Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has聽appointed聽Alastair Nuttall as a partner in Manchester.
With more than 25 years' experience, Mr Nuttall joins from EY where he headed up the North West and Yorkshire audit practices.
The role will see him work聽alongside RSM鈥檚 regional audit managing partner Jonathan Lowe and the 130-strong regional audit team to support a portfolio of middle market businesses in the region and across the 海角视频.
Mr Lowe said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 great to have Alastair on board. The audit market is in a period of significant change and we are well placed to support ambitious corporates across the North West with quality assurance expertise.
鈥淎lastair鈥檚聽appointment聽further strengthens our offering and reaffirms our ongoing commitment to the region.鈥
SLS
Manchester-based School Letting Solutions (SLS) has appointed Jenny Shuttleworth as head of people.
SLS, which provides a full letting solution for schools, academies and colleges, said it made the appointment as the business 鈥渃ontinues to grow its team and reach鈥 .
Ms Shuttleworth, who has previously held roles at Virgin Active and Aldi, will focus will be on hiring, developing and retaining a team and create a 鈥済reat place to work鈥澛 across head office and roles across the 海角视频.
Scott Warrington, co-founder of SLS, said:聽鈥淲e have big ambitions to support more schools across the country and making the most of their facilities to open up new revenue streams and connect communities.
鈥淭o achieve this, we need the best people in all of the roles. Jenny brought the experience, enthusiasm and ideas we were looking for, making her the obvious choice for the role.鈥
Ultimate Finance
Specialist asset-based lender Ultimate Finance has appointed Vinnie Dobie and Jemma Taylor as Regional Directors for the North West.
The lender said Mr Dobia and Ms Taylor have 鈥渋n-depth knowledge of the local economy, with strong relationships in the region鈥.
Josh Levy, CEO of Ultimate Finance, said: 鈥淭he North West has always been a core region for Ultimate Finance and we鈥檝e been delivering funding for businesses here for approaching 20 years.
鈥淭he depth of our relationships within the region was reflected in our recent results. We鈥檙e building on that success by investing in experienced local talent, expanding our reach and ultimately, providing more funding to support businesses.
鈥淭he increased strength of our sales team will help to solidify our position in the North West as the asset-based lender of choice.鈥
Placefirst
Manchester-based build-to-rent developer Placefirst has聽appointed聽Paul Westhead as director of development.
In the newly-created role, the developer said Mr Westhead will play a key senior role in helping it achieve its planned target of 3,500 homes by 2023.
He joins Placefirst from Trafford Housing Trust, where he held the role of head of new business and, more recently, head of land and partnerships.
David Christie, chairman of Placefirst, said: 鈥淲e are delighted that someone of Paul鈥檚 calibre, with proven experience of large-scale housing delivery, has joined the Placefirst team.
鈥淧aul will play an important role in the next phase of growth towards becoming a national leader in 海角视频 build-to-rent housing.
鈥淭here is a genuine need for developers to work with local authorities in the 海角视频 to address the acute shortage of housing for families, and Paul has demonstrated considerable success in building strategic relationships.鈥
High Voltage Partial Discharge
Engineering firm High Voltage Partial Discharge (HVPD) appointed Kelly Thorley to the board as director of HR and Administration.
It follows her appointment earlier this year as secretary of HVPD, Inc., the USA arm of our business.
Kelly joins the board alongside Marc Foxall (business development and test services director), Rachel Oates (commercial director), Alex Polley (director of systems development) and Malcolm Seltzer-Grant (technical director).
HVPD chairman Gavin Ryder said: 鈥淜elly has been brilliant for the company, holding a pivotal role in terms of managing the business over the last few years.
鈥淚n making this appointment, the board is showing its confidence and belief that both Kelly and indeed HVPD will continue to go from strength to strength.鈥
Genr8
Manchester-based development and regeneration specialist Genr8 has appointed Matt Brennan as project manager.
Mr Brennan joins from Walker Sime where he worked with a range of clients across various schemes, including Genr8鈥檚 Smithfield project in Stoke-on-Trent.
Stuart Dick, development director at Genr8, said: 鈥淲e are experiencing a real period of growth and have added some brilliant talent to our team in the past year 鈥 Matt is no exception.
鈥淗is developing experience across sectors for someone at his stage in his career is exactly what we need along with his enthusiasm and confidence, and his existing relationships with the Smithfield team is a real bonus.鈥
