Mears Group appointed Julia Unwin to its Board as Independent Director

– UK, Gloucester – Mears (LSE:MER), the provider of support services to the Social Housing and Care sectors in the UK, announces the appointment of Julia Unwin CBE as an independent Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 1 January 2016.

Julia is Chief Executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust. She has significant experience in the social housing sector, having been a member of the Housing Corporation Board for ten years.

Mears is a leading social housing repairs and maintenance service provider to Local Authorities and Registered Social Landlords in the UK and now commands a leading position in the UK Local Authorities’ outsourced care market, providing personal care services to people in their own homes.

Following the CAH acquisition, Mears employs in excess of 17,000 people and provides maintenance and repairs services to in excess of 10% of the UK social housing stock. Mears also provides care, on a daily basis, to over 30,000 service users.

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