Accent Housing has appointed Sarah Ireland as its new interim chief executive, while the 20,623-home housing association begins recruitment for a permanent CEO.

Paul Dolan, the former CEO at Accent, announced that he would be leaving the organisation in January this year, after seven years in the role.

Ireland joined Accent as an executive director of development and growth in 2018, before the remit of her role was widened to include oversight of Accent’s strategy.