This week's London appointments

Victoria Barrett-Mudhoo, Madeleine Rigby, James Burman and Georgia Crowley, Lichfields

Planning and development consultancy Lichfields has announced a raft of senior appointments.

Victoria Barrett-Mudhoo has been promoted to the position of associate director at the firm’s office at The Minster Building in Mincing Lane where she is joined by Madeleine Rigby, who becomes senior heritage consultant, and James Burman and Georgia Crowley, who have been promoted to senior planners.

Chief executive James Fennell commented: “Well done to Victoria, Madeleine, James and Georgia. Our investment in highly talented people is the linchpin of providing top quality advice to our clients.

“We look forward to them continuing to grow their careers at Lichfields and contributing significantly to our future success.”

Ross Stewart, Joseph Homes

Developer Joseph Homes has appointed Ross Stewart as Head of Land.

In his new role, Ross Stewart will support the developer’s goal of delivering quality-driven homes and spaces, leading with initiative to acquire more land to meet the company’s five-year business plan.

Michael Bryn-Jones, managing director of Joseph Homes comments, “We are extremely pleased to have Ross joining us at Joseph Homes, enhancing our senior team with the expertise to source and secure more diverse land opportunities.

“We are a very passionate and motivated outfit, and in Ross, we recognised someone who not only matches our hunger for growth but also more importantly, aligns with our vision to champion change in the built environment through actions, not just words.

“With Ross as the Head of Land for Joseph Homes, he will provide us with more opportunities to amplify our message of a cleaner, greener built environment and allow us to bring more people and communities together in a safer and happier way.”

Ross added: “It’s refreshing to be part of an energetic team where there’s an honest determination to promote a sustainable approach to residential development.

“Our clear sense of responsibility for our colleagues, our customers and our community is inspiring. It will encourage me to approach opportunities differently and enable me to communicate the company’s progressive ethos and importantly its competitive edge to the wider industry.

“It’s exciting to be part of a team with such a compelling mission statement but also ambitious targets and a desire to succeed, which is exactly the sort of environment a land buyer wants to be in. I’m looking forward to contributing to the growth plans here, finding new sites and ultimately using my experience to get deals over the line.”

Hamish Mojaria, FETCH

Food and drink order-and-pay app FETCH has appointed Hamish Morjaria as chairman.

Over the past 20 years, entrepreneur and investor Hamish has held senior leadership roles in global technology, distribution, wholesale and retail companies.

Hamish commented: “What I really like about FETCH is it plays in a sector that is going through a significant period of disruption.

“The traditional model for checkout is changing, and that’s across retail, hospitality, and food and beverage. I think it’s relatively clear in a period of time that the traditional model - queuing up at a till point or hailing a waiter to pay a bill - is going to change.

“FETCH’s management team have a tremendous depth of experience in providing enterprise-class solutions, and their vision is very complete from the transactional side to tipping, splitting a bill; all of the things that people in the food and beverage, hospitality and retail industry are looking for and can be implemented very quickly.”

Steph Ross, Born Social

Agency Born Social has appointed Steph Ross as head of social media management.

Having joined Born Social in 2017 as an account manager, Steph’s role later evolved into a senior social media manager job before starting her new role.

Prior to joining the agency, Steph worked in marketing for a range of FMCG challenger brands including PROPERCORN.

In her new role, Steph will be responsible for directing the wider social media management and client services teams. She will also pilot a number of new initiatives across community management, platform expertise, reactivity and creator product.

Ben Tyson, CEO and partner at Born Social, commented: “Steph has been an integral part of our social media management team since she joined over four years ago, playing a pivotal role in some of our most successful client campaigns.

“We’re delighted that she is now in a position to lead the department she’s helped to shape in that time, on to bigger and better things.”

Steph added: “I’m really excited to step into the new role and help drive Born Social towards our lead agency vision, both through best in class, social-first output, and through the leadership of my team to do the same.”

David Pattison, Octaive

Conversational media platform Octaive has appointed David Pattison as its new chairman.

Advertising veteran David co-founded PHD in 1990 and more recently he has been involved in a number of startups in a range of industries including, marketing, publishing, construction, motorsport, adtech, martech, fintech, production and broadcasting.

David has also written a book called The Money Train: 10 things startups need to know about investors, that helps startups prepare for the fundraising journey.

Octaive co-founder and CEO, Sam Peters, commented: “We are delighted to have someone of David’s vision and calibre onboard as our Chairman and investor which demonstrates the ambitions of this team and the potential of Octaive.

“We are looking forward to drawing upon his extensive experience as we scale the business globally. For too long brands have been limited to just ‘pushing’ their message at consumers but today people expect control over their digital experiences.

“Our core focus is helping brands create ad experiences that drive ‘active attention’ with their audience. Our platform makes this super simple by repurposing standard display, social and video assets into highly engaging, 2-way interactive conversational creative.”

David added: “I am hugely excited about the potential of Octaive. When I get involved with startups I have three criteria that need to be met: Can I spend two hours in a room with the people, is it an interesting product and can I make a difference? Octaive puts big ticks in all the boxes.

“It’s a great team, led by a brilliant CEO. The company is doing business with big brands and is already profitable. They are solving the problem of creating attention, driving personalised ads in a cookieless world. The results clients are getting are exceptional.”

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