Appointments

The Scottish Housing Regulator has welcomed a new chair. Garry Coutts has been appointed by Scottish Ministers from 1 August 2025. 

Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has made a key appointment in its residential valuation team in Aberdeen with the recruitment of Paul Delaney as an associate. A graduate of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh in 2004, where he earned an Honours Degree in Building Surveying with Building Pathology and P

Shelter Scotland has welcomed Elena Whitham MSP as the newest member of its committee. Ms Whitlam brings a varied and diverse wealth of professional and personal experience to the charity’s ongoing fight for home.

RCH Group has appointed Aileen Metcalfe as group services director. RCH Group comprises River Clyde Homes, a registered social landlord, and its subsidiary, Home Fix Scotland.

Persimmon West Scotland has promoted Craig Watson to operations director. Craig brings over 22 years of experience with the business, having joined in 2003 and progressing through key technical roles including design manager, technical manager, and most recently, technical director.

91BC Property Factors has announced a new team structure following a company-wide review, aimed at improving the way it delivers property management services to customers across Scotland.

Riverside has appointed three sector leaders to its group board, including a new vice chair. Joining the board are Maggie Porteous, Richard Petty, and Angela Lockwood OBE – each bringing extensive experience across housing, governance, and customer service to further strengthen the board&rsquo

Homeless Network Scotland has appointed Alex MacEachin as treasurer to the board. Chartered accountant Alex trained and practised at multinational giant BDO and has extensive experience in property and construction finance. He joins HNS from real estate investment firm LXi REIT where he was finance

ECD Architects has announced two new senior hires and a leadership promotion, as it continues to meet growing demand for energy efficient, Passivhaus certified buildings in the housing, education and public sectors. Alistair Cameron has been promoted to joint managing director, with specific respons

Matthew Busher, neighbourhood director at Kingdom Housing Association, has been nominated to take over from Kerry Clayton as vice chair of the CIH Scotland Board. Matthew will take up the role at the CIH AGM in October 2025.

Ayrshire Housing has appointed a new community engagement manager, who will focus on bringing communities closer together and improving their quality of life. Sharon Mather, takes up the newly designated post with the housing association and is keen to get out and learn more about the communities sh

Rutherglen & Cambuslang Housing Association (RCHA) has appointed Angela Spence as its new chief executive officer. Ms Spence will succeed the current director, Elaine Lister, who is set to retire in August 2025 after five years in the position.

UK homebuilder Keepmoat has promoted divisional chairman Ian Hoad to the role of chief executive officer. Ian succeeds Tim Beale, who has stepped down as chief executive following eight years with the business.

The North Lanarkshire Integration Joint Board has appointed Brian Moore as its new chair.  Mr Moore has been a member of the IJB for seven years and has served as vice chair since June 2022. He was previously chair of the board’s Performance, Finance, and Audit Committee. 

The National House Building Council (NHBC) has appointed Paul Turner as chief executive officer, effective 1 September 2025. Paul Turner will succeed Steve Wood, who announced his intention to step down earlier this year after leading the organisation since 2017.