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‘Key regional figure’ retires at NEC Group
Kathryn James, managing director for Conventions and Exhibitions at the NEC Group, is retiring after 12 years with the company. Since joining the NEC in 2007, James has led the
strategic direction for the largest of the group’s five divisions which focuses on exhibitions, live events, conferences and long-stay experiences. In 2016 she took on additional management
responsibility for the Group’s second division of conventions and conferencing – the ICC in Birmingham city centre and the Vox on the NEC Campus within Resorts World. Ian Taylor – venue sales director, NEC Group
Conventions and Exhibitions will become acting managing director until a permanent appointment is made. Ms James said: “The NEC Group is unique and I
will miss the whole team. “We’ve helped organisers deliver some
outstanding events and I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside the world’s top event organisers. “There are great plans for the future of the NEC
Group and I look forward to seeing them come to fruition. However, I’m going to enjoy taking the time for some well-earned rest!” Paul Faulkner, chief executive of Greater
Birmingham Chambers of Commerce, said: “Kathryn has been a key figure, both at the NEC and also within our regional business community, for a number of years now. “She has played an integral role in the significant
change and development that the NEC has undertaken in recent times, and has also played a very active role supporting and engaging with the Chamber. “I’d like to place on record our thanks and
appreciation for all that she has achieved and contributed to the regional economy, and wish her well going forward.”
Leading light: Kathryn James
Pioneer: Professor Yvonne Elsworth
Awards for top astrophysicists
Two leading astrophysicists at the University of Birmingham are to be recognised in the Royal Astronomical Society’s 2020 Awards. Professor Yvonne Elsworth, a
researcher in the University’s School of Physics and Astronomy, is recognised with the society’s Gold Medal – its highest award – for her work in the field of helioseismology, the study of our Sun using its oscillations. The Society’s Gold Medal usually
recognises lifetime achievement and its past winners include Albert Einstein, Edwin Hubble, Arthur Eddington and Stephen Hawking. Professor Elsworth said: “Birmingham pioneered the study of the Sun through helioseismology because of the inventiveness of Professor George Isaak. “Subsequently I have been able
RSM’s move to RPA is a nice touch
RSM has teamed up with cloud and software services provider NICE to deploy Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to clients. RPA comprises software robots
which execute a variety of admin tasks, including report generating, service order management, account setup, independently without human intervention. The collaboration will allow
organisations to take advantage of the productivity and employee engagement improvements presented by NICE’s RPA solutions, coupled with RSM’s wider technology and management consulting expertise. Darren Mee, partner and RPA
Darren Mee: Driving efficiency
practice lead at RSM said: “Our clients are looking to RPA technology to help them automate repetitive activity in their
businesses and free up staff to spend more time with customers or growing the business. “We looked closely at the RPA
market and decided that the stability and robustness of NICE’s RPA platform, backed by 17 years of domain experience and proven success in leading the attended automation market, fitted perfectly with RSM’s ambitions to help its clients to drive efficiency and service excellence within their operations. “We want to help clients to
deliver the productivity improvements that RPA technology promises, and this partnership will allow us to bring our business expertise together with NICE’s comprehensive and intelligent RPA platform, backed by a strong and stable track record of deployment success.”
to lead the solar and stellar group as it illuminated the conditions in the solar interior. None of this would be possible without the input over many years from my brilliant team.” Professor Elsworth’s outstanding
achievements in helioseismology have revealed fundamental insights into the structure and dynamics of the solar interior and core. Also recognised is Dr Amaury
Triaud, a Birmingham Fellow in the School of Physics and Astronomy, who will receive the RAS Fowler Award, for Early Achievement in Astronomy. The Fowler Award is given to
researchers for particularly noteworthy contributions to Astronomy and Geophysics at an early stage of their research career. Dr Triaud carried out the first
comprehensive survey of spin-orbit misalignments in these “hot- Jupiter” systems, revealing two likely evolutionary pathways to their present orbits. The winners will collect their
awards at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting at the University of Bath in July.
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