Former Family Mosaic executive joins 26,000-home landlord on an interim basis

Greensquare Accord has appointed Ken Youngman as chief financial officer on an interim basis.

The 26,000-home housing association has appointed Youngman following the announcement of the departure of Jo Makinson, who is taking up a newly-created role as chief investment officer at 50,000-home Abri in January.

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Ken Youngman is the new interim CFO at Greensquare Accord

Youngman spent 16 years as group finance director of London landlord Family Mosaic before its merger with Peabody in 2017. He has since undertaken a number of interim roles including interim CFO at Sovereign and Centrepoint.

Between 2018 and 2022 he was finance director, commercial development at Transport for London.

Earlier this year, Greensquare Accord reported an annual surplus for the first time since it was formed through a merger of Green Square Group and Accord Housing in April 2021.

The 26,000-home housing association, in its financial statement for the year to 31 March 2024, reported a surplus of £3.9m. This compares to a deficit of £28.6m last year and £19.3m in 2021/22.

The housing association delivered 463 new homes in its last financial year, which it said was “slightly down versus target owing to challenges in construction and contractor delivery”.