Aria Care Group has appointed Paul Wright as its group hospitality manager, focusing on laundry and housekeeping.

Aria Care operates 50 homes located in England, Scotland and Jersey.

Wright has had a long career in the hospitality and care industries. Having previously worked in hotels and restaurants, he spent a large part of his career at Unilever as a senior development chef, latterly looking after the elderly care sector, designing food for people living with dementia, as well as designing courses for care groups. Most recently, he was regional hospitality manager at another care group.

Wright said: “I’m really excited to be taking this opportunity with Aria at such a pivotal time because everything’s new and we have some really exciting innovations in the pipeline. This is all about engaging and empowering our housekeeping and laundry staff and taking them on the journey with us because they are an integral to, and play an incredibly important role, within the care we provide in our homes. So again, it’s about taking them on the journey with us and to drive excellence in laundry and housekeeping.”

Aria Care’s hospitality director James Clear commenetd: “I am delighted to welcome Paul to the team. He brings to the role an absolute wealth of experience, but most importantly, a passion for driving excellence for both staff and our residents. Having his support in pushing forward our housekeeping and laundry framework, to sit alongside our established nutrition and hydration framework, is fantastic and I look forward to seeing what the coming months hold for Paul, the team and Aria as a whole under his vision.”