Jane Ashcroft named Anchor Chief Executive

Jane Ashcroft was named today as Anchor’s new Chief Executive. The Board’s decision was unanimous and Jane takes on the new role with immediate effect.

Jane joined Anchor in 1999 from BUPA and, most recently, has headed Anchor’s care homes and home care as Managing Director for Care Services, before taking on the role of Acting Chief Executive. She has also been HR Manager and Company Secretary with Bromford Housing Group and, prior to that, Assistant Secretary with Midlands Electricity plc through the privatisation of the electricity industry.

Jane is a Non-Executive Director of the Stroud and Swindon Building Society and Chair of the English Community Care Association – the largest representative body for providers of adult social care.

Anchor Chairman Aman Dalvi said: “Jane is an inspirational leader who has invaluable experience in both the housing and care sectors and I am confident that she will deliver on the objectives agreed by Anchor’s Board. This includes significant growth as a result of giving older people a choice of great places and ways to live.”

Jane Ashcroft said: “It’s a privilege to have the opportunity to lead this exceptional organisation at a time when the sectors in which we operate are going through unprecedented change. Demographics and the government’s personalisation agenda give us a fantastic opportunity to grow.

“We want to develop new market rent and mixed-tenure properties, such as The Laureates, our recently-opened development near Leeds, as well as maintaining and improving our affordable housing. We also have ambitious plans to expand and develop our care services.

“For more than 40 years, Anchor has been at the fore of providing services which make older people happy. I’m looking forward to the next stage of the journey.”

The role attracted almost 50 high-calibre applicants. The recruitment process was managed by Odgers Berndtson, who are specialists in senior appointments in this sector. Anchor is England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care to older people.

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