East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce announces four appointments

East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce has announced four new appointments across various departments.

Mark Greenhalgh has joined the business support organisation as training business development manager, Jemma Chadwick joins as marketing executive, Stephen Lane as membership recruitment executive and Maisy Hargreaves as low carbon energy and environment advisor apprentice.

Of Mark, Christine Lambe, business and training director, said: "The Chamber’s training portfolio has grown significantly over the last couple of years, and in wanting to develop our training offering even further we required a highly experienced dynamic training business development manager.

"Welcome Mark Greenhalgh, a perfect fit for our high performing Training & CIPS team, Mark is already making a big impact, and we are looking forward to developing our vision of a Chamber Training Academy together over the next five years."

 Jemma Chadwick joins the Chamber following the promotion of Evie Johnson to marketing manager. She holds an MSc in Marketing Management and has seven years of experience in the field. 

Evie said: “Jemma joins the team bursting with creative and strategic ideas and has already displayed a driven enthusiasm that will provide solid support - not just to our team, but to our Chamber network and beyond. Make sure to look out for her at upcoming events very soon.”

Stephen Lane joins in a new post which has been created to meet increased demand for membership. With a strong pedigree in B2B sales, Stephen is tasked with ensuring many more East Lancashire businesses can access the multiple benefits of Chamber membership to protect, connect and promote their organisations and influence local Lancashire and national Government policy.

Sarah Dean, membership manager, said: "I’m delighted to welcome Stephen to the Membership Team and I am very excited about the support we can deliver to even more East Lancashire businesses in 2023 through the creation of this position.”

The Chamber Low Carbon Team welcomes Maisy Hargreaves as apprentice Chamber Low Carbon Energy & Environment Advisor. Maisy will work alongside the team on the Low Carbon programme as well as working on the Chamber’s own Net Zero and Sustainability programmes.

Stephen Sykes, director of Sustainability at the Chamber, said: "We have gone down the apprenticeship route as an opportunity to grow our own and give a local young person an opportunity to get a good start in their sustainability career gaining hands on practical experience as part of a professional team, gaining the theory along the way, as going down the University route does not suit everyone."