Appointments: Knight Frank, Morrisons, Miller Homes

PROPERTY consultancy Knight Frank has appointed associate Edwin Shaw to its Sheffield office.

Mr Shaw joins Knight Frank from a Leeds commercial property agency at the same time as Harry Elliot joins the firm as an intern.

Stephen Hodgson, regional commercial head at Knight Frank, said: “We are pleased to welcome Edwin onto the valuations team and also to welcome our intern, Harry, at a very busy time for the region.

“We are also extremely pleased to be recognised by The JobCrowd for the company’s commitment to graduate employees and the efforts we all put in to help those individuals build rewarding careers.”

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THE board of Wm Morrison Supermarkets has appointed Belinda Richards as a non-executive director and the chairperson of the audit committee.

She will take on her role from 1 September, after over 25 years as a senior advisor in corporate finance and strategy.

Ms Richards was the global head of merger integration and separation advisory services at Deloitte, where she was a senior corporate finance partner until her retirement in 2010.

She is currently the senior independent director of Grainger, and is a non-executive director of Aviva UK Life & Pensions.

After six and a half years on the Board, Philip Cox has decided to stand down at the end of this calendar year as a natural part of planned board succession.

He has agreed to continue as chairman of the Audit Committee through the Company’s interim results, and to ensure a proper handover to Belinda in the months ahead.

Andrew Higginson, chairperson at Morrisons, said: “Belinda Richards brings an impressive knowledge of the UK retail sector and has worked in many turnaround situations. I am pleased to welcome her to the Morrisons Board.

” I would also like to thank Phil for his contribution to the Board over the last six and a half years. We will announce his successor as Senior Independent Director in due course.”

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HOUSEBUILDER Miller Homes has made two appointments to its senior management team as business continues to grow.

Tony Haigh has been appointed as area health and safety manager and Adam Simpson has become senior land manager at Miller Homes Yorkshire.

Based at Calder Park in Wakefield, the firm has reported record sales figures for the first half of the year.

Andrew Davies operations director Miller Homes Yorkshire said: “We are over 85% forward sold for the year and demand for our homes is running high.”

“With this in mind we felt that now was the right time to continue investing in staff recruitment in Health and Safety, with a designated Regional Advisor and also a senior land manager to press ahead with securing more new development land in Yorkshire.”

Miller Homes currently has nine developments located across the region and are due to launch two more new developments in Wetherby and Killinghall in the near future.