for their KTP.

Top 100 UK law fi rm Moore Barlow has announced two senior appointments to the fi rm’s senior leadership team.

Katherine Allison and Tom Newman-Young join the fi rm’s executive leadership team to drive post-merger, people-led growth strategy.

Katherine Allison joins the team as the fi rm’s HR Director with an academic background in organisational psychology and more than two decades of HR leadership and change management experience across a number of global organisations.

A 14-year veteran of the advertising industry, Tom Newman-Young joins as the fi rm’s Marketing Director and brings signifi cant experience in building and growing major UK and global brands across the fi nancial services, airlines, telecoms and FMCG sectors. He joins Moore Barlow from AMV BBDO, where he served as a Senior Board Account Director. Prior to this, he served as Business Director with Leagas Delaney.

The new appointments to the fi rm’s executive leadership team come shortly after the offi cial launch of the recently merged Moore Barlow in May 2020.

AWARDS ‘PRIDE IN THE JOB’ Alastair Campbell, project manager for CALA Homes at CALA at Mindenhurst, is celebrating after receiving a prestigious industry award from the National Home Building Council (NHBC). Alastair has been recognised in the 2020 Pride in the Job Quality Awards for his contribution to creating homes of exceptional quality. The Pride in the Job Awards are one of the highest industry accolades a site manager can receive. A total of 11,000 site managers across the UK were assessed this year, with only 450 winners selected, putting those awarded in the industry’s top 4% who demonstrate the passion, commitment and leadership to deliver new homes to the highest possible standards. Alastair will now go through to the next stage of the competition, the Seal of Excellence. New equity partners

PwC has admitted fi ve new equity partners across the South East region.

Two partners will be joining the PwC partnership based in Reading, with Steven Bewick a new deals partner leading PwC’s South East forensics team, and Dave Farmer a new audit partner working with high growth companies across the Thames Valley.

Ian Dudley will become the newest Gatwickbased audit partner, focused on private businesses and private equity backed businesses.

Ellie Hames is a new risk assurance partner and will be leading PwC’s South East structuring and accounting advisory practice, and James Bowman joins as a consulting partner helping local public services across the region. Looking for a new Board Director

Enterprise M3 Local Enterprise Partnership is looking for a new Non-Executive Director from the private sector.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking for a new challenge.

If you are a strong communicator and infl uencer, with senior level business experience, great connections and a proven leadership record apply to: https://search.green-park.co.uk/ enterprisem3-ned/apply Silver award scooped A partnership between two Surrey companies, both based in Albury, Surrey Hills, has resulted in Detail Design Consultants scooping a Silver Award for its brand and website design for Albury Vineyard in the prestigious DBA Design Eff ectiveness Awards. The Award was won jointly with Albury Vineyard, although Detail entered the Award.

Detail Design Consultants worked closely with Albury Vineyard to help rebrand their business. This included defi ning their brand strategy, designing new bottle labelling and packaging, as well as a new e-commerce website. As a result, sales direct to consumers leapt by 120%, increasing the profi t margin on each bottle of wine sold. The rebrand had an impact on the profi tability of the company as the website saw a 1,600% leap in sales while overall wine sales increased 40% in 18 months. › Ginetta George and Dan Black Detail Design Consultants with Albury Vineyard

New HR and marketing directors

wines and vineyard in the background Award-winning team expanded Estate agents, Sawyer & Co has expanded its team with the appointment of Simon Lemcke as sales director.

Simon started his career at Fox & Sons where he became the youngest offi ce manager and then Area Director, overseeing eight offi ces across the South East. In 2002, he started a new venture and co-founded Goldin Lemcke in Hove. After 13 years at Goldin Lemcke, the Brightonborn agent became a Branch Partner at Brand Vaughan, working across all areas of the business. As Sales Director at Sawyer & Co, Simon will be working alongside Directors, Chris Sawyer and Adam Farrell, to accelerate their growth plans for the business.