Former LMS chief executive Nick Chadbourne has joined Novus Strategy as non-executive chair.

Chadbourne brings expertise and connections accumulated during a career spanning nearly 30 years across lending, conveyancing and insurance.

He was also a founding board member of the Open Property Data Association (OPDA).

Today, Chadbourne has also been announced as chair of the Conveyancing Association.

At Novus, Chadbourne will be helping to shape the strategic direction of the business as it begins to expand its consultancy offering and help lenders transform the mortgage journey.

Commenting on his appointment, Chadbourne says: “Novus pairs deep industry and subject matter expertise with a unique way to test change before committing to it. That gives lenders and enterprise businesses the tools to prioritise and then deliver successful change with maximum impact.”

“The end result is transformation where success is baked in, which is a departure from what I saw earlier in my career when many well-intentioned change programmes lost their way.”

“With significant reform facing our industry over the coming years, Novus is the perfect partner to support it and I’m thrilled to be joining as Chair.”