This week's movers

David Dent
Construction consultant Neilson Binnie McKenzie has appointed David Dent director of its first regional office, based in Sunderland. Dent was previously regeneration director at project manager Faithful & Gould.

Michael O’Higgins
Homelessness charity Centrepoint has made Michael O’Higgins chair of its board. He has 25 years’ experience in public policy consultancy, is group head of PA Consulting’s IT consulting group and used to be a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Steve Crane
Steve Crane has been promoted from senior housing officer at Action Housing Association to the supported housing manager for the RSL’s Doncaster and East Riding of Yorkshire offices.

Vicki Peasgood
Threshold Housing & Support has appointed Vicki Peasgood business development manager. Peasgood formerly worked in the residential valuation department of Drivers Jonas.

Jeremy Kane
Jeremy Kane has joined Manchester Methodist Housing Group as head of IT. He was a project manager for software supplier Sx3.

Job of the week

Full name
Arthur Brown
New job
Head of regeneration at housing association Derwent Living. It will mainly involve working on existing estates with the council, concentrating on pathfinder areas. It will include building homes to introduce mixed tenure.
Old job
Development manager at Derby New Deal for Communities. I was responsible for running the housing initiatives.
Why did you take the job?
I was looking for a more challenging role, and Derwent is a well-known organisation with a good reputation.
Favourite book
Anything by Dean Koontz
Favourite film
Jackie Brown
Favourite music
I’m a very keen musician and at the moment my favourite would have to be 1970s soul such as Curtis Mayfield.
Hobbies
I play guitar, keyboards and
bass and have a recording studio. I write mainly funk and country rock, but I also combine music with computers that I build myself.
What did you want to be when you were young?
Like many people in housing, I’m a frustrated architect.

Source

Housing Today