New HCA Chair Appointed

Ministers have chosen Kevin Parry to replace current Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) chairman Robert Napier on an interim basis. Mr Parry, who was appointed to the HCA board in July 2014, will hold the reins from 1 January 2016 while the CLG begins the recruitment process for a permanent chairman. Mr Napier will step down at the end of the year as his term in office comes to an end, after leading the HCA since its creation in 2008. He was reappointed for a three-year term in 2011, and this was later extended until 2015. Mr Parry is a senior independent director of Intermediate Capital Group Plc and a non-executive director of Daily Mail and General Trust Plc. Read more on Inside Housing.