Developer Real has hired former Wates director Ben Cox as chief operating officer.
Cox was at Wates for more than 16 years, including seven years as regional commercial director.
At Real, he is reunited with former colleague Paul Nicholls, who led Wates Residential as managing director for five years. Nicholls left Wates in January and founded Real, through the acquisition of Rydon’s regional businesses in London, the South East and the South West.
