<p>Inland Homes has appointed ex-Gleeson ceo Jolyon Harrison as its new boss and intends to acquire Yorkshire-based NorthCountry Homes as it looks to refocus the troubled company.</p> <p>The brownfield developer, housebuilder and partnership housing company has chosen industry veteran Harrison who has <span>more than</span> 50 years’ housebuilding experience and was Gleeson’s chief executive between October 2014 and June 2019. He joined the group in 2009 and had previously been md of Gleeson Homes.</p> <p>Inland’s new ceo will establish his own executive team which will include a new chief financial officer. Nishith Malde, one of Inland’s founding shareholders and acting ceo and cfo, will step down “<span class="au"><span>following an appropriate handover period following Jolyon's appointment”. </span></span></p> <p><span class="au"><span>The business also announced that it had agreed heads of terms to acquire NorthCountry for a consideration of £4 million. Harrison is NorthCountry’s executive chairman with a 51% stake in the Wakefield housebuilder. </span></span></p> <p><span>G W Padley Holdings and G W Padley Property 2</span><span class="au"><span> control the remaining share. Subject to due diligence, Richard Padley, G W Padley Holding’s commercial director, will join Inland as a non-executive director. His family interests have a holding of 4.54% in Inland.</span></span></p> <p><span class="au"><span>Harrison said that in “due …