Hayden to be Westerham boss

St Ives has appointed Peter Hayden as the new boss at Westerham Press.

Hayden replaces Mark Croucher, who left the company last month.

Hayden is currently chief operating officer at St Ives’ American financial print business, where he is on a two-and-a-half year secondment. He has been with the group for 19 years.

He takes up his new role as director and general manager of corporate publications on 2 September, where his remit will include the Westerham Press operation in Kent and corporate publications at sister business Burrups.

Chris Cartwright, deputy divisional managing director of the financial print division, said: "Peter is a good man. He’s been very successful at St Ives and has a great team at Westerham. We think there’s a great opportunity for us to freshen our offer at Westerham – the competition is suffering, and the next 12 months will be tough. We provide surety of supply."