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• Fairsail, leader in global workforce collaboration, has strengthened its board with two new members, and announced the appointment of its first chairman. Mike Ettling and Dr Steve Garnett join the board, and Adam Hale (pictured) – who recently joined Fairsail as non-executive director – takes up the role of executive chairman. Ettling joins Fairsail after several high-profile roles in the HR and IT industry. Also joining the board is Garnett, chairman of EMEA for
Salesforce.com. He is one of the most accomplished leaders of growth businesses, and this move formalises his years of involvement with and advice and backing of Fairsail. Hale,
who joined the Fairsail board in February of this year, will become executive chairman. He has worked with many of the leading global software organisations, helping to build and develop their leadership teams.
• Anne Pearson has joined Boyes Turner’s court of protection team which provides a professional deputy service and also advises families on deputyship issues. The team specialises in setting up compensation trusts for children and adults suffering from medical negligence and personal injury accidents as well as administering trusts for families to protect assets and preserve state benefits. It is led by Ruth Meyer and is one of the leading specialist teams of its type in the UK and the market leader in the Thames Valley. Pearson arrives from Harris Cartier (recently placed into administration) where she spent nearly 20 years – most recently as a senior manager in its court of protection team. She has a background in nursing and many years experience in assisting on catastrophic personal injury cases which include spinal injury and brain injury which give her a unique insight into the requirements and anxieties faced by both the clients and their families following a life-changing accident and a loss of capacity.
• Vail Williams’ team of property experts at its growing Thames Valley office has been strengthened with the arrival of new partner Linda Staker, who is well known and highly regarded as an expert in the specialist area of business rates. Staker has worked in the Thames Valley for 25 years and has an in-depth knowledge of the region and its commercial community. Such knowledge, combined with her skills and reputation as a rating expert, is set to attract new names to the company's client list. It’s actually a welcome return to the company for Staker as it’s where she started her career. She previously worked with the late Chris Perry, a major force at Vail
Williams and in whose name the company runs a bursary fund for real estate students at the University of Reading. After starting a family, Staker reached partner level in two small Reading- based commercial property practices. She set up specialist rating departments in both, focusing primarily on the Thames Valley region.
• Leading property law firm Pitmans has appointed Christina Daniels as partner, joining its successful real estate department, heading the highly regarded planning and environment team. Daniels specialises in residential and mixed-use planning. She advises on strategic planning matters, submission of planning applications, planning appeals, affordable housing and viability issues and judicial review applications together with the drafting and negotiation of S106 agreements and highway and infrastructure agreements. Daniels has worked for Oxfordshire County Council and, most recently, DAC Beachcroft in London. Managing partner Christopher Avery said: “We are delighted to welcome Christina. She brings a wealth of experience that will complement our well-established real estate team.”
THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – DECEMBER13/JANUARY14
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