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• Oxfordshire-based accountants and business advisers Shaw Gibbs has increased its number of partners to 14 with the addition of Emma Hall and Matt Wistow. Hall, who funded herself through an accounting and finance degree at Oxford Brookes, joined the firm as a trainee accountant nine years ago, qualifying in 2007 as an
ACCA.She also completes her chartered tax adviser qualification later this year. Wistow has looked after the firm’s business development for the past three years. On joining Shaw Gibbs, he brought over 20 years’ experience in corporate banking and 10 years’ experience of working in Oxfordshire and the Thames Valley.
• Professor Shân Wareing has been appointed as Buckinghamshire New University’s pro vice chancellor, learning & teaching, and will take up the post at the beginning of November. This is a new role at the University, designed to focus on delivering the best teaching and learning experience for the University’s students, and will include responsibility for the University’s student experience directorate which encompasses student recruitment and admissions, student services, and learning services including the library. Wareing will also oversee the work of staff supporting learning and teaching and employability, and will work in close collaboration with the faculties to champion
high-quality teaching across the University. Wareing is currently dean of learning and teaching development at the University of the Arts London, a post which she has held since 2005, and which involves developing, implementing and monitoring the institutional learning and teaching strategy.
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• Dr Sam De Silva, a partner and head of the IT and outsourcing group at law firm, Manches LLP, has recently had two successes with the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS). De Silva has just been awarded Fellowship of CIPS (FCIPS). FCIPS is recognition of outstanding achievement and contribution to the procurement profession and is awarded to those who can demonstrate their commitment to advancing standards and strategic thinking. De Silva is one of a very small number of solicitors to achieve this level of professionalism. In addition to FCIPS, he has recently been elected by the CIPS Council to the Global Board of Trustees (GBT). The GBT is CIPS' senior body and is responsible for governance and control and sets the overall international strategic direction for CIPS. Commenting on his fellowship and appointment to the GBT, David Noble, CIPS’ CEO said: "It is with great pleasure that we welcome Sam to the team. I'm sure he will bring a wealth of commitment, expertise and practical support to the Global Board of Trustees and the Fellowship. We're always looking for talented specialists in different fields and in different regions of the world to join our growing global community, so he's in good company. Sam has already shown dedication to CIPS and to his profession so we look forward to his contributions."
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• The Reading office of Lloyds Bank Wholesale Banking & Markets, the division which supports mid-market businesses and large corporates, has strengthened its team with the appointment of Scott Kenward as business development director. Kenward joins the 25-strong team, which is based at Davidson House in the town’s Forbury Square, following a seven-year career in commercial and corporate banking with HSBC, latterly running the business development function across its Thames Valley region focusing on larger companies. He also completed several high-profile transactions. Originally from Sandhurst, he
is a graduate of the University of Keele and the Institute for Financial Services at the University of Manchester. Steve Clarke, area director for Lloyds Bank in Thames Valley & South, said his appointment was a signal of its commitment to expand its customer portfolio, strengthen links with the professional community and stimulate increased growth and investment across the region. He said: “Whilst business confidence in parts of the economy remains subdued by eurozone uncertainty and weak domestic demand, we’re seeing a steadily improving corporate landscape across the region with businesses thinking longer- term about their ambitions for growth. Against this backdrop, we’ve continued to increase our corporate lending to mid- sized companies and larger corporates this year and we’re keen to accelerate that trend, encouraging more companies to take advantage of historically low borrowing costs to fund their investment and growth plans. We see a clear role for us in building confidence in the market and Scott is an important part of that commitment.”
THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – OCTOBER 2012
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