Graeme Foster will stand down from role at specialist older people’s housing provider at the end of March

The chief executive of Alpha Living has announced he is to step down from his role next year.

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Graeme Foster is retiring next year

Graeme Foster, who has led the specialist older people’s housing provider for the past 10 years, will retire at the end of March.

Foster has worked in the housing sector for 36 years, starting his career at Wirral Borough Council before becoming lead housing inspector with the Audit Commission and senior regulator at the social housing regulator.

He will continue his role on the board of 24,000-home north west association ForHousing, where he sits on the audit and risk committee and chairs the customer committee.

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Alpha Living, which manages 960 apartments across 11 local authority areas, has begun a recruitment process to find a successor to Foster.

Steve Eaves, chair of Alpha Living, said: “We’d like to thank Graeme for leading our organisation and for his dedicated service over the last 10 years. The work that Graeme and his colleagues have done has been incredible.”

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