Appointments

Lochaber Housing Association (LHA) has appointed Margaret Moynihan as its new chief executive. Margaret brings impressive experience and has been acting interim CEO over recent months following the retirement of former chief executive, Blair Allan.

Donna Paton has been appointed as director of finance at West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) following the retirement of current director, Colin MacCallum. Having started in the post in early June, Donna will be responsible for the development of our strategy, policy and performance in respe

Hillcrest’s return to normality took another step forward as the 2021 AGM took place in person for the first time since 2019, with a number of new board members appointed. At the event, which took place last week at Hillcrest’s Dundee HQ, a number of key topics were discussed such as rec

Scottish housebuilder Avant Homes has strengthened its development team with the appointment of Sarah Fenton to fulfil the role of regional development director. Sarah originally began her career at Avant Homes as a trainee surveyor in 2005 and has since gained more than 15 years’ experience i

The developers of one of the UK’s largest community regeneration projects has made two senior appointments as it gears up for the final delivery of its masterplan. Winchburgh Developments Ltd, which is the lead organisation for the historic West Lothian mining village, has secured Paul Curran

East Dunbartonshire Council's depute chief executive Thomas Glen has been appointed as chief executive at Perth & Kinross Council. Mr Glen has worked with East Dunbartonshire Council since 2009 and has been in his current role since 2016.

Kirkwood Homes is to create a new timber frame business as part of a £2 million expansion of its Aberdeenshire manufacturing facilities.

Osprey Housing Group has built on the unexpected positives that have flowed from the Covid-19 pandemic to create a new role of tenancy sustainment officer. Like all Scottish social landlords, Osprey has had to rethink how to stay in touch with tenants and address the complex issues created by t

With the retirement of chief planner John McNairney and the recruitment process for John’s successor underway, the Scottish Government has moved to appoint Dr Fiona Simpson as interim chief planner until the position is filled on a permanent basis. Dr Simpson has taken on that interim role wit

Ogilvie Construction has appointed Kirsty Kirke as development manager for social housing to lead its expansion in the sector. Kirsty brings over 25 years of experience in the delivery of mixed-use residential developments across the UK and will lead the programme to build on the company’s suc

Four new staff appointments have been made by Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) to boost its policy and public affairs team. Lindsay Duncan, Simon Ovenden, Paul Richardson and Andrew Henderson have joined SLE’s headquarters team at its base in Musselburgh and will each play a role in advising

Alison White has been appointed as the joint director of West Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP). The position has key responsibilities across partner organisations with the postholder acting as a depute chief executive as part of West Lothian Council's executive management team, bein

Council tenants in North Lanarkshire are being encouraged to provide their views on the quality of the housing services they receive as part of the local authority's tenant satisfaction survey. During July and August, tenants are being randomly selected to take part in the telephone survey and will

At its recent Annual General Meeting, NETRALT (North East Tenants, Residents and Landlords Together) appointed Katie Taylor, participation lead at Grampian Housing Association and Catherine Coutts, tenant participation officer at Castlehill Housing Association as new co-chairs. Celebrating its miles

Procurement solutions provider Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) has expanded its Livingston-based team to increase the added value support provided to partners. (from left) Lynsay Logan, Daniella Bryans and Heather O’Donnell