David Hounslea has been appointed Director of Estates, Facilities & Commercial Services and will start his new role on 9 October 2023.

David has been Director of Estates & Facilities at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals in Preston since 2017, and is currently responsible for all estates, facilities, property management and capital development services across two large hospital sites and a number of other premises.

He previously held the same role at University Hospital of South Manchester. He has 20 years’ experience at senior management level across the NHS, the Department of Health and in the private sector with a major consulting firm.

David says: “I’m delighted to be joining Lancaster and I’m very much looking forward to working with the team and with people from across the University. Among its many strengths, Lancaster has a great campus and I feel privileged to be part of its future development."

The University’s thanks go to Paul Morris for all his efforts in leading the Facilities division over the last few months. Paul remains Interim Director until October and then will resume his position of Director of Capital Development & Estate Operations.