Cumnock-based company, Connect Modular, has announced the appointment of two new non-executive directors to their board.

Paul Hillard and Duncan Robb have joined the team.

Paul brings more than  30 years of experience in the housing sector, having served 16 years as managing director at Riverside Scotland (formerly Irvine Housing Association).

Currently serving as a director at independent consultancy firm, DTP, Paul has spent his career successfully delivering strategies to significantly improve business growth and introduce cultural and systematic change in a number of medium and large housing organisations.

Duncan has more than 25 years of experience in manufacturing and construction improvement across a range of industries, currently working as a consultant specialist.

Paul said: “I’m delighted to be joining the board of Connect Modular and working with the team on the next stage of the company's journey.

"Modular homes have the potential to transform new housing supply in Scotland and it’s exciting to be part of something so innovative that can have such an impact”.

Duncan added: "I’m delighted to join Connect Modular at such an exciting time. I look forward to supporting the growth of the company over the coming months and years”.

Duncan will be spending a lot of time in the firm’s manufacturing facility in Cumnock, to meet and learn from the workforce, and to see, first-hand, on-going innovations.