Growth in the North West continues with senior appointments

20.09.24 2 min read by Carly Jones

We have continued to grow our team in the North West with the appointment of two new senior hires, Matt Whiteley and Adam Bennett.

Matt Whiteley has been appointed as Senior Development Manager. He joins our Salford-based team from Harworth Group, where he delivered residential and commercial regeneration projects across the North West.

This includes Moss Nook, a 900-home community in St Helens, a 132-home residential scheme in Bolton, and a 1.2m sq. ft employment opportunity at Chatterley Valley in Staffordshire.

Whiteley brings extensive cross sector experience to Muse, having spent 15 years in development consultancy before moving to focus on the delivery of regeneration in 2016. Since then, he has helped secure planning approval for over 1,700 homes and nearly 4 million sq. ft of employment space.

Matt will support on the delivery of our regional pipeline. This will include the opportunity in St Helens for the transformation of the town centre into a mixed-use destination set around a new market hall, and the £30m regeneration at Earlestown.

Also joining the team is Adam Bennett as Senior New Homes Manager. With over 20 years’ experience in customer relations and management roles, Adam joins from Vistry. Prior to this he worked at Nikal, Hillcrest Homes and Duchy Homes.

Adam will help lead at the concluding stages of our residential projects, through from inspections, new home management, client relationships, and the delivery of high-quality customer service to home buyers.

Phil Marsden, Managing Director at Muse – North West, said:

Matt and Adam bring a wealth of experience to the team.”

“Matt’s experience delivering transformative projects across the North West will be invaluable as we progress our regeneration plans in St Helens and across the region. He will play a key role to ensure we deliver community focused new places of which the community can genuinely be proud.

“Adam will then be crucial in helping us deliver on our end-to-end ambitions as a place maker, ensuring that high quality standards are maintained to the conclusion of a project and that people receive quality aftercare as they move into their new homes.”

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