Movers and Shakers… SMT & Trustees
Hi everyone, hope that you are all well J
I wanted to update you all on a couple of additions to the SMT and the Trustee Board.
Some of you may have already met Colin Taylor, who has very recently joined us as Head of Finance, Colin is already settling in very well, please do pop in to say hi to him and the team. Following interviews at the end of last week we have appointed to the Head of People & Culture position, Kim Owen joins us on the 20th March. Kim has both corporate and charity HR experience.
Three new Trustees are currently in the appointment process and will join the Board at our June meeting:
- Rick Bolton is a Safeguarding specialist, and also a parent of a children that benefits from services at Derian.
- Davina Hanlon has significant leadership experience in Public Health and has held a number of Non Exec/Trustee roles.
- Arshad Rafiq has significant corporate experience having been the MD and owner for chain of dental practices, and now McDonalds Restaurants, and has a personal connection to Derian.
And finally, we will be saying Au Revoir to Vanessa Spinks, who will leave Derian at the end of April to start a new position as Head of Governance at Manchester Met University. I am sure you will all join me in wishing Vanessa the very best of luck in her new role. I am currently reviewing the JD/role and our future requirements and will hopefully advertise the post next week.
If you have any questions please do give me a shout…
| Best wishes
Karen Edwards OBE |