ON THE MOVE | NOVEMBER 2015
On the Move
Dr Colette Backwell
Alan Western
Joost Perguin
Scott Hogan
Dr Colette Backwell, the new chief executive of CLAN Cancer Support, has reinforced the charity’s vision to be the centre of excellence for the provision of cancer support services in the North and North-east of Scotland.
Greenwell Equipment has strengthened its sales team with the appointment of Alan Western. Alan has extensive experience of warehouse management and commercial sales having spent 17 years with builders’ merchants, Jewson, in Aberdeen, managing workloads and supervising sales and transport for the firm.
Peterson has appointed Joost Perquin as regional director responsible for the Americas region.
Knight Frank has appointed Scott Hogan to its Aberdeen team.
Joost joins Peterson from TETRA Offshore Services where he was responsible for leading the company’s international expansion efforts. Prior to joining TETRA, Joost held a number of senior roles in supply chain and logistics.
The graduate surveyor first gained experience with the firm during his university studies. He completed an MSc in real estate at Aberdeen University this year, after graduating from RGU with a BA in management with marketing.
Jenna MacCulloch
Marty McGouran
Jochen Schnadt
Pim Wolfs
Frasermedia has recruited former journalist Jenna MacCulloch, as account manager to service its client base across the north.
A new chair has been appointed to head up RGU: RAG (Raising and Giving), the fundraising arm of Robert Gordon University’s (RGU) Students’ Union. Second year nursing student, Marty McGouran has taken over the reins of RGU: RAG which organises a whole calendar of events for RGU students to help raise money for local, national and international charities.
bmi regional has appointed Jochen Schnadt as chief commercial officer. Jochen will be based at the airline’s Nottingham East Midlands Airport headquarters and will be responsible for developing the airline’s commercial strategy along with overseeing a team of 35 staff within the marketing, sales, product development and customer service departments.
Dutch hotelier Pim Wolfs has been appointed manager of the Macdonald Pittodrie House near Inverurie.
Born and bred in Inverness, Jenna has more than six years’ experience in both print and broadcast media, formally working as chief reporter at a Highland newspaper before moving into the PR industry.
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He has joined the group after six and a half years at Raymond Blanc’s flagship hotel and internationally renowned cookery school, Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, on the outskirts of Oxford.