<p><span>MJ Gleeson has appointed James Thomson as its chief executive.</span></p> <p><span>Thomson has been in the role on an interim basis since June, when ceo Jolyon Harrison left the company following a disagreement over pay. Thomson takes the post on a permanent basis with immediate effect.</span></p> <p><span>The new ceo joined the company as interim ceo in the summer. Previously he was at Keepmoat Homes, joining in 2012 and eventually becoming ceo before taking a non-executive director role. During his tenure at Keepmoat, the business grew from 1,517 homes a year to the more than 4,000 homes of today. Thomson has now resigned from his non-executive post at Keystone Topco, the parent company of Keepmoat Homes.</span></p> <p><span>Before Keepmoat, Thomson worked for DTZ, the real estate firm that is now part of Cushman &amp; Wakefield. Trained as a chartered account through PricewaterhouseCoopers, he spent ten years in investment banking with HSBC and Deutsche Bank.</span></p> <p><span>Gleeson, which specialises in urban housing regeneration and strategic land trading</span><span>,</span><span> said the appointment came after “a comprehensive search process, led by an external search firm, which included internal and external candidates”.</span></p> <p><span>Chairman Dermot Gleeson said: “The board is delighted to confirm James as ceo. During an extensive process …