Anchor chief financial officer Sarah Jones will take over as chief executive from August, replacing long-serving boss Jane Ashcroft, the housing association has announced. The £528m-turnover retirement housing provider confirmed in a stock market announcement this morning that Ashcroft is standing down to focus on non-executive roles. Ashcroft said: “We’re focused on creating more and better homes where people can love living in later life. In recent years we have invested in our existing properties, grown through merger and acquisitions, issued our first sustainability bond and built a significant pipeline for further developments. The achievements of the past few years mean I feel the time is right for me to move on. I am looking forward to building a non-executive portfolio as the next stage of my career.”
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