The managing director of digital media agency Social Chain has joined the board of a Manchester-based remote working technology start-up which recently secured a six-figure investment.
Katy Leeson has become the latest board appointment of Your Flock as the company enters its most intensive round of product development and growth so far.
Based in Manchester, Your Flock's customers include the BBC and Virgin and the business received £240,000 from GC Angels and a private investor in July.
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The MD is the latest addition to the Your Flock board that has recently added Tom Auld, David Levine and Jess Jackson.
They join original board members, Sandy Lindsay MBE and Laura McGowan.
Katy Leeson has been MD of Social Chain for five years and has overseen one of the largest growth periods in the company's history.
She said: "Using Your Flock, and hiring the right people, we have learnt more and more about our company culture and the needs of our team.
"Not about the marketing values but the real values of the people and our business.
"This learning is the real deal of the company culture and is key for the employee experience at Social Chain, be that working from home or in the office. It’s all about the skills you can give your people as an employer.
"Not just skills for the job but skills for life, as happy people will create the best work for clients.’"
Sandy Lindsay said: "The founding partners, Dan Sodergren and Michal Wisniewski, have carefully and very impressively crafted a board which literally spans the full gamut of knowledge and expertise we now need as we move into the next exciting phase of development and growth.
"I’ve learned so much already from all of the longer standing exec and new board members and Katy’s appointment is another 'win' for the business, especially as she has been hands on trialling the product in one of our leading target sectors: 'fast growing enterprises', so can give us some real insight.’"
