A LEADING urban regeneration specialist, with strong links to North West England, has been appointed to chair the Canal & River Trust’s North West Partnership.

Bob Pointing will take on the voluntary leadership role with the charity this month and chair his first bi-monthly partnership meeting in March. He will provide strategic direction for the future care of the Lancaster and the Leeds and Liverpool canals

Currently resident in Liverpool, he brings with him a wealth of experience in transforming communities and creating jobs. For nearly a decade he was programme director and chief executive of Barrow Regeneration and West Lakes Renaissance.