Appointments

Ben Beadle is to be the chief executive of the new National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) formed from the merger of the National Landlords Association and the Residential Landlords Association. The NRLA will launch in January 2020.

LAR Housing Trust is hailing modern apprentices a success after appointing its first apprentice, Lewis Yule, to the role of property manager. Lewis, 23, from Kirkcaldy, joined the housing charity in April 2018 and worked across various departments, learning about Scotland’s growing mid-ma

Ardenglen Housing Association has welcomed Richard Mahon as a new member of its Board of Management. Mr Mahon is a finance professional and keen supporter of the housing association movement. He has over 10 years of experience covering audit, finance control, reporting and planning, most recently in

Colin Kenneth Rae, director of Homes for Scotland, has joined Springfield Properties as a new non-executive director with immediate effect.

Bield has completed the formation of its new-look leadership team as it looks to position the organisation as Scotland’s leading provider of housing, care and support for older people. The appointments have created a revised structure of directors and heads of service who will deliver Bield&rs

Elaine Byrne has left the post of chief executive at Scotland’s Housing Network (SHN) after four years to take up a director’s position with Arneil Johnston. Andrea Finkel-Gates has been appointed as the new CEO and will take up her post from September 16.

Albyn Housing Group filled vacant board member positions during its AGM earlier this month.

CIH Scotland has appointed Donna Bogdanovic from Scottish Borders Council to its board. Ms Bogdanovic is a qualified planner who began her professional career as a planning and economic development consultant in Glasgow. She is currently the principal officer for housing strategy, policy and develop

LinkLiving has announced the appointment of Sheena Stone to the new position of head of fundraising. The health and wellbeing charity supports people to overcome the negative impacts on their lives of ill-health, trauma, inequality and isolation.

The Chartered Institute of Housing has confirmed the appointment of Justin Cartwright CertCIH as national director for Northern Ireland. Australian-born Justin joined CIH in October 2013 and for the last five years has been CIH policy manager, based at its office in Belfast.

Highland Council has announced two further appointments to new posts of executive chief officer (ECO) as part of the local authority’s redesign. Stuart Black, director of development and infrastructure, will take up the post of ECO for transformation and economy at the end of the month. 

Port of Leith Housing Association has appointed current vice-chair Caitlin McCorry as its new chairperson. The Association’s 43rd Annual General Meeting saw Margaret O’Connor stand down from the position under its five-year rule.

Robertson has strengthened its Residential Group business with three senior appointments. John Low has been appointed as new CEO, while Colin Mitchell and Craig Smith join as finance director and operations director respectively.

After a review of the partnership's organisational structure, Hebridean Housing Partnership Ltd has announced a number of appointments to new posts. The new posts were created to ensure the partnership is in a position to provide the highest level of service possible to its customers.

The results of the Scottish Federation of Housing Association’s board director elections were announced this week at the federation’s AGM in Edinburgh. Martin Wilkie-McFarlane at Wellhouse Housing Association and Dena Macleod at Hebridean Housing Partnership were named executives for the