HSBC has strengthened its West corporate team covering Bath with the appointment of Georgina Garrett and Veryan Young as senior corporate banking managers. Both roles have a strong emphasis on business development and HSBC is keen to talk to West businesses turning over £30m plus about their growth plans, particularly those with an international...
Bath-based Zenith International, the world leading specialist food and drinks industry consultancy has appointed two new directors, both promotions from within its existing team. Esther Renfrew, market intelligence director since 2010, becomes a full board director with immediate effect. She manages a team of 20 market analysts as well as an international network of...
Santander Corporate & Commercial has appointed Sue Lewis as a new relationship director for the South West. Sue will specialise in working with businesses with annual turnovers of more than £2.5m in the education, healthcare and communities sectors and will be responsible for building new customer relationships as the bank looks to expand further...
Barclays has promoted director Paul Freeman to take responsibility for the regional office of its Wealth and Investment Management division. Paul has worked in various management roles for the Barclays Group for more than 10 years during which he has been instrumental in developing a new operational structure across the South West and Wales....
Bath accountancy firm Richardson Swift is expanding its senior team as demand for its specialist business support and tax services grows. Debbie Boulton joins as director of business services having previously held similar posts at Bishop Fleming and Target Accountants in the city. Debbie has great experience advising business owners on their growth strategies...
Caroline Smale, the compliance director at fast-growing West accountants Bishop Fleming, has been elected to the practice committee of the profession's national body. Caroline joined Bishop Fleming as a graduate trainee 25 years ago and became its compliance director in 2005. From June, she will sit on the practice committee of the ICAEW (Institute...
Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking’s West complex deal team, which provides specialist advice to mid-market and large corporates on debt-funded transactions across the region, has appointed Owen Vizard as an associate director. He will work alongside director Gavin Reid and will support the Commercial Banking team of relationship directors, which is headed Clive Hetherington. Owen,...
Bath law firm Stone King has appointed experienced lawyers Amanda Watts and Jo Boyle to its growing residential property team. Amanda, pictured, right, with Stone King’s managing partner Steven Greenwood, joins the firm, which also has offices in Melksham, Cambridge and London, from Hertfordshire legal practice Nockolds where she was a partner in its...
Women in Property, the networking and professional development organisation, is to stage events in Bath and Chippenham as well as other areas across the South West as part of a new focus following the election of a new regional chairman. Naomi Chesterman, an associate in the property litigation team at Bristol law firm Veale...
Property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle has expanded its Bath team with the appointment of valuation expert Richard Clark. Richard, pictured, has joined as director in the valuation advisory team after a 13-year stint at rival DTZ in Bristol providing commercial and residential valuation advice. He specialises in the provision of valuation advice to banks...
