NORTH-East housing provider Three Rivers Housing Group has appointed four new members to its management board.

BILL WORTH, the retired chief executive of North Durham NHS Trust has previously held senior management positions on NHS organisations and is chair of Northern Pinetree Trust and governor of two schools in County Durham. JAN PARKINSON, the director of human resources at Gateshead council, has also been appointed to the board, along with STEVE ANDERSON, the recently retired finance director of South Tees NHS Trust.

IAN WARDLE, currently the project director of Sunniside Partnership in Sunderland, is the fourth member to join the board. He was previously development director of George Wimpey.