New RIBA North West director

Andrew Ruffler has been appointed as the new regional director of the architects organisation, taking over from Belinda Irlam-Mowbray, who has been promoted to assistant director of nations and regions.

Ruffler, who takes his post from Monday 6 February, joins the RIBA from The Mersey Partnership, the Liverpool city region economic development agency, where he was sector manager for low carbon. He joined TMP in late 2008.

Prior to TMP he spent two years working for Midas, the inward investment agency in Manchester, where he was responsible for the food and drink, manufacturing and clean-technology sectors.