McCarthy & Stone announces the appointment of John Tonkiss as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He will take the role with immediate effect. The appointment follows a formal search process to appoint a replacement CEO, which has been led by Paul Lester, Chairman of the Group and which considered both internal and external candidates for the role. John has been interim CEO of McCarthy & Stone since 1 September 2018, following Clive Fenton's retirement on 31 August 2018. Prior to this, John was the Group's Chief Operating Officer. John brings strong financial and operational expertise resulting from his four years at McCarthy & Stone where he was Chief Operating Officer and his ten years at Unite Students, where he held the same role.