PEOPLE NEWS Financial Roles Change Hands At LSPC
Mark Reeve has joined London Swimming Pool Company (LSPC) as Financial Controller as Barbara Joseph, former Finance and Administration Manager, heads off to Spain for an exciting new life with husband, Bob, after 13 years at LSPC. Initially Offi ce Manager, Barbara soon realised that she had joined a company that was ‘going places’ and made it her mission to modernise all the administrative functions and fi nancial systems, as well as streamlining the liaison with the service engineers and clients, improving effi ciency.
Barbara said: “The transition we’ve experienced over 13 years is remarkable. Gone is the small offi ce and shop front, replaced by large purpose built offi ces, a fl eet of vehicles and an expanded staff
of 25, plus sub-contractors. In my early days with the company, we were building a few high end pools each year, while now we have a full order book for many months ahead. “LSPC still has a great family feel – in fact my son Mike is a project engineer in the Contracting division – as well as being a very slick operation. Back then, when I joined to work alongside Tony Line and Jamie Smith, there wasn’t a formal structure to the business which gave me the opportunity to shape my job and help the management team.” Barbara added: “Working at LSPC has been the highlight in my career – Tony and Jamie showed tremendous confi dence in me and gave me the fl exibility to implement systems that contributed to the company’s growth which is very satisfying. I’ve learned
an enormous amount about the process of designing and building swimming pools and it’s been amazing to see new innovations like moving fl oor pools and fancy LED lighting become popular. “Leaving is a wrench, but emigrating to Spain has been a dream and we’re about to make it a reality. We will be living in a beautiful villa overlooking the sea and mountains in El Pinar, and the best thing is we’ll have a swimming pool!” Barbara’s successor, Mark Reeve has already started his new role. Mark was previously Financial Director Designate at West One, a luxury bathroom company operating in the same high end market as LSPC, so he comes with both the fi nancial expertise and an understanding of the client sector.
Total Swimming Appoint Chris Brindley As New Chairman
Former Managing Director of Metro Bank and prominent UK Business Leader Chris Brindley has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors at Total Swimming and sister company Total Gymnastics, joining former Olympic athlete Steve Parry who co-founded both businesses.
As a leading authority and
award winner for Customer Experience, Sales Management, Employee Engagement & Satisfaction, Chris will provide strategic counsel in his role as Chairman and bring his own commercial expertise to support large scale plans for both organisations.
Chris, who is also the long standing Chair of the County Sports Partnership, GreaterSport, commented: “As a champion of grassroots sport, I recognise the importance of sport not just for enjoyment, but also for life, health and social skills. I’m delighted to be appointed Chairman of two innovative and forward-thinking organisations – working with Olympians Steve Parry, Beth Tweddle and Becky Adlington to bring about a revolution in swimming and gymnastics is an exciting prospect.” Both Total Swimming and Total Gymnastics offer high quality, enjoyable classes across the country, catering for
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a range of ages, helping people learn invaluable life skills. Total Swimming has taught over 100,000 underprivileged children to swim and the company’s pioneering programme works on the basis of taking the pool to places which wouldn’t normally have access to the aquatic facilities.
A Total Swimming partnership with Olympic
Medallist Becky Adlington created ‘Becky Adlington’s SwimStars’, which aims to teach an entire nation to swim. The benefi ts of the programme, written by Becky, include smaller teacher led groups with children being taught important values and behaviours as they progress through the ASA’s Learn to Swim Framework. Steve Parry, Managing Director of
Total Swimming and Total Gymnastics, comments: “We’re thrilled that Chris has joined our Board of Directors. His knowledge and experience within the sector will be incredibly benefi cial to the team. Chris’s approach to using sport as the learning model to inspire success within business is something that particularly appeals to us.”
Total Swimming 0161 764 2224
www.totalswimming.co.uk
Barbara Joseph
London Swimming Pool Company 020 8605 1255
www.londonswimmingpools.com
Top Marks For Certikin’s Man In H&V
Certikin’s H&V Technical Sales Advisor, Michael Coyle has been awarded the Institute of Swimming Pool Engineer’s much- coveted Gartside Cup for Student of the Year after achieving the highest overall marks over the four ISPE exam papers. Bestowing the
prestigious award, ISPE General Secretary, Ross Alcock, said: “The students put a huge effort into their studies, to become ISPE Certifi ed Technicians and to come ‘top of the class’ is clearly an excellent achievement.”
Michael said: “I am very proud to be the recipient of this highly respected award and would like to thank Certikin for putting me through the course.'' Jo Catterall, H&V and Auto Covers Sales Manager said: “This is well deserved, Michael is a dedicated member of the Calorex H&V team and this award cements and refl ects his technical expertise.” Having graduated from Exeter University with an honours degree in Biological Sciences, Michael spent his early career in the pond building and aquatics industry before moving to Certikin early in 2008. In the H&V department, Michael specifi es environmental control units and heat pumps, prepares quotations and provides technical support and solutions over the phone.
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