Craig Thornton
Risk and Assurance Director, Sovereign Network Group

Craig is Risk and Assurance Director for Sovereign Network Group where he is focused on building the organisation’s resilience. He is also a Board and ARC member of Amplius. Craig has been in the sector for over six years, following a 20+ year career in professional services and telecoms.

Morenike Ajayi MBE
Director of Corporate Services, Gravesend Churches Housing Association

Terrie Alafat CBE
Chair, Riverside Group

Terrie served as Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing from 2015 to 2019 and has a wealth of housing experience spanning over 30 years. Her previous appointments include Director of Housing at the Department of Communities and Local Government where she was responsible for national housing polices including affordable housing, homelessness and supported housing. Terrie has extensive NED experience in housing and homelessness organisations. Currently she is a trustee of the Nationwide Foundation and JRF, as well as chairing JRHT. She is also Senior Independent Director for Grosvenor Hart Homes. Her wealth of knowledge of the housing sector and her work in shaping policy is instrumental in continuing to take the Riverside Group forward as one of the country’s leading providers of housing and homelessness services.

Dr Charles Ambilichu
Senior Lecturer - Accountancy, Birmingham City University

Gossica Anichebe
Social Housing Resident, Peabody and Group Member, G15 Residents Group, Peabody and G15 Residents Group

Gossica is a social housing resident who brings extensive lived experience to her role as an active member of the G15 Resident User Group. She works closely with residents across housing associations to strengthen engagement, share best practice, address common challenges and advocate for national policy changes that improve outcomes for residents. She has five years’ experience as a Non-Executive Director on Peabody’s Resident Experience Committee, where she champions residents’ voices at Executive and Board level. In this role, she helps ensure that feedback from residents’ shapes decision-making and drives meaningful policy and service improvements. Gossica also serves as a Trustee on the Peabody Communities Foundation Board, supporting initiatives that build stronger communities, with a particular focus on care in the community and improving outcomes for people, including those with disabilities. Alongside her housing work, Gossica has over 18 years’ experience in local government across communications, engagement, project management, complaints, policy, performance and service improvement. This breadth of experience enables her to navigate complex systems, influence decision-makers and deliver impactful change. She is passionate about housing and committed to promoting organisational cultures that reflect residents’ priorities, helping to deliver better services and outcomes for communities.

Jemma Belsey
Assistant Director of Digital, Data and Technology, Raven Housing Trust

Anna Bishop
Chief Executive, South Liverpool Homes

Alison Blake
Head of Risk and Assurance, Moat

Asantewaa Brenya
Executive Director of Governance, Risk and Performance / Associate Director,, Ocean Housing / Altair

Asantewaa Brenya is a Fellow of the Chartered Governance Institute with governance experience in charities, public sector administration, sports governance, and social housing governance and regulatory compliance. Asantewaa has helped organisations to strengthen their governance arrangements and implement processes to enable more robust, effective, and transparent decision-making. Asantewaa is a co-author and tutor for the CGI’s certificate on Social Housing Governance.

Bethan Buck
External Affairs Manager, National Housing Federation

Bethan has worked for the NHF for eight years, having previously worked for a social enterprise specialising in community development and placemaking for areas undergoing regeneration. As External Affairs Manager for London, Bethan works closely with housing associations across the capital and is responsible for the NHFs offer for smaller housing associations. With significant programme management experience, Bethan is currently working across various specialisms at the NHF including supply and regeneration, building confidence and trust, the Better Social Housing Review, and community cohesion. Bethan also sits on the Advisory Board for the LGBTQ+ Housing Pledge.

Anne Chapman
Assistant Director – Governance, Risk and Compliance and Company Secretary, Golding Homes

Having extensive governance, strategic and legal experience, Anne is the corporate lead for governance and compliance matters and the Company Secretary for housing association, Golding Homes. Anne has held many non-executive board positions and is currently the Vice Chair of Eldon Housing Association, an independent member of the Audit and Risk Committee at the Chartered Institute of Housing and a trustee of the homelessness charity, Porchlight.

