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Published: 30 September, 2008
Integrated communication solutions provider ZENITEL has appointed ROB RENTENAAR as country manager at its headquarters in Brussels. He has occupied several sales and marketing management functions for 3COM Benelux and has been country manager Benelux since 2004.
The property & commercial division of BARBON INSURANCE GROUP has appointed BEN WRIGHT as head of business for its Bordon-based facility - home to the market leading Cadogan Keelan Westall and Keelan Westall brands. Prior to taking up his new position, Ben was head of broking & client services for Cadogan Keelan Westall where he successfully managed the insurance requirements of large property portfolios. At the same time Barbon has appointed DUNCAN COGDELL as head of client services for property & construction.
LEND LEASE has announced a series of management changes in the UK. NIGEL HUGILL will be stepping down from his role as chairman of Lend Lease Europe in December 2008 to pursue other opportunities. ROBIN BUTLER will remain as development director until September 2009. DAN LABBAD will continue in his role of chief executive officer, Lend Lease Retail and Communities - UK, having been appointed to this post in March 2008. He first joined Lend Lease in 1997 and in that time has worked across all of Lend Lease's operating businesses. Within Lend Lease Retail MARK BOOR has been appointed head of asset management and joins from Prupim where he had responsibility for the insurer's £9.5bn retail portfolio. At the same time, the leasing and asset management functions will be strengthened with two further internal appointments: RUSSELL LOVELAND is to be senior asset manager for Bluewater, and GUY THOMAS is to be head of leasing.
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=== Manager of the month ===
Barbara Winston has bagged the top spot of centre manager at the Moorfield Group's Ridings shopping centre in Wakefield.
Winston, from Gildersome near Morley, joins The Ridings with a wealth of retail experience, having been instrumental in the opening of the Corn Exchange in Leeds in the early nineties. Since then she has managed centres in Birkenhead and Nottingham,
Commenting on her new role, she said: "I am looking forward to the challenge, especially as there is so much happening at the Ridings right now. I've been coming to the centre for 25 years and it's good to see new life being bought in with the redevelopment. We are currently getting a lot of interest from businesses wanting to be part of the expansion so when it's finished it will look fantastic."
As well as overseeing the management of The Ridings, she will liaise with customers, retail partners, suppliers and other business contacts to take the Centre through the key stages of the £2.5 million redevelopment and refurbishment.
In April 2008 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council gave the go ahead for a 100,000-sq ft extension to the Ridings. The three-storey scheme will extend the mall onto a site between Rodney Yard and the existing service yard entrance.
At the same time Moorfield is upgrading The Ridings, and work has already started on new entrances at Cathedral Walk, Almshouse Lane and Kirkgate that will increase natural light as well as improve interaction between the centre and the public realm.
Located in Wakefield's prime retail area, The Ridings originally opened in 1983 and represents the city's principal shopping centre. Since its acquisition of the centre, Moorfield Real Estate Fund has welcomed over 20 new retailers, including Bank Fashion, T-Mobile, Sports Direct, Esquire's Café, Newspoint, mobile media company 3-Store, Partyland and Hair Express.
