The Mere Golf Resort and Spa in Knutsford has appointed Graeme Nesbitt as its first-ever general manager.

Nesbitt joins as the Cheshire-based resort gears up to open an 81-room luxury hotel in March 2012 – part of a £15m redevelopment of the site.

In January, The Mere completed the installation of a new health club and spa, while it is still in the midst of refurbishing its conferencing suites.

Nesbitt was previously at Cameron House, where he was resort general manager. Before that he worked at Malmaison hotels in Birmingham and Edinburgh and St Andrews Bay Golf Resort & Spa.

Some of Nesbitt’s duties were previously within the remit Mark Boler, The Mere’s chief executive, who said: “Graeme is the perfect person to help us drive The Mere forward with his experience, which is a perfect match for our goal to create a world-class destination resort.”