This weeks National appointments

This week’s round up of National appointments includes Cytomos, Leep Utilities & Primas Law. Read on to find out more.

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Lee Kitchen & Helen Bishop, Leep Utilities

Salford-headquartered last mile multi-utility network owner and operator, Leep Utilities (Leep), has strengthened its team with the appointment of two directors. Lee Kitchen joins the company as Chief Financial Officer, and Helen Bishop as Director of Customer Operations.

On his appointment, Lee said: “I joined Leep Utilities because of the vision that the board shares for the business and, given my industry experience, I believe I can add real value in helping them achieve their ambition through a period of rapid growth. I really feel like I’ve joined at a great time.”

Helen said: “I am a strategic leader who thrives in a pressurised and challenging environment and bring to Leep over 15 years’ experience of designing and delivering customer transformation in the travel and water sectors. I’m passionate about making a difference impact for both customers’ and people and am very much looking forward to doing the same here.”

Leep Utilities’ managing director Louise Manfredi said: “It goes without saying that we’re delighted to welcome Helen and Lee to our team. They are both proven leaders within the utilities sector and their experience will be invaluable as we enter what is a significant and ambitious growth phase for us.”

David Rigterink, Dr Lindsay Fraser & Gordon Sharp, Cytomos

Cytomos, an Edinburgh-based life science company that has developed a proprietary new approach to analysing cells, has made three C-suite appointments as it gears up for the next stage of growth.

David Rigterink joins the scale-up as CEO and is appointed to the Board, Dr Lindsay Fraser joins as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) and Gordon Sharp has been promoted to interim Chief Technology Officer (CTO), as part of a new-look Executive team.

Dr Lindsay Fraser joins the Executive team as CSO to direct the company’s ambitious scientific programme. As the former Head of Technical Services at Symbiosis Pharmaceutical Service, Lindsay has extensive knowledge in the field of regenerative medicine and cellular therapy, having previously held roles at the SNBTS, Milteny Biotech, and Roslin CT.

Gordon Sharp has been promoted to interim CTO to lead the company’s complex instrument design programme and strengthen its IP portfolio in collaborations with industrial and academic partners. Having joined Cytomos as Principal Design Engineer in 2016, Gordon brings more than 30 years’ experience in the microelectronic and instrumentation industries.

The appointments come on the back of a successful £1.6M funding round to progress the development and qualification of its novel cell analysis platform, Cytomos Dielectric Spectroscopy (CDS). The round was led by existing investor Archangels with participation from Scottish Enterprise and Old College Capital.

Holly Navarro & Rebecca Bloxsome, Primas Law

Corporate and commercial legal practice, Primas Law, announces its latest set of appointments as the rapidly growing business signals its intent for its employment law offering.

Holly Navarro joins Primas Law as an Employment Solicitor with experience across a variety of employment matters including settlement agreements, contract and policy drafting and Tribunal support advising both employees and employers.

Primas’ team of employment specialists will now also be supported by a dedicated Executive Assistant, Rebecca Bloxsome, who has joined the team with over 15 years of administration experience.

David Walton, Primas Law’s head of employment, said: “Just seven months after joining the Primas team to head up our employment offering, I’m thrilled to have made two key appointments to support the department’s rapid growth.

“It’s a really exciting time for us, particularly as Primas settles into its Liverpool office base, and new clients are coming to work with us from a broad range of sectors including retail and leisure, manufacturing, finance, aviation and education.”

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