A trio of West Midlands business bodies have all boosted their senior teams with new hires.
West Midlands Growth Company, Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership and Black Country Chamber of Commerce have welcomed new faces to their management teams.
The growth company, which is charged with attracting investment, visitors, businesses and jobs into the region, has hired Dan Storer as its new chief investment officer.
Mr Storer was previously business development director at Manchester's inward investment promotion agency Midas and will be responsible for overseeing the growth company's Business Attraction and Business Growth programmes.
He has also worked for Rolls Royce and shipping company Royal P&O Nedlloyd.
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Joining him is programme director Michelle Inkpen who will target overseas markets for investment into the West Midlands.
Completing the new appointments are four new members of the growth company's board.
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They are Sir David Eastwood and Geoff Layer, vice-chancellors of University of Birmingham and University of Wolverhampton respectively, Advanced's chief marketing officer Sally Scott and Bruntwood’s director Rob Valentine.
Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP has appointed four new directors to its board.
Louise Brook-Smith, Ewa Truchanowicz, Christine Oates and Ian Tandy will serve for three years and work alongside the LEP and its partners to provide businesses with support and access to finance.
Pat Hanlon and Simon Marks will be stepping down from its board following the end of their terms.
Ms Brook-Smith has more than 35 years of experience working in construction, land and property in both the public and private sectors and runs her eponymous city centre agency Brooke Smith Planning.
Ms Truchanowicz is currently the managing director of Dignio 海角视频, a company which connects patients and healthcare professionals through a digital platform to deliver health services.
Ms Oates is an experienced tax partner at Deloitte and is the leader of the Midlands business tax practice and a global client service partner.
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Mr Tandy is currently managing director for global trade and receivables finance at HSBC 海角视频 in Birmingham, a role in which he helps support 海角视频 businesses that are looking to expand on an international scale.
Completing the new appointments is Calum Nisbet, who has joined Black Country Chamber of Commerce as its commercial director.
Mr Nisbet was most recently West Midlands regional director for the Institute of Directors.
The organisation supports thousands of businesses across Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.
As commercial director, he will oversee a range of strategies to enhance existing training services and partnerships to ensure business leaders and their boards are supported.