Melissa Reader, Future Life Wealth Management
Financial experts Future Life Wealth Management, based in Sheffield, have recruited a new financial planning administrator.
Melissa Reader joins Future Life Wealth Management after working at Aviva in Sheffield for five years. Her appointment adds a boost to the financial planning department where she will oversee client administration.
Future Life Wealth Management offers a bespoke financial planning service to generators and receivers of wealth, from business owners and executives to inheritors and retirees.
Jillian Thomas, managing director of Future Life Wealth Management, said: “We are delighted to have Melissa on board to help us with our day-to-day running of the business. She brings knowledge and expertise that will help us grow stronger as a business and gain new clients.”
Nick Barker, JWPCreers
Accountants and business advisers, JWPCreers, has expanded its Corporate Finance Department with the appointment of a new senior manager.
Nick Barker, who joined the firm as a trainee in 2000 after studying mathematics at University of York, previously worked in the firm’s Audit and Accounts Department and qualified as a chartered accountant (ACA), through the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.
Nick’s appointment brings the total staff in the Corporate Finance Department, led by partner, Tony Farmer, to six.
Commenting on the appointment, Tony said: “It is great to be adding Nick Barker’s expertise to our team at a time of increasing deal flow within our Yorkshire heartland and beyond which is seeing activity back up to the same levels as before the banking crisis.”
JWPCreers, based at York Science Park and Park Street, Selby, is among York and North Yorkshire’s largest firms of accountants, taxation professionals and business advisers with seven partners and more than 80 staff.
Eleanor Head, HR Media
South Yorkshire’s award-winning PR agency, HR Media, appoints a new account manager.
Eleanor Head joins the team from a similar position at Kindred Agency in London.
During her PR career, Eleanor has worked on a variety of accounts ranging from the Business is GREAT Britain campaign, to the Construction Industry Training Board and the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) Food Safety Week multi-award winning campaign
Eleanor will be working on a number of HR Media clients including Westfield Health, B Braun, the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) and the Olympic Legacy Park.
Commenting on the appointment, Eleanor said: "I had been looking to move to Sheffield for a while so when the opportunity to join one of Yorkshire’s most experienced consultancies came up it was the ideal fit.
"I am really looking forward to working with my new clients and becoming a valuable member of HR Media team."
Martin Ross, managing director of HR Media, added: "We are delighted to welcome Eleanor. She brings with her a wealth of PR campaign experience which will be extremely valuable to us as we continue to grow as an agency."
Dale Sidebottom, NatWest
NatWest is aiming to boost entrepreneurs in the region with the appointmentment of Dale Sidebottom as the new Entrepreneur Development Manager based in Leeds.
In his new role Dale will be supporting entrepreneurs in and around Leeds and Yorkshire as they embark on achieving their business aspirations. This will involve developing relationships within the Leeds-business network and developing new contacts across the region.
He will also work with Entrepreneurial Spark and support the new Leeds ‘Hatchery’ which is opening in August. Entrepreneurial Spark, powered by NatWest, is the world’s largest free entrepreneurial accelerator and is currently accepting applications for a new cohort to join the Leeds programme.
Dale has previously worked as a Director of Business Banking based in Hampshire and also as a Regional Customer Experience Manager based in the North region. He has also served as Branch Manager at NatWest in Leeds.
Philippa Hedley-Tahkar, YHAHSN
The Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network (YHAHSN) has appointed Philippa Hedley-Takhar as the new Head of Investment and Partnerships in the Commercial team.
Philippa’s role will include securing new funding streams to help support the acceleration of innovation into front line clinical use, safeguarding and creating jobs in the Life Sciences sector - including using innovative products and services to directly support the improvement of the NHS.
Working with partners across the NHS, academia, government and industry in Yorkshire and Humber, Philippa will also ensure that there is a clear and consistent infrastructure to make the NHS even more appealing to innovative companies.
Philippa has previously held roles in sector growth and investment management at Creative Sheffield.
Richard Stubbs, commercial director at YHAHSN, said: “The YHAHSN is fast developing a reputation for working with our NHS and industry partners to identify the key innovations that will transform and sustain our healthcare services.
“A major part of our work is about supporting the NHS to become a better customer to innovative industry partners, while also making sure that the region gets its fair share of EU and global funds to help us spread innovation faster, support jobs and create a health system that takes advantage of all the many technological breakthroughs that are becoming part of our world.
“Philippa is a crucial appointment to our team and will use her experience to support the NHS in Yorkshire and Humber to achieve these aims.”