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• Following an extensive interview selection process, Brethertons LLP has appointed Shaun Jardine
as chief executive officer. Jardine takes over from Mike Dibben, who has led the firm as CEO since 2010 and announced earlier in the year that he would step down from the role once a successor was named. Since 1995, Jardine has spearheaded major shifts in income streams across Brethertons’ range of services. He has been partner and head of a multiple- award-winning team of lawyers, as well as a member of the management team leading up to this appointment.
• Howbery Business Park in Oxfordshire, owned by HR Wallingford, has appointed Lauren Patterson as finance director. She will head-up
Howbery’s commercial property team, alongside new group chief executive Dr Bruce Tomlinson. Patterson has been appointed to work alongside Tomlinson, following the retirement of John Ormston who was responsible for Howbery’s development for 18 years. Patterson joins Howbery Business Park and HR Wallingford from Systems Consultants Services where she was finance director. She brings 17 years' varied experience at both strategic and operational level.
• Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has appointed Mark Burton as its new regional managing director of mid markets banking in the south. Burton assumes responsibility for a 120-strong team, operating from banking centres in Gatwick, Southampton and Reading which provide strategic advice and funding solutions to mid- sized businesses and large corporates with a turnover of £25 million and above. In his new role Burton also oversees the bank’s sector-led teams which provide mid-market businesses with industry- specific advice and tailored financial solutions. Burton has 17 years-experience in the banking industry. He joined Lloyds Bank from RBS, where he held a number of senior posts including head of corporate banking in Yorkshire and senior director of the Strategic Finance Group.
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• NewVoiceMedia, the leading provider of cloud contact centre solutions, has strengthened its leadership
team with the appointment of Kev Willers as SVP services. Based in the company’s Basingstoke office, Willers will be responsible for global pre-sales and services and brings more than 23 years’ IT industry experience to the company. He joins from
salesforce.com, where he was responsible for customer success and partner programmes. He has also held leadership positions at Symantec and Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC).
• Marlow and High Wycombe based independent commercial property practice Deriaz Slater has announced the appointment of Mark Potter as associate partner. Potter has over 25 years’ experience within the commercial property sector in the Thames Valley and more widely within the UK. He joins Deriaz Slater having worked on his own account for a number of years specialising in all aspects of commercial property with a broad spectrum of clients. Potter will be based at the company’s Marlow office where the firm serves the commercial property
needs of individuals and companies. He will work closely with existing associate partner Martin Somers and oversee the acquisitions and disposals of retail, industrial and office units.
• McKay Securities PLC, the only real estate investment trust specialising entirely in the South East and London office and industrial markets, has hired Richard Morgan as an asset manager. He brings over six years of real estate asset management experience and three years surveying experience to the role. He previously held asset management positions at Mountgrange Investment Management and South Kensington Estates. He trained as a surveyor at GVA Grimley. In his new role, Morgan will be based at the company’s head office in Reading and will be responsible for managing a number of commercial property assets in McKay’s portfolio.
THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – OCTOBER 2014
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