Paul Dolan has been appointed as Riverside’s new chief executive after Carol Matthews’ announcement in September that she would be retiring this year after 12 years in the role.

Dolan will join Riverside from 20,000-home housing association, Accent Housing, where he has been the chief executive since 2017.

Accent is based in Shipley, West Yorkshire and owns homes across the North, Midlands and South-east.

Before that, Dolan was chief executive at Johnnie Johnson Housing and Sadeh Lok Housing Group, now part of Incommunities.