Matt Harrison has announced that he will be standing down as the chief executive of Manchester-based housing association Great Places Housing Group after eleven years in post.

Harrison joined Great Places in 1993, and before appointed as chief executive in 2013, he was executive director of development at Great Places for 20 years. 

Harrison plans to remain in his position as CEO until the end of June 2024. Great Places has said that it will begin the process of recruiting a new CEO in the next few days.