NFA Executive Steering Group members
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Berneslai Homes
Chief Executive
Helen became Chief Executive at Berneslai in January 2007. Before this, she worked in housing and support services with Leeds City Council and Leeds South Homes. Her promise on joining Berneslai was to make a good company even better, to deliver excellent services to customers and ensure social housing provision for future generations.
Berneslai was assessed by the Audit Commission in June 2009 as three stars, with excellent prospects for improvement.
Helen’s local government career started in 1980 with the London Borough of Camden as a housing management trainee. She then joined Leeds City Council in 1985 as a housing training officer. Various jobs followed, always in the housing field with Leeds, culminating in becoming Chief Support Services Officer in 2003. Helen was Interim Chief Executive for Leeds South Homes from October 2005 to December 2006.
She is a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Housing and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. -
Carrick Housing
Executive Director
Mike has been Executive Director of Carrick Housing since April 2003 when the company was established. Carrick Housing achieved an ‘excellent’ inspection rating in 2004 and again in January 2007, and they were recently a Beacon organisation for Improving housing services through the involvement of tenants.
Mike was the Officer Co-ordinator for the National Federation of ALMOs from 2005 until 2009.
Mike has previously worked for Choice for Housing, Birmingham Co-operative Housing Services and Dudley MBC. -
Colchester Borough Homes
Chief Executive
Greg joined CBH in September 2007, having worked in the social housing sector and local government since 1984. Before joining CBH he worked as Group Operations Director for the Town and Country Housing Group, a housing association group based in the South East. His passions focus on customer services and housing development.
Since Greg joined CBH, it has pre-qualified as a Homes and Communities Agency partner and has been accredited with the HCA as a managing agent for RSLs. CBH has also joined a development consortium of RSLs. It is expanding into external trading to support its operating costs and breadth of experience, and has enhanced its role in local and regional affairs. CBH has a seat at the Local Strategic Partnership and Greg chairs the Public Services Partnership for Colchester.
He is committed to the ALMO sector and seeks to support the NFA in influencing Government and in finding ways of securing the future role of the sector.
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Gateshead Housing Company
Chief Executive
Bill trained as a general practice surveyor and after working as a Housing Advice Worker for Tyneside Housing Aid Centre from 1983 to1986, was appointed as the manager of an area renewal project in Gateshead. He then held various posts including Neighbourhood Housing Manager, Development Officer and Assistant Director of Housing and Director of Neighbourhood Operations.
In January 2004 Bill was appointed as Chief Executive of The Gateshead Housing Company. Since then he has led the ALMO in its journey to excellence, culminating in being assessed as a three-star excellent service with excellent prospects for improvement in late 2008.
The company was the first ALMO to be assessed as achieving Level 3 of the Equalities Standard for Local Government.
Bill is a corporate member of the CIH and was Branch Chair in 2002. He was a member of Shelter’s Board from 1984 to 2001.
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Homes for Islington
Chief Executive
Eamon McGoldrick is Chief Executive of Homes for Islington which is a round 3 ALMO. HFI employs over 900 staff managing and maintaining 37,000 properties on behalf of London Borough of Islington. It is the largest ALMO in London and one of the largest in the country.
In October 2008, HFI was awarded three stars with excellent prospects for further improvement by the Audit Commission. HFI is nearing completion of its Decent Homes programme and in partnership with Islington Council is building new social housing.
Eamon has over 30 years’ experience in housing management having started at the Greater London Council in 1977 as a management trainee. He then worked for the London Boroughs of Brent, Hillingdon and Barnet before joining Islington in June 1998.
Eamon is a member of the Islington Strategic Partnership Executive and also sits on the council’s Regeneration and Communities Boards. -
Kensington & Chelsea TMO
Chief Executive
Robert joined Kensington and Chelsea TMO in May 2009, a unique organisation that is both a borough wide TMO and an ALMO. He has worked in housing since 1991, most recently as Group Director of Services at Circle Anglia, which has responsibility for 45,000 homes, and a turnover of £170m, where he had a wide range of responsibilities, leading on improving performance, customer satisfaction, involvement and Sustainable Communities. He also was responsible for Asset Management and the delivery of Decent Homes and long term investment. Previously, he was Director of EPIC Trust and Supported Housing for Circle Anglia. He has also worked for English Churches Housing Group.
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Newark and Sherwood Homes
Chief Executive
Rebecca has worked in the housing sector for over 20 years, including experience with a variety of organisations incorporating district, city and metropolitan areas with urban and rural environments.
