Rowlinson knitwear adds to senior team

Market-leading specialist knitwear company, Rowlinson Knitwear Ltd (Rowlinson), have appointed a new member to its board.

Neil Ward, who has more than 10 years of senior management experience within the retail and commercial banking sector joins as Commercial Director. He was most recently Area Director, Business Banking, West and South Yorkshire at HSBC.

Rowlinson knitwear Managing Director, Donald Moore, said, “Neil’s significant commercial acumen is matched by his values, energy and exemplary ethics.

“We became employee owned in 2015, to become closer to achieving our goal of being a great business to work with and for. Neil will be instrumental in helping us to realise this ambition and we are very fortunate to have found someone of his calibre to lead the team that drives our business forward.”

Commenting on his appointment, Ward confirms, “Rowlinson Knitwear is a successful, resilient company with passionate people and a quality-driven, ethical culture.

“Future growth is important to the business, but its reputation for caring deeply about customers and its employees is paramount.  I’m really looking forward to joining the business and working with the highly motivated team, as we gear up for the next exciting chapter in the Rowlinson story.”

Rowlinson Knitwear were winners of the Employer of the Year at the Stockport Business Awards in 2014. This year, they are sponsoring the Employer of the Year award where SAS Daniels, LifeLEISURE and Together are on the shortlist.