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East Midlands business leaders named on New Year Honours List
recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours list for 2021. Five MBEs, two CBEs and an OBE
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were handed to key people at six organisations in recognition of significant contributions made in their chosen fields. Among those were Professor Shearer West and Professor Edward Peck, the vice-chancellors of the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University respectively, who were each bestowed with a CBE for their educational work. Leicester was well represented for MBEs by Anjuu Trevedi, head of regional business engagement at the University of Leicester, lawyer and businesswoman Glynis Wright and Dr Harold Moore, founder of Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People. Prof West, who joined the University of Nottingham in
usiness, charity and academic leaders within East Midlands Chamber membership celebrated after being
October 2017, was honoured for her services in education. She said: “Whether at home or
overseas, and particularly at the University of Nottingham, I am always struck by the dedication and expertise of my colleagues working in higher education. I am delighted that this dedication is reflected in so many honours being bestowed this year to people working in education settings.” As well as the vice-chancellor, the
university’s director of technical skills and strategy Kelly Vere was
awarded a MBE for services to championing the role of technicians in higher education and research institutions, and Kate Robertson, a retired assistant professor in the School of Medicine, received an MBE for services to occupational therapy. As vice-chancellor of NTU since
2014, Prof Peck – a Deputy Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire – has steered the university to accolades such as the Times Higher Education University of the Year in 2017, The Times and Sunday Times
Dr Harold Moore MBE
Modern University of the Year in 2018, and Guardian University of the Year in 2019. Prof Peck, who began his career
in the NHS, said: “I am profoundly grateful to receive this award and look forward to continuing to play my small part in making our country one where access to health and prosperity are open to all regardless of their background.” At the University of Leicester,
head of regional business engagement Anjuu Trevedi was awarded an MBE for services to
Glynis Wright MBE (right), pictured with Nelsons chief executive Stewart Vandermark (left), ended 2020 with a double celebration
Anjuu Trevedi MBE Glynis Wright & Co in acquisition
The company founded by former Leicestershire Law Society president Glynis Wright MBE has been bought by a top 200 law firm. Family solicitors and mediator Glynis Wright & Co,
based in Regent Road, Leicester, has been acquired by fellow Chamber member Nelsons. Nelsons said the deal, for an undisclosed sum, is
Prof Edward Peck CBE
part of its ambitious strategy for growth and will support its vision to become the strongest and biggest family law department in the region. Glynis, who was president of Leicestershire Law
Society in 2019/20, founded her firm in April 2011 and has grown it into a £1.2m turnover business. In 2018, it became the only Leicester firm to date to win Law Firm of the Year at the national Law Society Excellence Awards. She will join Nelsons’ Leicester office, in New Walk,
as a partner and head up the family law team in the city – bringing seven lawyers and one soon-to-be qualified solicitor, who specialise in all aspects of private family law cases, including complex financial settlements.
Prof Shearer West CBE 4 business network February 2021 “Over the years, Glynis Wright & Co has taken a
lead in the Leicester market and that’s something I’ve always wanted to build on regionally and beyond,” said Glynis. “Nelsons is a vibrant, dynamic and innovative
company that is wanting to develop the Leicester market and become the strongest regional firm, so our ambitions match up perfectly. Culturally, we’re very well aligned too.” Last year, Nelsons, which also has offices in
Nottingham and Derby, hit the first milestone of its financial target – growing its after-tax profits by 27% to £3.6m and boosting turnover by 8% from £15.9m to £17.2m for the year ending May 2019. Nelsons’ chief executive Stewart Vandermark said
it would help Nelsons’ strategy to increase its overall turnover to £20m and helped ambitions to create the “biggest and strongest family law department in the East Midlands”. He added: “We’re looking forward to Glynis and
her team joining Nelsons and supporting us as we push boundaries to empower our clients.”
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