Her achievement of a Master’s in Business Administration has provided further development and support for her role as a Board member, currently of another ALMO and previously of a housing association group.
Newark and Sherwood Homes is a fourth round ALMO and Rebecca has led on the company set-up, the achievement of a two-star inspection rating (twice), and delivery of Decent Homes on target for March 2010.
Recently Rebecca has been the Midlands representative on the NFA Constitution Review Group, and is the Midlands ALMO Chief Officers’ Group representative on the NFA Executive Steering Group. -
Nottingham City Homes
Chief Executive
Chris joined NCH in February 2007, following five years as Managing Director of Hounslow Homes, a three-star ALMO with excellent prospects for improvement.
After graduating from Nottingham University, Chris started in housing as a trainee in 1971, progressing rapidly into a series of management positions in London local authorities. He became Director of Housing in London Borough of Waltham Forest in 1986, then Director of Housing in London Borough of Hounslow in 1991.
Chris was a member of the CLG Housing Reform Advisory Panel considering the Hills Review, and is a member of the Audit Commission Housing Inspection Sounding Board.
He is passionate about the role of ALMOs, believing the combination of public sector values and business sector disciplines is key to meeting the needs of tenants and leaseholders.
Chris has just led Nottingham to two stars, with excellent prospects for improvement. He is committed to achieving three stars and providing excellent services to Nottingham’s council tenants and leaseholders -
Poole Housing Partnership
Chief Executive
Joe Logan is the Chief Executive of Poole Housing Partnership, an ALMO in Poole, Dorset.
Prior to Poole, Joe worked in housing management in London and in Slough.
Poole Housing Partnership has twice been assessed by the Audit Commission as a three-star, excellent organisation, most recently with ‘excellent prospects’.
The Audit Commission said the organisation ‘knows exactly what their tenants want and has a tenacious focus on delivering it’. -
Sheffield Homes
Chief Executive
Peter has been the Chief Executive of Sheffield Homes since it was established on 1 April 2004. Peter was previously Head of Housing at Sheffield City Council, responsible for all tenant services. He worked for Sheffield Council for 20 years prior to establishing Sheffield Homes. Before coming to Sheffield, he worked in Liverpool for Merseyside Improved Houses, now known as Riverside HA.
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South Essex Homes
Chief Executive
Mike is the Chief Executive of South Essex Homes, Southend on Sea Borough Council’s housing ALMO, having taken up the post when the organisation was established in October 2005. South Essex Homes was awarded a two star, promising prospects, rating from the Audit Commission following its ALMO inspection in November 2008.
Work is now well underway on investing what will be nearly £58m of additional funding, released as a result of the two-star inspection, to bring residents homes up to the Decent Homes standard.
Mike’s career in social housing started with the then Greater London Council, with subsequent periods at the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the London Borough of Hackney.
Prior to joining South Essex Homes he worked for Southend on Sea Borough Council as their Assistant Director for Social Care. -
Stockport Homes
Chief Executive
Helen worked in five North West housing authorities, holding 11 different roles across the whole spectrum of housing, prior to becoming the Chief Executive of Stockport Homes.
While in Stockport, following a high profile no stars housing inspection, Helen has not only overseen two option appraisals and a lost stock transfer ballot, but also a transformation in the housing service, leading to the June 2006 inspection result of an excellent service with excellent prospects for improvement.
Stockport Homes continues its development apace by not only continuing to improve services, but also becoming the first ALMO to receive grant from the Housing Corporation to build new homes. -
Wolverhampton Homes
Chief Executive
Lesley has been involved in the ALMO movement since the first ALMOs were established in 2002. She helped to set up Hounslow Homes which is now a three star, excellent organisation. Lesley then moved on to assist in creating People 1st Slough ALMO as Interim Chief Executive bringing it to one star, promising prospects for improvement. Since March 2007 Lesley has headed Wolverhampton Homes which gained two stars six months later and is now delivering one of the largest decent homes programmes in the country and showing what cultural change and value for money can do to improve housing services in line with all the best aspects of the ALMO movement.
With previous experience in the London Boroughs of Haringey and Hounslow, and as a policy maker and researcher at the Greater London Council and London Housing Unit, Lesley has probably managed every aspect of housing during her 25 year career. She remains passionate about achieving value and quality for tenants and improving the quality of life in social housing. Lesley is also playing an active role on the NFA Board both in the Midlands and nationally.