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.

Chris is a member of the Governance and Remuneration Committee and Development Appraisal panel.

Ebele is our Board's Deputy Chair and Chair of the Treasury & Finance 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 Asset Management 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. 

Karin is a member of the Customer Experience Committee and Treasury & Finance Committee.

Lisa is an accomplished senior financial services professional and Non-Executive Director with over 15 years of board-level leadership in highly regulated sectors including financial services, social housing, and charitable trusts. Lisa’s experience spans leadership roles in driving strategic change and transformation, strategic business planning and development, performance, and customer experience; and, client facing roles working with businesses to provide funding and financial solutions. 

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

Lisa is the Chair of the Audit and Assurance Committee and a member of the Customer Experience Committee.

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.

Owen is the Chair of the Governance & Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit & Assurance Committee. 

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. 

Simon is a member of the Audit & Assurance Committee and Treasury & Finance Committee.

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 held senior roles including Director of Resident Services at Hammersmith & Fulham Council, Customer Service & Revenue Director at L&Q and Director of Customer Service at Agilisys, where she delivered customer service transformation which delivered significant improvements in customer outcomes. 

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. Alongside executive leadership roles, Ashley serves as a Non‑Executive Director at Wandle Housing Association.

Ashley is a member of the Customer Experience Committee and the Member Responsible for Complaints.

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.

Rajiv has worked in the housing sector, leading on projects delivering digital transformation and real-time data access to support business operations.

Rajiv is a member of the Audit & Assurance Committee.

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.

Ian is a member of the Treasury & Finance Committee.