Canning, who originally joined the society in 1987 as an area agency manager, was made managing director in 2007 before leaving to become head of distribution for the Yorkshire Building Society Group in late 2013. He will now take on both roles.
After becoming MD in January 2014 Evans quit “to look for new opportunities” to further develop her career, drawing to a close 28 years at the Yorkshire Building Society Group.
Canning said: “I am very pleased to have been asked to be the managing director at Accord and this reflects the fact that we see the intermediary channel as significant part of our group wide distribution.
“Jill has led the business extremely well, and under her leadership Accord has gone from strength to strength. I look forward to working with our key lending partners to support the development of the intermediary mortgage market.”
