<p><span>Places for People’s Scott Black has become the organisation’s first chief operating officer.</span></p><p><span>Black has been promoted to the post after joining the affordable homes-led placemaking company in spring 2020 as group executive director – development. In the new role, he will continue his development responsibilities while assuming leadership of PfP’s affordable housing business.</span></p><p><span>This change follows the departure of </span><span>Debi Marriot-Lavery, group executive director for affordable housing. She was with the business for seven years.</span></p><p><span>Black is responsible for delivering around 2,000 homes per year across six regional businesses serving the UK, and now leads on PfP’s strategic partnership with Homes England, set to deliver around 6,000 homes over the next ten years. </span></p><p><span>A chartered architect with 25 years’ experience in the development industry, Black was previously md of Crest Nicholson Regeneration, under which he steered major projects and regeneration schemes. He managed around 200 staff and an annual turnover of between £250 million and £300 million a year.</span></p><p><span>Greg Reed, PfP’s group ceo, said: </span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ansi-language:EN">“Scott joined Places for People two years ago as group executive director for development and in that time, he has delivered considerable success for the development business and demonstrated what an outstanding leader he is. Bringing the …