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RNS Number : 9063N  Anchor Hanover Group  07 June 2022

7 June 2022

Anchor Hanover Group

 

Sarah Jones to take over as new Anchor Chief Executive

Anchor Hanover Group ('Anchor') announces the appointment of Sarah Jones as
Chief Executive from 1 August 2022. It follows Jane Ashcroft's decision to
step down from the role at England's largest not-for-profit provider of
housing and care for older people. Sarah is currently Anchor's Chief Financial
Officer and has been a member of the Anchor Board since 1 April 2020.

Jane has held senior roles at Anchor for more than 20 years, including 12 as
Chief Executive. She was made a CBE in 2013 for services to older people and
has undertaken sector roles including Chair of Care England, Founding Director
and Vice Chair of ARCO, and Vice Chair of the National Housing Federation.

Jane said: "It has been an enormous honour to lead Anchor and my decision was
not an easy one.

"We're focussed 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.

"Anchor has always innovated to ensure services meet the changing needs of
older people and I am sure that will continue to be the case.

"I am particularly proud of how colleagues across the organisation have
supported residents through challenges and supported them to love living in
later life. 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."

Sarah said: "I am delighted to be taking up the baton from Jane and look
forward to maintaining Anchor's focus on providing more and better homes. I am
eager to ensure the organisation continues to evolve to meet the needs and
expectations of the older people of today and tomorrow and I also want to
build on our influence in this socially vital debate with Government and other
stakeholders."

Anchor Chairman Christopher Kemball said: "Jane has been a truly outstanding
leader for the organisation, particularly during the Covid pandemic. The Board
and I extend our deepfelt thanks to her for such an inspirational and
dedicated contribution to Anchor and the residents we serve. We conducted a
thorough and comprehensive search for Jane's successor using external
consultants and are delighted that Sarah will be taking over as Chief
Executive. I am looking forward very much to working with her in her new
role."

Biography of Sarah Jones

As Chief Financial Officer, Sarah has been accountable for ensuring that
Anchor is a sustainable organisation with the financial resources needed to
meet our commitments to existing customers, deliver value for money to all
stakeholders, to finance the development of new services and approaches, and
manage risk and procurement. In 2021 Sarah led the landmark refinancing of the
organisation, delivering £650m of sustainability-linked financing by way of
the sector's first fully unsecured banking portfolio and Anchor's debut public
bond listing.

Sarah joined Anchor as Finance Director in September 2014 from leading office
supplies distributors Spicers Ltd, where she was Chief Financial Officer.
Sarah, a Chartered Management Accountant, has held a variety of senior finance
roles across large corporate and private equity businesses, including being
the Director of Finance in UK & Republic of Ireland at Carpetright Plc and
senior roles at HMV and The Burton Group/Arcadia.  She holds an MSc in
Strategic Management Accounting.

Sarah is a Trustee of Arthritis Action, a UK charity helping people with
arthritis improve their quality of life, and a Board Member of CHP, a
charitable housing association based in Essex.

 

 

Anchor Hanover
Group

Thea Macleod-Hall

Senior External Communications Manager

The Heals Building Suites A & B, 3(rd) Floor

22-24 Torrington Place

London

WC1E 7HJ

07713085004

communications@anchor.org.uk

 

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