This week's National appointments: Featuring C3IA Solutions, Avant Homes & Primas Law

This week’s round-up of National appointments includes C3IA Solutions, Avant Homes & Primas Law. Read on to find out more…

Aidan Ritchie, C3IA Solutions

The fast-growing Dorset cyber-security company C3IA Solutions has recruited a new manager to deal with quality assurance, environment, safety and health compliance.

Aidan Ritchie has joined the business after working in the automobile and nuclear industries. He will be ensuring the company is compliant in a wide range of areas, as well as coordinating the company initiatives involving carbon reduction, social values and sponsorships.

With more than 130 employees based at its Poole headquarters and around the country, C3IA Solutions required a dedicated compliance manager. Aidan, from Weymouth, chooses to work one evening a week at McDonald’s because it helps with his people skills and business management.

He said: “This is an opportunity to work in a different sector for a company that is growing rapidly. It presents a new challenge and I am looking forward to learning about cyber-security. I will be bringing those skills I learned in the nuclear and automobile industries in terms of compliance; it is hugely important to ensure things are done correctly.

Jim Hawkins from the company said: “Aidan brings skills that so far have been done by a number of people. It made sense to find someone expert in these areas to oversee the whole of the company. Aidan’s career since he left college told us a lot about him and we’re pleased to have secured his services. That he still works at McDonald’s purely for his own development is a sign of his deep commitment to his work.”

Richard Short, Richard Smith, Sophie Aitken & Stephanie Mason, Avant Homes

Nottingham-based housebuilder Avant Homes East Midlands has strengthened its commercial team with four new appointments to further enable the housebuilder’s regional expansion strategy. Richard Short and Richard Smith join as commercial director and commercial manager respectively. The housebuilder has also hired Sophie Aitken as assistant buyer and Stephanie Mason as a commercial assistant.

Richard Short is returning to Avant Homes where he was previously Group commercial controls manager. He has 27 years’ experience in the housebuilding industry, having also held positions at Keepmoat and Countryside Partnerships. With 23 years’ experience in housebuilding, Richard Smith will manage the region’s team of quantity surveyors, buyers and commercial assistants. He previously worked at Mulberry Homes and Redrow.

Sophie Aitken steps into her first housebuilding role as an assistant buyer to the team, following eight years with flooring contractors Designer Contracts, Saint Flooring and Carters Flooring. Stephanie Mason has made the move from conveyancing to the regional commercial team, where she plans to train as a quantity surveyor. She previously held positions at My Home Move and AVRillo Conveyancing.

Avant Homes East Midlands managing director, Richard Hosie, said: “These appointments in our commercial team will play a pivotal role in achieving our ambitious growth plans for the region. They all bring a wealth of experience with them to Avant Homes from a variety of backgrounds and I look forward to working with the commercial team to help deliver our expansion strategy.”

Catherine Lo, Primas Law

Leading commercial law firm, Primas Law, has expanded its corporate team with the appointment of Catherine Lo as Senior Associate at the firm’s recently opened Liverpool office.

Catherine, who specialises in the full range of corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, group reorganisations and joint ventures as well as advising on shareholder agreements, corporate governance and constitutional documentation, joins the firm from Bermans and has more than a decade of experience.

Beyond her legal work, Catherine is also involved in a newly-formed charity committee by the Liverpool Ladies Network, working together to raise funds for and awareness of The Hive Wirral Youth Zone.

Speaking of her new role, newly appointed senior associate, Catherine Lo, said: “I’m thrilled to be joining Primas Law and working alongside such a talented team, helping to strengthen our presence in Liverpool and throughout the northwest.

Adam Kerr, managing partner at Primas Law, added: “We are thrilled to welcome Catherine to our team in Liverpool. Her extensive experience and expertise in corporate law will be a valuable asset to the firm’s growing roster of Liverpool-based clients and beyond.”

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