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Randolph Hill Nursing Homes Group has appointed Julie Kennedy to head up its marketing operations.

Orbis Education and Care has appointed Matt Dobbs as the new Registered Manager of its centre at Summergil House near Presteigne.

Andrew Jackson will be the new lead at Barchester Healthcare’s Mo Dhachaidh care home which provides residential care, nursing care and dementia care for its residents.

Orbis Education and Care has appointed a new registered manager for a site in Powys. Matt Dobbs will be managing the centre at Summergil House near Presteigne, moving from another Orbis site at Ty Bronllys.

Jamie Irvine has been appointed as Linstone Housing Association’s new chair.

JDA Architects has promoted Tom Kelly and Karen O’Reilly to the board of directors. Kelly has been with JDA for 15 years, and has grown the company while advising on housing and care, sports and industrial sectors, as well as one-off houses.

Leeds & Yorkshire Housing Association (LYHA) has installed its interim chief executive in the job permanently, less than a month after regaining the top regulatory grading for governance. Mark Pearson, who joined the group in December 2017 as deputy chief executive, was made interim boss in March last year. He replaced Lisa Pickard who left the 1,500-home landlord after six-and-a-half years.

Helen Rourke has left her post as Director of Finance and Company Secretary at Bradford-based Manningham Housing Association. She has now taken up the position of Executive Director – Finance with Mosscare St Vincent’s Housing Group.