PROPERTY company Rok has announced the appointment of DAVID PETTIGREW as group health, safety and environment director.

The 48-year-old ran his own consultancy, having worked for various companies in the UK and overseas, in the defence, construction and demolition sectors. He has also been a local authority health and safety inspector.

Rok North-East area director Mark Taylor said: "Health and safety and looking after the environment are top of the agenda at Rok, especially in the North-East, where we are carrying out extensive regeneration work in heavily-populated areas."