A new chair has been appointed at leading Hull property development firm Wykeland Group.
Paul Millington, an industry heavyweight who has held board positions with Leeds-headquartered Evans Property Group for more than a quarter of a century, takes on the non-executive role. He succeeds former William Jackson Food Group chair Christopher Oughtred, who has served for the past 14 years.
It comes as the business delivers a series of developments across the region, described as some of the “biggest and most ambitious” in its 50-plus year history. These include a £150 million retail logistics fulfilment centre, for which Wykeland secured planning approval, and a £100 million research, development and manufacturing facility for global medical technology business Smith & Nephew, which is going through consenting. Both of these developments are at Wykeland’s Melton West Business Park, west of Hull.
