Stuart Whalley joins Rosebourne

Stuart Whalley has joined Rosebourne from Blue Diamond.  Gill Ormrod former HTA communications manager will also be joining the group next month as head of marketing.

Stuart Whalley has become head of buying at Rosebourne earlier this month.  For over 6 years he was with Blue Diamond, recently as head of product development.  Before that he was senior buyer at Wyevale for garden lifestyle and leisure ranges.

Gill Ormrod former HTA communications manager will also be joining the group next month as head of marketing.   Previously she headed up the press office at the HTA for 12 years, latterly as communications manager.

At Rosebourne she re-joins her former boss, Carol Paris, who was chief executive at the HTA and is now CEO of Rosebourne.

Other changes at Rosebourne, which operates 3 garden centres and is looking for more, include bringing the payroll functions in house and building a new finance team.