Mr Balch is a former managing director of surveyors DTZ and is now professor of planning at Plymouth University, where chairs the management board for the Institute for Sustainable Solutions Research (ISSR).
Hilson Moran managing director Chris Plummer said that the firm saw ‘commercial advantage’ in appointing a non-executive chairman. He said: “Increasingly, our work is focused on the early stages of projects, assisting clients with developing strategies and masterplanning, and Chris’s unique blend of commercial acumen and academic expertise will assist us in enhancing our service offering to clients, as well as complementing perfectly the existing skills of our board”.
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