Optivo and Southern pick exec team in merger talks

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Current Optivo boss Paul Hackett will be chief executive of the merged organisation

Housing associations Optivo and Southern Housing Group have named a designate executive team for their merger, which they hope to complete by the end of the year. 

Current Optivo boss Paul Hackett would become the chief executive and Alan Townshend, now the group chief executive of Southern Housing, would be his deputy.

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