Our Board

Chris is the Board Chair for Golding Homes. Chris brings over 38 years of residential sector experience, gained both within housing associations and private consultancy. Chris spent 17 years at Moat Housing Group, building a significant intermediate housing business before being appointed as a Group Development Director, a member of the Moat Executive team. Chris joined ikon consultancy where he was an equity partner, specialising in affordable housing consultancy services. Ikon was acquired by Hamptons International, part of the Countrywide Group, in February 2015.

Chris joined affordable housing consultancy Red Loft in October 2019 as a Partner, following 18 months at Clarion.

Ebele is our Board's Deputy Chair and Chair of the Finance & Treasury Committee. She has over 25 years of experience working at Board level, with expertise in treasury, financial investment, risk, and business growth.

Ebele has held a range of Executive, Director and Board level roles including Chief Financial Officer, Financial Strategy and Operations Director, and Finance Director at three G15 Housing Associations.

Karin has over 20 years' experience in housing; ranging from academic research into innovation processes, to working for private, public and housing association sector. 

Karin is currently working as Executive Director of Assets and Sustainability at Southern Housing, one of the largest UK housing associations. Karin is responsible for overseeing Southern’s sustainability agenda, the building safety programme and the delivery of all repairs and property services. She is passionate about good quality, sustainable and affordable homes for residents and a true believer in the value of co-creating services with customers, employee engagement and digitalisation. 

Lisa is an experienced senior financial services professional, currently working as MD Business Planning, driving strategic change and transformation within the commercial banking division of Lloyds Banking Group. Lisa’s experience spans leadership roles in strategic business development, performance and customer experience; and client facing roles working with businesses to provide funding and financial solutions. Lisa is the Member Responsible for Complaints (MRC). She provides assurance on the effectiveness of the complaints system.

She’s passionate about delivering excellent customer services and the need to learn from customer feedback to help inform proposals for improvements. 

Owen is a highly experienced Chair and Non-Executive Director of registered housing providers and health authorities. He has worked in housing, health care and mental health services.

As a highly respected interim Chief Executive he has been responsible for leading major change in governance, executive structures and bringing about organisational learning.

Owen is passionate about excellence in customer services, providing safe, quality homes for residents and creating positive working environments for staff. He enjoys working with people who share his values. Owen has been appointed by and worked with all the housing regulators in the UK.

Simon has over 20 years of experience working at Board level. He’s held a range of Executive, Director and Board level roles including Director of Resources and Finance Director at various housing associations inside and outside London – including a G15 association - as well as charities involved in children’s services and cancer research. He’s been responsible for business planning, risk management and effective treasury management, as well as change management and restructuring in finance, HR and IT. 

Simon’s currently a Director and Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee at a multi-academy trust in Rainham. 

Ashley's an experienced executive leader in customer service, digital transformation and organisational change and development. Her experience spans over 25 years in the customer service arena, working in both the private and public sector operating large, multi-site, multi-channel and multi-brand business process operations. Ashley has a background in local government and the housing sector, having recently worked at L&Q as their Customer Service and Revenue Director.  

Ashley's passionate about delivering exceptional customer experiences and is now an independent advisor, consultant and Interim Director supporting clients across a range of sectors to transform their customer experiences.

In his early career, Rajiv contributed to pioneering research on technology's role in democracy and crafted digital standards for English Local Authorities. Rajiv's entrepreneurial spirit led him to the commercial sector, where he spent 15 years nurturing tech start-ups from inception to market success. His diverse experience includes setting up offshore companies, developing technical architectures, and launching innovative software products.

As the Chief Information Officer at Notting Hill Genesis (NHG), Rajiv's orchestrated a remarkable digital transformation. He led the migration of 99% of NHG's systems to a unified cloud platform, streamlining architecture and slashing carbon emissions by 65%. He also implemented AI solutions and IoT integrations, delivering real-time data access that redefined business operations.

Jane has a wealth of executive and senior housing managing experience with 31 years spent in the social housing sector.

Most recently she was Executive Director of Customer Services at Eastlight Community Homes, and her previous positions have included Resident Services Director at L&Q and Housing Director at East Thames.

Jane's motivated by delivering customer excellence and putting customers at the heart of organisational decision making. She's now an independent consultant working with housing associations to help them transform their services. 

Ian is a highly motivated and versatile Development Professional with over 40 years’ experience in the acquisition and delivery of affordable housing across Kent.

He's held Director level positions at three G15 Housing Associations, Hyde, Clarion, and most recently, in the role of Land & New Business Director at Southern Housing.

As a long-standing resident of Maidstone, Ian is passionate about creating sustainable homes and places for local people where families can establish roots and thrive in their community.