Osborne has appointed Mark Hoyland as Group Chief Executive.

Mark will join the Group in early 2023 and brings with him extensive senior leadership experience across development, construction, housing, maintenance, and property services sectors, latterly as Group Chief Executive of leading housing provider, Orbit.

Andrew Osborne, Chairman of Osborne, commented: "Mark's extensive experience, alongside his passion for the customer and commitment to the built environment, complements the Osborne vision. As Group Chief Executive he will lead the Group and develop our strategic focus on sustainability, energy efficient design and development."


Whilst at Orbit, Mark has led a programme of innovation and growth, including the development of Orbit's customer-centric corporate strategy, delivering strong and robust financial results, building 6,600 new homes, maintaining over 45,000 properties and creating a values-led performance driven culture, which saw Orbit recognised as a Best Companies Sunday Times Top 100 company. Previous roles also include Managing Director of Balfour Beatty Engineering Services and Chief Executive at CityWest Homes. His early career was spent with Wimpey Construction. Mark was also a non-executive director at Dolphin Square Foundation.

Mark commented: "I am delighted to be joining Osborne. It is a Group with a strong heritage and reputation, clear commitment to the customer and deeply embedded values. Osborne has a huge opportunity ahead with the ability to successfully grow each part of the Group. I greatly look forward to working with the team to build a sector leading business, maximising the potential for our customers, colleagues, investors and partners."