This week’s Yorkshire appointments

This week’s round up of Yorkshire appointments includes Horncastle Group PLC, Stone King and virtualDCS. Read on to find out more.

Tom Horncastle joins and Simon Lunt, Horncastle Group PLC

Commercial developer the Horncastle Group PLC has appointed a new managing director with ambitious plans to grow the business beyond its East Yorkshire heartland.

Tom Horncastle (pictured second from right) joins the business after a highly successful career in London’s investment and property sector, culminating in a six-year stint as an investment manager at Oxenwood Real Estate LLP.

Here, he established the UK and European acquisition platform of the firm, partnering with insurance, private equity and sovereign partners, to deploy nearly £1bn capital, across 50 deals, into the logistics sector.

Tom said: “Industrial and logistics will remain a key focus of the business. The short-term shortage of warehouse space in major cities, accelerated by the pandemic, continues to grow. In the longer term, structural changes in urbanisation and increasing e-commerce demand will only make this shortage more acute.”

As well as appointing Tom as managing director, Simon Lunt (pictured right), former managing partner and head of corporate at Hull based Solicitors Gosschalks joins the Horncastle Group’s board as a non-executive director.

Simon will bring his broad corporate and commercial experience to the company. He said: “I am delighted to be joining the Horncastle team at this exciting time. I will be focused on assisting the team with the strategic development of the business.”

Rosamund McCarthy Etherington, Stone King

Leeds law firm Stone King has welcomed charity lawyer Rosamund McCarthy Etherington to its charity team as an equity partner. She joins the firm, which is a national leader in charity law, after more than 30 years at Bates Wells and will strengthen Stone King’s team of more than 50 charity lawyers.

Stephen Ravenscroft, Head of the firm’s Charity team, said: “We are extremely pleased that Rosamund has chosen to join our team. She has a vast wealth of sector experience, knowledge and skill and we look forward immensely to working with her.”

Stone King’s Managing Partner, Steven Greenwood, added: “Rosamund is a leader in her field as well as being committed to supporting the charity sector and all that it stands for, which is what makes her a perfect fit for Stone King. Her values chime with our own so we are very excited for her to join the firm.”

Rosamund is included in the Hall of Fame category by the Legal 500 directory and top ranked by Chambers and Partners, in which she is described as “a brilliant lawyer who is highly personable and one of the leading experts on charity law” and “committed to the ethos of the sector”.

She commented: “It has always been a great privilege to support the incredible work of charities, trustees and philanthropists both nationally and internationally. I’m excited to continue assisting not-for-profit organisations to grow and thrive in what are very challenging times, alongside my new colleagues at Stone King.”

Rosamund’s areas of expertise include charity registrations, philanthropy and international foundations; governance and Board reviews; advice on campaigning, political and electoral activities; fundraising advice and agreements and charity mergers. She also has significant experience of advising on Charity Commission investigations, reviews and regulatory compliance.

Keith Moore, virtualDCS

Leeds based cloud computing and disaster recovery specialist, virtualDCS, has appointed Keith Moore (pictured left) as sales manager to drive the company’s channel-first strategy.

Keith brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the team, with an “impressive track record” and more than 20 years’ experience working in business development in the IT industry.

In his new role, Keith will head up the company’s sales team to continue expanding the number of IT partners and MSPs currently benefiting from using virtualDCS’s specialist infrastructure and disaster recovery services in their customer base.

Richard May, managing director at virtualDCS (pictured right), said: “For the last decade, virtualDCS has created a range of market-leading data protection solutions, enhancing Veeam technology, such as CloudCover 365.

“Today our biggest successes are seen through our partners and as a result, our channel-first strategy is now our key focus. This is where Keith’s new role will be primarily centred, as he helps to build lasting, productive partnerships, based on mutual benefits.”

Keith added: “As a top Veeam partner, and a specialist in data protection and infrastructure, virtualDCS has an unmatched and compelling service, so it makes sense for MSPs to utilise our niche services and take advantage of our expert technical teams and support. This makes this role an exciting opportunity, as we partner with other industry leaders that want to significantly enhance and widen their service portfolio.”

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