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Director retires after 27 years of service

After 27 years with the company, Dianne Reynolds has retired from her position as sales & marketing director at Orion Homes.

Dianne joined Orion Homes in 1990 as a part-time sales negotiator based at a development in Altofts near Wakefield. She quickly demonstrated an aptitude for new homes sales and soon progressed to a head office-based position as a sales assistant which led to a promotion to Sales Manager. In 2005 Dianne was appointed to the board of directors in recognition of her contribution to the company’s sustained growth.

Orion Homes chairman, Tim Lumb, said: “Having played such a significant and long-standing role in Orion Homes’ success, Dianne’s retirement feels like the end of an era. Dianne was instrumental in the company’s record growth in the nineties and early 2000s. She was also vital in helping our commercial division to establish Orion Office Express, a business park in Horbury which continues to thrive today. After the financial crash of 2008 Dianne was a steady hand during a challenging period for the whole construction sector and the company is in excellent shape as she moves on to new beginnings. Everyone at Orion Homes wishes Dianne a very happy retirement. She has certainly earned it!”

Over the years Dianne has overseen rapid sales at Orion Homes developments throughout Yorkshire, with Wakefield and its surroundings an especially successful region for the company. Today Orion Homes continues to build in the area with Leafield Gardens in Wrenthorpe, a range of luxury detached homes located within a few miles of the Altofts development where Dianne started her career with Orion Homes. The company is also building a range of family detached homes at Benton Park in Horbury, a selection of semi-detached and mews homes at Mayfield Gardens in Wyke and a choice of luxury detached homes at Vicarage Meadows in Holmfirth.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Sam Jones .