Harworth Group plc announced that it has made two appointments into newly created roles to help it deliver its growth strategy of doubling the size of its business over the next five to seven years, Haroon Akram and Dan Needham. Haroon Akram joins as director of strategy, investment and business development, and Dan Needham joins as development director. In his new role, Akram will report to chief executive Lynda Shillaw and will work across the business to develop and deliver Harworth's growth strategy, which was announced in September 2021.

Akram is a chartered accountant with more than a decade of real estate advisory experience. As development director, Needham will be responsible for progressing a number of Harworth's strategic land and major development sites, reporting to chief investment officer Jonathan Haigh. Needham is a chartered surveyor with 30 years' experience in delivering commercial and mixed-use schemes across the Midlands and north of England.