Lovell has announced the appointment of David Ward as their new managing director in Scotland and across the Eastern and North West region.

Mr Ward takes up the newly-created director position with Lovell, part of Morgan Sindall Group, after a nearly 31-year career with Keepmoat Group where he held a series of senior roles and was most recently strategic projects director. From 2012 to 2017, David was managing director for Keepmoat's Northern Regeneration business covering regional offices in Liverpool, Salford, Newcastle and Glasgow.

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Lovell managing director Steve Coleby said: "David has wide-ranging residential experience, industry expertise and knowledge of the market. He is therefore the ideal candidate to lead our ambitious plans for strategic growth across the North, where we are delivering an exciting mix of land-led residential developments, major joint venture projects and large-scale housing regeneration programmes."

Current projects include a £25 million development of 133 homes in Kinghorn, Fife; a £45 million, 200-home project with Homes England at Altcar Lane, Leyland, Lancashire through the Accelerated Construction Programme and Willow Grange, a £30 million waterside residential development in Doncaster, south Yorkshire.