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This week’s North East appointments

International pharmaceutical firm Aesica, which is headquartered in Newcastle, has employed four interns to work across its North East sites.

The internships, which vary from six weeks to two years, have been taken by Yasmin Davoodi, Ross Cooper, Luke Kidwell and Amy Henderson.

Yasmin will undertake a 2 year placement within the Company’s Marketing team as part of her Business Leadership and Corporate Management degree from Northumbria University.

Ross is currently on a 4 month IT placement with the Company and will gain a broad understanding of the IT across the Aesica Group in terms of service delivery and project management. .

Amy studies Business with Human Resource Management at Northumbria University and has recently commenced a one year HR placement, based at the Cramlington site.

Luke is a summer intern within the Chemical Development Group based in Cramlington and is a third year undergraduate studying a Masters in Chemistry.

A lawyer who specialises in representing sports stars and organisations on social and broadcast media matters has joined law firm Ward Hadaway.

Stephen Taylor Heath joins the Top 75 UK law firm as a Consultant with a long track record of advising high-profile clients across the sporting arena.

He works closely with top sports agencies, accountants, financial advisers and marketing companies to offer tailored support solutions to sports, media and entertainment figures.

Stephen has advised clients including professional boxers Amir Khan and Joe Calzaghe, sports promoters including Don King, rugby league clubs such as Bradford Bulls, Hull KR and Huddersfield Giants and a range of sports broadcasters.

Stephen said: “It is terrific to be joining a full-service law firm with offices across the North which can offer truly specialist legal expertise in such a wide range of different areas.

“The sporting industry is a multi-billion pound sector whose status and influence continues to grow exponentially.

“Modern sports stars and others involved in the industry need to keep track and maintain control over an increasing range of things, from image rights and broadcast agreements to brand protection and commercial contracts.”

National charity Changing Lives, which is headquartered in the North East, has appointed Carolyn Reynolds as executive director of Communications and Fundraising.

Reynolds has joined Changing Lives as the organisation’s first Executive Director of Communications and Fundraising at a time of significant change and growth.

In the last five year’s the charity has more than tripled its turnover from £3.8 million to £12 million, more than doubled its staff numbers and increased service user numbers nearly ten-fold, as the charity expands its innovative services across the UK, supporting around 6,000 vulnerable people and their families every month.

The role will see Reynolds head the national communications strategy and steer fundraising efforts to raise the £3 million a year the charity needs to make through charitable giving.

Reynolds said: “It’s a real privilege to be joining an organisation which has done so much in the North East for vulnerable people and their families as it extends the scale and scope of its services nationwide and continues to develop as a national charity.

“As Changing Lives continues to take the good practice developed here in the North East to the national stage, I’m delighted to have the opportunity to talk so positively about our pioneering work. Empowering people to make better life choices and extending the housing, employment and recovery opportunities that support people to build a brighter future is what we’re all about. We have an exciting story to tell and I’m delighted to be part of it.

“Growth for the service has been rapid and is continuing. My job now is to ensure that the excellent work of our innovative, life-changing projects and their talented and extraordinarily committed staff get the recognition they deserve.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Tom Keighley .