Appointments

Regeneration specialist Urban Union has made two new board appointments with Jamie McLean joining as operations director and Craig Whyte as commercial director. Each will assist the existing board in the delivery of current developments, and in securing future opportunities for the award-winning reg

Councillors in Edinburgh have approved the appointment of two chief officer roles into the council’s senior leadership team. Dr Deborah Smart will join as executive director of corporate services and Derek McGowan as service director housing and homelessness.

Blackwood Housing and Care has appointed a new chief executive following a rigorous recruitment process led by external advisors. Simon Fitzpatrick will be promoted internally to lead the independent living specialist, which has 600 staff and operates more than 1500 properties across 28 local author

Two new staff appointments have strengthened membership services at rural business organisation, Scottish Land & Estates. Carmen McPherson has joined as membership communications manager at its Musselburgh headquarters whilst George Moore has been appointed as the South West Regional Support Off

The Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations (NIFHA), the representative organisation for housing associations in Northern Ireland, has named Seamus Leheny as its new chief executive this week. Seamus joins NIFHA from Logistics UK, one of the UK’s largest trade associations which re

Trust Housing Association has appointed Gillian Mccusker as its new head of customer experience (landlord) and a key member of its leadership team. Gillian currently works at Midlothian Council in a senior role and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Housing. She has extensive customer service

Highland Council chief executive Donna Manson has accepted the post of chief executive for Devon County Council. She will be leaving the Highland Council in February.

Scotland’s Housing Network (SHN) has appointed Graeme Winning, East Ayrshire Council as chair of the board. SHN is a membership organisation which supports social rented sector landlords to improve services by benchmarking cost and performance data, sharing knowledge and best practice through

Mark O’Donnell has been appointed as the new chief executive of Age Scotland and will take up his post with the national charity for older people in January 2023. With two decades of experience in the public and third sectors, including as chief executive of the Sight Scotland group, Mark O&rs

Kingdom Support & Care has appointed Paul White as executive director. Founded as a Community Interest Company in April 2017, Kingdom Support & Care is a subsidiary of Kingdom Housing Association and supports over 300 people throughout Fife and the Forth Valley helping them live independent

Kingdom Housing Association has announced the re-election of Linda Leslie as chair of the Association and of Freya Lees and Laurie Naumann as joint vice chairs. First elected as chair in 2021, Linda has been a board member of the Association since 2015 and also serves on Kingdom’s Policy Commi

Donna Bogdanovic has been appointed as the new chair of Melville Housing Association, replacing Caron Quinn who stepped down at the organisation’s recent Annual General Meeting (AGM) after five years in the role. With a background in town planning, economic development and social policy, Donna

Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) has welcomed a new rural property expert to its headquarters policy team. Anna Gardiner has joined SLE as a policy adviser (rural property), bringing a wealth of experience from her career in commercial and residential property.

Property factoring specialist Newton Property Management has appointed Karen Trickett as CEO. Ms Trickett will work alongside Newton’s existing leadership team and founding chairman Stephen O’Neill as the property firm sets its sights on continuing growth in the sector.    

The Cruden Group is streamlining its governance structure with new group board appointments following the integration earlier this year of its two separate construction businesses to form Cruden Building (Scotland), which operates alongside its sister business Cruden Homes. To ensure that the b