Directorbank places Group Talent and HR Director at privately-owned Lucideon

Lucideon is a development and commercialisation company specialising in materials technologies and processes. Its application of cross-industry insight, materials science expertise and innovative thinking allows industry to develop and implement disruptive technology platforms, providing cost and/or product performance benefits and enabling real market differentiation.

Lucideon is based in Stoke-on-Trent with three further sites in the US. The business employs c.250 scientists and engineers, the majority of whom are technology and materials specialists.

Chris Bill, Lucideon’s recently appointed CFO, has known Directorbank’s Simon Thomas for a number of years having worked with him on roles previously. Chris joined Lucideon to support its CEO, Tony Kinsella, in the development and execution of a growth strategy across both the UK and US markets.

With ambitious growth plans in place, Chris and Tony identified the need to appoint a Group Talent and HR Director to provide vital input and support on recruitment and the development of both new and existing talent.

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“With Lucideon’s ambitious growth plans I knew we needed the right partner to identify strong candidates for this newly created role. Having worked with Simon before I was confident that Directorbank would be able to quickly understand our needs, advise us on potential candidate profiles and then run a smooth and professional selection process. I am pleased to say that we were not disappointed. The process ran as expected and we are delighted that we have been able to secure Nik to join our team.”

Chris Bill
CFO, Lucideon

Directorbank places CFO at privately-owned Sandpiper CI.

SandpiperCI is the largest retailer in the Channel Islands, with a high-quality portfolio of brands covering food, clothing and specialist products. In food, it operates franchise stores for Morrisons, Iceland and M&S Jersey, along with its own chain of convenience stores. Non-food brands include Apple, Costa Coffee, Burger King and George.

The company operates over 80 stores across Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar and Spain as well as the Islands’ largest covered shopping centre, Liberty Wharf. It employs 1,100 staff, conducts 280,000 transactions a week within the Channel Islands, and supports more than 50 local suppliers.

After almost twelve successful years with the business, the incumbent CFO, Stephen Harrison, approached Directorbank’s George Heppenstall to identify a successor to enable him to make the transition to a NED role within SandpiperCI.

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“I’ve known George for many years and selected Directorbank for the assignment largely because I’ve seen him deliver many successful recruitment programmes in the past. He and Faye quickly understood the brief and produced a high-calibre shortlist, from which we were delighted to select Tony.”

Stephen Harrison
SandpiperCI