Telford Homes has appointed build-to-rent (BTR) veteran Lesley Chen Davison as chief operating officer. Lesley Chen DavisonChen Davison joins from GoSpace AI, where she was head of commercial strategy, and before that was CIO of Seaforth Land, leading the firm's investment strategy, property acquisitions and financing.Chen Davison was also a senior director at Delancey for 14 years, where she worked on some of the UK's earliest purpose-built BTR projects such as East Village and Elephant Central in London.Her other specialisms include office, retail, hotels, schools and debt, equity release and lifetime mortgage products.Chen Davison joins Telford Homes' executive committee and will be responsible for supporting the execution of the firm's business strategy.