Simon Ayers has joined TrustMark as its new chief executive, taking over from Alan Slaney who ran the organisation as interim chief executive officer since June 2013. Mr Slaney has now returned to the Board as a non-executive director.

Mr Ayers joins TrustMark from Capita Business Systems (Energy), where he was a project director in the building services sector and head of two operational businesses. He has also been a customer services director and operations director for the Gas Safe Register, and in 2012 he led the successful establishment and delivery of a number of new energy-efficiency initiatives for Scottish & Southern Energy.