Alliance Leisure names Stuart Thornton as FD

Specialist developer, Alliance Leisure, has appointed Stuart Thornton as its new Finance Director. Thornton is new to the leisure industry, having previously worked in the residential construction market. During his career, he has had stints at housebuilder Backhouse and also spent three years at Hong Kong-based financial services firm Vistra. Alliance Leisure develops facilities on behalf of leisure operators that want to improve their leisure products.