A former director of Meta, the tech conglomerate that owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, is to join the board of Bath-based global media group Future as a non-executive director. Ivana Kirkbride, who held director positions in both product marketing and content strategy & acquisitions at Meta, has spent her career in content-led, digital media businesses. She...
Bath-headquartered law firm RWK Goodman has strengthened its residential property, farms and estates team in the city with the appointment of Rebecca Gillard as a senior associate. Rebecca, pictured, joined from the Salisbury office of Trethowans and has also worked for Goughs in Trowbridge and TLT in Bristol. She has spent the past nine years...
Bristol Airport has appointed a new planning & sustainability director as it targets becoming among the UK’s first net zero airports by 2030 while also expanding to handle an extra 2m passengers a year. Clare Hennessey, pictured, who previously worked for French energy giant EDF, joins the airport as work gets underway on its largest...
Stone King chair Alison Allen has just achieved the impressive milestone of a quarter of a century at the Bath-headquartered law firm. When she joined the firm it had just one other office in London but has since grown considerably and now operates nationally, with additional offices in Bristol, Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds and Manchester. ...
A record number of promotions have been made by law firm Thrings as it continues to strengthen its teams at all levels. As well as six new partners, its latest promotions round also includes 10 new senior associates and six associates in a move the firm said reflected its plan for growth across its offices...
An experienced arts professional who has worked at the Tate group of art galleries is to join Bath Preservation Trust as its new director of museums. Patrizia Ribul, pictured, was acquisitions programme manager at the Tate for 11 years and also has a wider background working in a range of public and private/commercial organisations...
South West accountancy and finance group Old Mill has appointed Chartered Financial Planner Tim Blowers to its wealth management team. Tim, pictured, joins the firm, which has offices in Chippenham, Wells, Yeovil and Exeter, from Evelyn Partners (formerly Tilney Smith & Williamson) in Bristol. His arrival follows that of his former Evelyn Partners colleague Amanda Browning, pictured,...
Regional accountancy, tax and advisory firm Bishop Fleming, which has an office in Bath, has appointed a new finance director to help drive its ambitious growth. Chartered accountant John Mockridge, pictured, centre, with Bishop Fleming partner Robert Davey and managing partner Andrew Sandiford, will be responsible for the firm’s accounting and finance systems as it continues to expand....
Global real estate advisor CBRE has made a raft of promotions in its South West office, including senior roles in its lease consultancy, building consultancy and valuation & advisory teams. Charlotte Acreman, pictured, leads on project management for the region and has become a senior director, along with Simon Meredith, pictured, in the lease consultancy team. Robert...
Time Finance, the Bath-headquartered alternative lender, has appointed two new independent non-executive directors as it reshapes its board ahead of the departure of two long-serving directors. Tracy Watkinson, an accomplished executive with more than 20 years of finance and commercial experience, and Paul Hird, who has a background of 30-plus years in the finance...
