Member Article

This week’s North West appointments

Palatine boosts new business team

Manchester-based Palatine Private Equity has appointed Charlotte Ashton as business development director.

Charlotte joins Palatine from Grant Thornton Corporate Finance where she worked for three years, initially in Manchester and then later in London focusing on specialist sectors.

She worked on a wide range of transactions including Edward Billingtons acquisition of Bar Foods, the sale of Electricity Network Solutions to the French group SPIE and the sale of The Mansfield Group to South African logistics group Bidvest.

Charlotte joins the team in a national rolefocused on developing relationships with high growth, entrepreneurial businesses as well as the corporate finance community and intermediaries.

Charlotte Ashton said: “It is a great time to be joining Palatine, which closed its second fund last year and has demonstrated strong track record through the investments and exits made to date. My experience across a range of industry sectors and network of contacts complement Palatine’s existing business development initiatives.”

Gary Tipper, managing partner at Palatine, said: “We’re delighted to have Charlotte on board. We have continued to build our business development resource and Charlotte brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and industry contacts.

“Developing relationships with entrepreneurial and fast growing business is an important part of our strategy and the addition of Charlotte to the team will help us continue this.”

Nuclear Engineering Services appoints director of business development and tendering

Nuclear Engineering Services (NES), based on MEPC Birchwood Park, Warrington, is delighted to announce the appointment of Alex Moore as Director of Business Development and Tendering.

Alex joins at an exciting time as NES expands its nuclear decommissioning programmes and defence projects and with new build very much on the horizon.

Alex has a wealth of experience in the nuclear industry having held senior and director level positions in engineering and project management and brings a proven track record in business development and strategic planning.

Alex has held various technical and leadership roles in manufacturing and operations within high- technology organisations, including Motorola and more recently as Nuclear Services Director for Capula, a leading I.T. and EC&I systems integration company.

Mike Hawe, managing director of NES comments: “We are delighted to welcome Alex to NES. He joins us at a time of considerable investment and expansion and we look forward to his significant contribution to our business development. We wish him well in his new role.”

Alex Moore said: “I welcome the opportunity of leading the business development and tendering team at NES at such an exciting time for the company. NES is ideally placed to meet industry challenges and I look forward to taking the business forward.”

Other new appointments include Jean Isherwood as marketing and communications manager. Jean is a Chartered Marketer with nuclear industry experience in marketing and tendering and will further strengthen the business development and tendering team at NES.

Berg appoints employment specialist

Manchester-based law firm, Berg, has made a strong start to 2014 with the appointment of employment specialist, Pat Jones, as partner.

Pat, who has 20 years’ experience in employment law, joins from Freeth Cartwright where she advised clients on a wide range of legal issues including disability discrimination, unfair dismissal, breach of contract and TUPE. She is well regarded for her judicial review work for the NHS and advised the Health Authority in relation to the Harold Shipman Inquiry.

Pat said: “I have always admired the Berg culture so when the opportunity arose I had no hesitation to take it. I look forward to working with the team and helping clients to manage all of their employment law needs.”

Berg’s senior partner, Reuben Berg, commented: “Pat brings with her a wealth of experience and is highly regarded in her field. I am sure that she will be a great asset to the firm and is a welcome addition as part of our strategic growth plans and enhancing our distinctive offering to clients.

“With exciting appointments in the pipeline, we are very positive about the prospects for 2014 and will continue to offer innovative solutions that are the best fit for clients and businesses in the current climate.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Graham Vincent .