Opticians chain Black & Lizars has appointed Kathryn Littlewood as HR manager and Nisith ‘Nish’ Nathwani as commercial manager.

Ms Littlewood has spent the past eight years as a senior HR advisor in Manchester.

Mr Nish worked for Well (previously Co-op Pharmacy) for more than five years as development manager and portfolio manager. Before that he acquired a grounding in optometry as divisional operations manager at Asda. 

Black & Lizars managing director, Michelle Le Prevost, said: “We welcome two such high-quality individuals as Kathryn and Nish to the Black & Lizars’ family and look forward to seeing them making a significant contribution to our patient care proposition.”