Nicola Dey
Director Risk Audit and Assurance, Livv Housing Group

Kate Dodsworth
Deputy Chief Executive, Regulator of Social Housing

Kate started her career in housing 30 years ago in homelessness, working with rough sleepers in Birmingham and later managing homeless hostels in Brighton. After completing a Masters degree in Housing, she worked at the National Housing Federation for 10 years; latterly as Assistant Director covering London, the South East and East of England. She was Executive Director of People and Communications at Amicus Horizon and, post-merger, as Optivo. Kate was Chief Executive of Gateway Housing Association for three years until starting as Director of Consumer Regulation at the Regulator for Social Housing in July 2021. In 2023, she was appointed Chief of Regulatory Engagement at RSH, and in 2026 her role was re-titled Deputy Chief Executive.

Jesse Fajemisin
Board Member, Fairhive Homes

Jesse is the founder of SureScope Associates, a consultancy and surveying business. He has over 15 years' experience in the sector, which has included executive roles (responsible for housing, asset management, compliance and development), and multiple board member roles. Jesse has served as the NHF's Chair of the National Smaller Housing Association Network, acting as a national rep for the sector on panels with the Regulator and Housing Ombudsman. He has regularly chaired or spoken at national NHF events, and been part of a national Better Social Housing Review working group.

Rob Fletcher
Director of Digital, Data & Technology, Codi Group

Stephen Flounders
Executive Director of Regulatory & Business Services, Gentoo

Stephen is the Executive Director of Regulatory and Business Services at Gentoo Group, where he oversees Gentoo’s approach to risk and assurance, governance, fire and building safety, IT and digital transformation, and business improvement and change. Stephen was Gentoo’s executive lead during its Routine Planned Inspection, which took place over the spring and summer of 2024. Stephen is an Independent Member of Rochdale Boroughwide Housing’s Audit and Risk Committee. Prior to joining Gentoo in 2019, Stephen was a health and safety consultant, advising several housing associations in London and the South, and worked for large organisations in the professional services sector, including EY and KPMG.

Jon Foster
Director of Operational Risk, MTVH

Jon is Director of Operational Risk at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH), a provider of affordable housing and support services for people from the South East to South Yorkshire, and in the East of England. Jon has worked for MTVH since 2019, and prior to this was part of the Grenfell response team at the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. Jon’s operational risk role at MTVH is broad, covering the organisation’s Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) capability, through to in-house legal services, and MTVH’s approach to customer vulnerability.

Lauren Green
Director of Care & Support, Ability Housing Association

Pauline Hardman
Member, NHF Tenant Advisory Panel

Judy Hardy
Chief Risk Officer, Places for People

After starting her career in the public and charitable sectors, Judy joined Places for People in 2005 and has worked in a variety of roles including as Head of the CEO’s office, in the Placemaking and Regeneration team and as Director of Regulation. She’s motivated by making a difference for Customers and now leads the Group’s risk and compliance function to support Places for People to operate in a safe and compliant way.  Judy graduated from Warwick University with a BA Honours in French and History and is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Housing.

Michael Hopkins
Counter Fraud Manager, Shared Anti-Fraud Service

Alison Inman
Chair, Tpas

Alison Inman is the Chair of Tpas, the housing sector’s engagement organisation. She is a board member at Saffron Housing Trust, where she chairs the Service Quality Committee, Procurement for Housing, and Balkerne Gardens Trust. Alison is a former Chair of Colchester Borough Homes and the National Federation of ALMOs and is a Co-founder of SHOUT, the social housing campaign group. She received an OBE in 2017 for services to social housing tenants.

Priya Javeri
Chief Information Officer, A2Dominion

Rosemarie Jenkins
Board Member, Housing 21

Mike Kirk
Chair, Hyde Housing Association

Mike is Chair of the Hyde Group Board. He joined Hyde in 2021 from housing association Vivid, where he was Chair from 2017, following the merger of First Wessex (where he was Chair from 2015) and Sentinel.

He is currently a trustee of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust and was previously Executive Chairman at Quadrise Fuels International plc, Chair of Portsmouth Water, Senior Independent Director at KBC Advanced Technologies plc, Chair of The Conservation Volunteers and Chair of Thackray Museum of Medicine.

Mike studied chemical engineering and nuclear fuels technology, at the University of Leeds and Imperial College, respectively and was a Chartered Engineer. After working in the nuclear and chemical industries, he worked as a loss prevention engineer in the insurance industry covering clients throughout EMEA. After gaining a Finance MBA from Bayes Business School, Mike worked in corporate finance and became a Partner at investment bank Cazenove & Co. and then was Managing Director of Financial PR agency Weber Shandwick/Square Mile before commencing a plural career as a non-executive director.

