Pictured: Charlie Crossley Cooke, Managing Director, Opus
Energy
Independent energy supplier to UK businesses, Northampton and
Oxford-based Opus Energy, has announced the appointment of
Annamarie Petsis Jones as its new Head of HR, Learning &
Development. Annamarie took up her position on 10th October.
Having recently secured a placement in The Sunday Times Top
Track 250 league table, Opus Energy experienced an unprecedented
31% growth on 2010 sales figures in 2011, and has continued to see
a rapid rate of growth for the first six months of this financial
year, leading to the creation of 100 new jobs.
Annamarie's appointment coincides with an enhanced commitment to
learning and development that is planned to include the
introduction of an NVQ apprenticeship scheme to the business, and a
bespoke management development programme.
Charlie Crossley Cooke, Managing Director, Opus Energy,
comments: "We are delighted to welcome Annamarie to the business
and look forward to refining our recruitment strategy so that we
continue to attract high calibre candidates to support our business
as we enter another exciting year of planned growth."
Annamarie Petsis Jones commented on her appointment, "I'm
thrilled to be joining Opus at such a critical time for the
business. We recently announced the creation of 100 new jobs by the
end of 2012, Opus Energy's 10th anniversary year, so I'm looking
forward to a busy year in particular in implementing a recruitment
strategy to support the business growth."
Annamarie joins Opus Energy from Denticare Ltd in Bedford where
she was Head of HR for the last three and a half years. Prior to
joining Denticare Ltd, Annamarie worked in employment law for five
years, having completed her legal training with More Fisher Brown
Solicitors, London in 2002.