CM Personnel

Four Season Health Care’s specialist care business The Huntercombe Group has appointed Valerie Michie as its new chief executive.

Mental health operator Cygnet Health Care has appointed David Cole as its new chief executive. Mr Cole will take up his post in April.

Sanctuary Care has appointed two operations directors to its senior management team to support regional operations across the organisation’s 61 care homes.

Health and social care law firm Capsticks has recruited former regional head of the northern health team and national head of health employment at DAC Beachcroft, Rachael Heenan.

Clive Fenton, currently chief executive of Mount Anvil, a specialist Central London residential property developer, will take up the same post at McCarthy & Stone on 17 February. He replaces Mark Elliott, who will leave McCarthy & Stone.

Sunrise Senior Living, specialist provider of residential, nursing and dementia care communities, announced today that qualified nurse and care professional Amanda Scott has been promoted to managing director of its UK operations effective from December 2nd.

Care home provider MHA announced today that Adrian Bagg is set to take the helm as chief executive from March 2014.

Barchester has appointed Willie Macdiarmid to interim chief executive following the retirement of Mike Parsons. Baroness Margaret Ford, chairman at Barchester Healthcare said: We are naturally pleased to have attracted a number of high calibre candidates, fitting with our focus on high quality care. Barchester Healthcare has recently appointed Willie MacDiarmid as interim CEO to enable the Board to take time to complete its search for the permanent CEO. Mr MacDiarmid has extensive experience in stewarding high profile companies and I look forward to working with him.’

Bringing more than 35 years’ experience in mental health rehabilitation, learning disabilities and autistic spectrum disorder, Francis Cornelius has been appointed director of occupational therapy at specialist care provider Glen Care. She will initially be based at the London Autistic Spectrum Centre (LASC) in Anerley to develop the occupational therapy programme for this new service but will also be responsible for reviewing and further enhancing the occupational therapy offered across all the Glen Care units.

Keepmoat has appointed Paula Broadbent as retirement solutions director to oversee its provision of extra care and supported housing in the UK. The appointment comes as the developer seeks to increase the number of extra care and retirement units it constructs every year from 400 to 1,000.