Barbon Insurance Group, which trades as HomeLet and Rentshield, has appointed Mark Witherspoon as non-executive director, subject to the usual regulatory approval.

Witherspoon, a previous CEO of Hometrack who joined Zoopla in 2009, is currently data services director at ZPG.

Barbon CEO Martin Totty said: “Mark is an excellent addition to the Barbon board and the HomeLet brand.

“His extensive experience in property, financial services and the digital arena will be important in helping us in our next phase.

“His background in data analytics will help us utilise Barbon’s unique and proprietary data to offer unrivalled strategic insights to our customers and capitalise on our role as an innovative partner within the private rental sector.”