City Moves for 1 July – Who’s switching jobs at BT, Apex Airspace and Lewis Silkin?
Today’s City Moves includes BT, Apex Airspace and Lewis Silkin.
BT
BT Group has announced that Leena Nair will be joining as a non-executive director and as a member of the Remuneration Committee, the Nominations Committee and the Digital Impact & Sustainability Committee. Leena is joining BT from Unilever, where she has been chief human resources officer since March 2016. She has also been a non-executive director of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy since 2018 and is chair of its Nominations and Governance Committee. She will take up her role from 11 July 2019.
Apex Airspace
Apex Airspace has announced the appointments of Andrew Powell as finance director and Jonathan Smart as the head of new business. Andrew Powell has spent the past 12 years in senior finance positions within Morgan Sindall Group, operating as a board and executive member of the leadership team at Morgan Sindall Investments since 2013, overseeing over £1bn of assets. Andrew proffers extensive development experience working in partnership with both the public and private sector and will take overall responsibility for the financial strategy of Apex. Jonathan has almost a decade of experience in the property sector, working for large housebuilders including Taylor Wimpey and Crest Nicholson. In his most recent role as head of land at Berkeley Homes (north east London/Capital), Jonathan led the team in securing complex acquisitions, forging strong relationships with key stakeholders. His experience lends itself to Apex’s ambitious business development strategy with a good understanding of the UK land acquisition and planning process.
Lewis Silkin
Lewis Silkin has announced that Giles Crown and Richard Miskella have been appointed to the new role of joint managing partner, replacing chief executive Ian Jeffery who will step down on 30 September. The firm will be moving forward under a new leadership structure, with the creation of the new roles of joint managing partner, in line with the firm’s business strategy to focus on its core markets. Giles is currently the divisional managing partner for the firm’s Creators, Makers and Innovators division. Richard was recently appointed as divisional managing partner for the firm’s Employment, Immigration and Reward division. Michael Burd, chair of Lewis Silkin, said: “We are truly grateful for the efforts Ian has put in over many years to drive our achievements as a firm. Lewis Silkin has enjoyed sustained growth and success during his tenure with particularly strong performance over recent years.”