People in brief

Jeff Lee and Carol Benbow have recently joined office interiors specialists Beacons Business Interiors (Bbi). Lee is the new compliance manager at the Brecon office, responsible for ensuring the firm complies with legal health and safety regulations.

He worked in construction for more than 20 years before a career change led to an MSc in Occupational Health and Safety.

Most recently, he spent two years working for a local health and safety consultancy, where his main specialisms were manufacturing, construction and retail.

Benbow becomes account manager at Bbi’s Leeds office and will develop the company’s public sector business. She has more than 21 years of public sector experience and spent the last eight as a senior executive officer of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in Southport. While in the civil service, she gained numerous industry accreditations, including becoming a British Standard Institute internal auditor. She is currently studying for a degree in Business Management with the Open University and is a member of the British Institute of Facilities Management.

Dave Woollard is the new regional manager at AT Jones, the Hampshire-based suspended ceiling and partitioning specialists that recently set up a divisional office in Milton Keynes. Wollard has worked in the industry for 21 years, having started as a fitter and worked his way up.

Natasha Edwards has become sales and marketing manager at Apton Partitioning. Edwards, previously sales director at operable partitioning company Monowa, has been in the sector for eight years. She will be responsible for building the brand in potential new markets.

Martin Wilson has been appointed business development manager at PiMS Workspace, provider of tailored accommodation solutions. He brings 25 years of experience in space planning, move management and design experience to PiMS Workspace, joining from space planning and interior design consultancy Ergonomic, where he was a partner. He will be responsible for managing new business leads and developing PiMS Workspace’s outreach in the financial services, legal and publishing markets.