The appointments pave the way for continued growth in a “much improved” housing market and construction sector and come on the back of the group’s strong results which reported a 24% increase in turnover.

Senga Buntrock has joined Bancon Group from the energy sector, while Derek Wann, Ray Turner and Peter Barron have all been promoted to director roles in Deeside Timberframe and Bancon Construction.

As director of people, culture and organisational development at Bancon Group, Senga will play a key role in the group’s strategy to attract, retain and develop the best people.

Senga joins Bancon Group after more than 20 years’ experience as an influential senior HR professional in the energy sector where she has a track-record of achieving sustainable improvement in business performance.

Derek Wann has been appointed commercial director at Deeside Timberframe, where he will oversee the estimating and sales functions and work with the team to help achieve the company’s ambitious five-year business plan.

Having worked in the timberframe industry for more than 30 years, starting his career in estimating and progressing to business development, Derek has experience of working with many housebuilders in both Scotland and the north-west of England.

Peter Barron has been promoted to business development director at Bancon Construction.

His role will see him managing tenders and bids as well as building client relationships, having managed social housing, public building refurbishments, hotel developments and distillery builds valued at up to £24 million.

Peter previously worked in the energy sector before moving into the construction industry. He joined Bancon Construction in 2018 as a senior quantity surveyor, moving into commercial and pre-construction manager roles.

Ray Turner has been appointed framework director at Bancon Construction, bringing extensive industry experience of over 17 years.

He is currently responsible for Bancon’s delivery of the Housing Improvement Programme for Aberdeenshire Council.

John Irvine, chief executive of Bancon Group, welcomed the four appointments. He said: “These appointments significantly bolster our plans for growth on the back of our recent strong financial results. They will not only support our business generation capability but will also ensure we can deal with any market fluctuations more effectively.

“It is particularly pleasing to make these well-deserved internal promotions which retain many years of experience and expertise within the group as well. The strategic appointment of Senga as our first director of people, culture and organisational development will ensure we nurture talent, drive change and increase employee engagement at a time of acute skills shortages in the industry.

“We have seen a record year for sales of private houses across our key markets in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and the central belt, and have a strong forward order book for the coming months for Bancon Construction, while Deeside Timberframe has achieved a record turnover as a result of significant contract wins in both social and private housing.

“We plan to continue growing all our strategic, long-term sites across the country and have plans for further acquisitions in Scotland’s central belt.”