Hyde Housing has announced that its current finance chief Peter Denton will take over as the association’s chief executive when incumbent Elaine Bailey retires later this year.

A qualified accountant, Denton joined Hyde in February 2017 from US investment firm Starwood Capital Group – which among other assets owns a chunk of Italian Serie A football club Roma – where he was head of European special situations.

Hyde said Denton came out on top of a “highly competitive selection process” which had seen internal and external candidates vying for the top job.

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