Business Link Yorkshire announce two appointments

Jan 26 2010 by Henryk Zientek, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

TWO senior appointments have been announced by Business Link Yorkshire.

Kate McIntyre joins the business support body as operations director while Paul Stevenson has been recruited as director of partnerships and marketing.

Ms McIntyre, a chartered accountant, started her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers and has worked at a number of organisations, including Skipton Building Society, First Direct, AXA PPP Healthcare and HBOS.

She has significant senior level experience in strategy, customer service, operations and change management. Her achievements include leading the team to launch First Direct onto the internet, changing the claims handling process at Halifax Household Insurance and supporting thousands of customers through the flooding of summer 2007. She also led on the acquisition of a dental insurance business while at AXA PPP Healthcare.

Mr Stevenson is an experienced marketing and business development specialist with a strong track record across media, telecoms and e-commerce. He has worked on projects for Toyota, Newsquest Media Group, Experian, Virgin Media forerunner NTL, The Daily Mail Group and wedding advice and retail business Confetti.