Alastair MacGregor, head of the ACHA Group, which includes Argyll Community Housing Association and its maintenance subsidiary Argyll Homes for All, is to retire at the end of May 2022.
He has worked in the housing sector for 37 years, 32 of these as a chief executive. He spent 15 years at Queens Cross Housing Association in Maryhill, Glasgow, before leading ACHA for the past 17 years.
He said: 'It has been the honour of my working life to have worked for so long in the tenant-led community-based housing association sector in Scotland. I have met and worked with so many dedicated people, tenants, colleagues, voluntary board members and elected members. Thank you to all of them for the support they have given me.
'Housing is the most important base of the pyramid of life. If we don’t get housing right, so much else in life is difficult.
'I turned 60 recently, a landmark for reflection. I decided it was the right time to pass on the baton. I have no plans to sit with my slippers on, smoking a pipe. I am an active crofter and also want to do private work in the not-for profit sector.'
Councillor Roddy McCuish, ACHA’s chairman, said: 'Alastair will be sorely missed as will his knowledge of Argyll and Bute and its people. He leaves behind him a great legacy of providing good quality homes for people across Argyll and Bute.
'On a personal note, I will miss his guidance in all matters, not just housing. This has been invaluable to me in my role as an elected member since I first joined ACHA in 2007. One bit of wisdom I did not listen to was when he told me often was how great his beloved Partick Thistle FC was!
'I am sure after a lifetime in public service, working for the good of others, we will see Alastair involved in other roles.'
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