Latest news with #HelenMeade
BBC News
08-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Award-winning Sussex garden receives new home in Lewes
An award-winning garden designed to look like a roadside verge will be rehomed outside an East Sussex nature on the Verge, designed by Eastbourne-based landscapers Wild Design Studio, was created to show how roadside verges can promote garden, which won a silver gilt medal at the Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, will now be moved to the Railway Land nature reserve in Lewes to give it a permanent will be joined by pupils from Western Road School and young people on work placements to help to rebuild the garden on Monday. Helen Meade, chief executive of the Railway Land Wildlife Trust, said the garden "challenges the idea that nature only belongs in the countryside, showing how wildness can thrive in unexpected places and offer space for connection, care and wellbeing".The garden will from part of the Lewes Mosaic project which aims to bring more wildlife-friendly spaces to the on the Verge features wildflowers and grasses alongside an artwork depicting a road sign and bee posts, which provide nesting spaces for the insects, in the shape of roadside O'Brien, one of the garden's designers, said verges were "often wasted spaces" but there was "so much potential for them to become wildlife havens".The garden was designed by Ms O'Brien and colleagues Robin Dunlop and Laura London and is intended to sit alongside a road in an urban setting.
National Business Review
29-04-2025
- Business
- National Business Review
Partners Life appoints chief people officer
Partners Life is pleased to announce that Helen Meade has been appointed as the company's new chief people officer, joining Partners Life in April 2025. Prior to Partners Life, Meade's most recent role was chief people officer at Les Mills International, where she led the global people and culture team. Meade has more than 20 years of expertise in human resources, transformation, and communications, which she has gained across various significant organisations including IAG, Auckland Council, and global giants Pfizer, GSK, and 3M in London and Sydney. Meade brings a wealth of experience in people, culture, communications, and transformation across a broad range of sectors including insurance, wellness/health, technology, and FMCG. Meade said: 'I'm excited to be joining Partners Life – an organisation with a clear and authentic commitment to innovation and customer care. These are values that deeply resonate with me. I'm excited to be working alongside a talented team to shape the future of insurance and contribute to Partners Life's vital purpose of building a brighter and more secure future for all New Zealanders.' Meade holds a BSc (Hons) degree in psychology from the University of East London and is currently studying for a master of technological futures degree. Partners Life chief executive Michael Weston said 'I'm delighted about Helen joining our executive team. She's a dynamic leader with a proven track record of attracting, developing, and retaining great people and teams – who are our most important asset and competitive advantage.' This is supplied content and not commissioned or paid for by NBR.
