The latest Bondholder appointments and promotions

Ward, Flint Bishop, Timms Solicitors and Wavensmere Homes are among the latest Marketing Derby Bondholders to announce new appointments in recent weeks.

Metal recycling and waste management specialist Ward has announced three new appointments in its metals team to increase scrap metal supply to its nationwide network of sites.

Anthony Fuller, Steve Howells and Victoria Horner bring more than 50 years combined metal recycling experience to the independent, fourth generation family business.

The trio will strengthen Ward’s ferrous and non-ferrous metal buying team, building on existing relationships and developing new ones to increase the supply of good quality material to and from its Cardiff dock operations and state-of-the-art processing facilities across Derbyshire.

Mark Attle, Head of Commercial (UK) at Ward, said: “It’s fantastic to welcome three new team members that bring so much experience of the metal recycling industry to Ward.

We have ambitious growth plans over the next few years to expand our network of scrap suppliers feeding our sites nationwide, plus increase tonnages of metals for processing and onward export to our customers around the world.

“We extend a warm welcome to Anthony, Steve and Victoria and look forward to what we can achieve together.”

Law firm Flint Bishop has announced the promotion of Kelly Savage and Catherine Marksman to partner, recognising their contributions, leadership and expertise across the firm’s commercial dispute resolution and debt services practices.

Kelly joined Flint Bishop in 2014 as a paralegal and qualified as a solicitor in 2018.

Since then, she has built a highly regarded commercial litigation practice, advising on complex, high-value disputes including contractual and shareholder disputes, professional negligence claims, property litigation, insurance matters, and cross-border supply chain issues.

Catherine began her career with Flint Bishop in 2012 also as a paralegal, qualifying as a solicitor in 2018.

She progressed to associate in 2021 and senior associate in 2023, becoming a central figure in the firm’s debt services division.

Qamer Ghafoor, chief executive at Flint Bishop, said: “Our latest partner promotions reflect Kelly’s and Catherine’s exceptional expertise, leadership and long-term commitment to Flint Bishop.

“Both have consistently delivered outstanding outcomes for clients while making a significant contribution to the strategic growth of the firm.

“We are proud to celebrate this well-deserved milestone in their careers, which also demonstrates the strength of the career progression opportunities available at Flint Bishop.”

Timms Solicitors has announced that Emily Facer will join its wills and probate team after qualifying as a solicitor.

Before joining the business, Emily graduated in Law from the University of Derby (BH) and went on to study the LPC LLM, which she completed in 2023.

She joined Timms as a paralegal in the conveyancing team and worked across the firm’s offices in Derby, Burton, Ashby and Swadlincote.

Last year, she secured a training contract with the firm and completed seats in public family law, wills and probate and private family law.

Managing partner Fiona Moffat said: “We’re delighted to celebrate Emily’s achievements, and we hope that 2026 is going to be an extremely exciting year for her.

“Our firm has a solid reputation for serving our local community, but we can only continue to grow and develop when we have the very best team.

“Emily’s willingness to learn and ambition to achieve in her career has been wonderful to watch and we already know what she will bring to the business.

“I would like to personally congratulate Emily, and I am excited to see her progress.”

Finally, urban regeneration specialist Wavensmere Homes has appointed a new finance director.

Anthony Cakebread joins from Equites International, a South African publicly listed REIT.

He has more than a decade of audit experience, most recently as a senior audit manager for the Birmingham office of Evelyn Partners (formerly Smith & Williamson), growing his team from two to 37 during his tenure.

James Dickens, managing director oat Wavensmere Homes, said: “We are really pleased to have Anthony on board to lead our growing in-house finance team.

“We currently have five major projects under construction, investing around £3.5 million per month in brownfield regeneration, so his depth of property experience will be invaluable as we continue to increase and diversify our development portfolio.”