Managing director Anna Blackburn is celebrating her twenty fifth anniversary at Beaverbrooks.
Blackburn joined Beaverbrooks as a graduate trainee gross sales assistant at Manchester’s The Trafford Centre retailer in 1998.
It has additionally been 10 years since she joined the group’s board of administrators as the primary feminine CEO in 2013, and was then appointed as managing director in 2018.
Blackburn can also be a board member for The Blackpool Delight of Place Partnership, an envoy for the Retailtrust and a volunteer at The Nationwide Affiliation of Jewellers.
Throughout her tenure at Beaverbrooks, Blackburn took half in varied fundraising actions; from sleeping on the streets of Blackpool to boost cash for The Road Life Belief, to biking from Manchester to Blackpool, nearly strolling the gap from Blackpool Tower to the Eiffel Tower, cooking meals for the homeless and frequently donating blood.
She has additionally been the figurehead for the corporate, seeing Beaverbrooks featured in The Greatest Corporations to Work For record for 19 consecutive years, and being recognised as essentially the most constantly distinctive three-star accredited retailer within the UK.
On the Greatest Corporations Awards in 2022, the corporate was additionally awarded Retail’s Greatest Firm to Work For, in addition to being named sixth place within the 100 Greatest Giant Corporations to Work For.
Moreover, Blackburn has been featured among the many North West’s most influential ladies in enterprise, along with being awarded quite a few management accolades, together with Greatest Corporations ‘Greatest Chief’ award for 2 consecutive years in 2020 and 2019.
In a LinkedIn submit Blackburn mentioned: “Since taking the lead, I’ve strived to advertise the tradition of placing individuals on the coronary heart of all Beaverbrooks’ enterprise choices. Like I at all times say, should you put individuals first then it displays positively on the underside line – which is true of the gross sales success Beaverbrooks has achieved over the past decade.
“I’m so proud to have additionally joined colleagues across the UK in our dedication to enriching lives in communities throughout the nation by elevating cash for wonderful causes by way of The Beaverbrooks Charitable Belief, reaching the £21m mark this yr. Right here’s to many extra years of main this unbelievable enterprise, working with wonderful colleagues and offering the most effective service and high-quality jewelry, diamonds and watches to our loyal prospects.”