Ontime Group appoints new assistant director of costs

Ontime Group has appointed Alex Summerscales as its new assistant director of costs.

He will deal with advocacy, cost budgeting and high value or complex technical cases, as well as assuming management responsibilities.

Ontime Group offers a seamless medical and non-medical reporting, pagination and costs services proposition.

Summerscales has over 10 years’ industry experience including seven years at DLA Piper working on a wide variety of RTA, employers’ liability and public liability cases, as well as complex high value industrial disease, marine, aviation and commercial cases worthup to £5m.

His last position was head of costs at Ford & Warren in Leeds he has relocated to Manchester to join the firm.

“This is a confident business that has enthusiasm, clear direction and a great management structure.  It’s fantastic to be joining a forward thinking business which is investing so heavily in its costs team – I look forward to the challenges ahead," said Summerscales.

Mark Dugdale