Kate Krokou
Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, The Hyde Group

Kate is responsible for delivering improvements to our business and ensuring we have long term plans to support our customers. She leads our strategic planning, transformation, customer engagement and communications teams, and ensures we listen to and act on customer feedback, when developing our strategic plans, to ensure they meet customers’ needs. Kate’s worked in the sector for 20 years and was previously Head of Strategy and Business Intelligence. More recently, she was Partnerships and Regeneration Director, leading Hyde’s work with public organisations, including Brighton & Hove City Council, to build more affordable homes and regenerate estates. Kate has a longstanding interest in public policy and in using research and feedback from customers to improve housing services.

Amy Laurie
Executive Director of Strategy, Hightown Housing Association

Monika Liskiewitz
Director of Financial Resources, Accent Group

Monika is a qualified Chartered Accountant (FCA) with over 18 years of experience working in finance in a variety of roles in highly regulated and customer-centric environments. Monika has provided assurance services and accounting advice to a range of organisations in both the public and private sectors, developing key skills in leadership, building relationships, and technical agility. She worked with a number of housing associations in her professional life. She is now a Director of Financial Resources at Accent Group. Monika is Vice-Chair of the Housing SORP Working Party, she is also Non-Executive Director at Salix Homes.

Emily McKenna
Corporate Head of Risk and Assurance, Lincolnshire Housing Partnership

Paul McMullan
Director of Fire and DSEAR Consultancy, PIB Risk Management

Maria Organ
Executive Director of Finance and Corporate Services, West Kent Housing Association

Maria has over 15 years’ experience working in several senior finance roles across housing and the wider public sector, including local government, regeneration, and health. She is responsible for business planning, treasury and financial management, rents & service charges, procurement, risk management, governance, communications and human resources. Maria has held senior roles including Deputy Director of Finance for Raven Housing Trust and has been a trustee of several charities, most recently Croydon Plus Credit Union. Maria is a qualified accountant and member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy.

Jenny Osborne
Chief Executive, Tpas

Jenny Osbourne is Chief Executive at Tpas – the tenant engagement experts - and has been in this role since 2014. Her previous role was Head of Corporate Services with specific responsibility for membership and governance matters. She is an English Graduate from Leeds University. Prior to working for Tpas Jenny worked for the Post Office on their management programme in the branch network. Jenny is also the Chair of Stockport Homes Group and is a board member of the National Federation of ALMO’s. Jenny is passionate about the tenant engagement agenda and is a strong advocate for effective partnership working between tenants, providers, contractors and government.

Sarah Page
Trustee and Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee, Transform Housing & Support

Argiri Papathos
Board Member, Member of Audit and Risk, Governance and People Committee, Eastlight Community Homes

Kitesh Patel
Director of Risk, Places for People

Kitesh is Director of Risk at Places for People, and has responsibility for Risk Management, Internal Controls Business Continuity and Financial Compliance. Kitesh is an experienced leader with a strong track record in audit, risk management, governance and compliance. Prior to joining Places for People, he worked for Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and has significant experience of audit in local government. Alongside the day job Kitesh is an independent member of the Joint Audit and Risk Panel for Leicestershire Police and Independent member of the Audit and Risk Committee at the Acis Group.

Will Perry
Director of Strategy, Regulator of Social Housing

Will is Director of Strategy at the Regulator of Social Housing, where he is responsible for developing corporate strategy, business intelligence and regulatory policy. He is also responsible for the Regulator’s relationships with the funding markets, investors and advisors. Will is a qualified chartered accountant, and has been a non-executive board member of The Housing Finance Corporation.

Ben Pumphrey
Legal Director and Head of Data Governance, Anthony Collins

Ben Pumphrey is a Legal Director at Anthony Collins specialising in governance and data responsibility, with extensive experience supporting housing providers on data-led decision making. His work focuses on clarifying data ownership and quality, aligning data use with existing governance frameworks and supporting more transparent, accountable organisations.

Helen Rourke
Chief Financial Officer, St Mungo’s

Helen joined St Mungo’s in 2024 where leads the Finance, IT and Governance and Compliance functions. Helen is a chartered accountant who spent most of her career to date working in the social housing sector, holding a number of senior, executive and non-executive roles. Helen is also a member of the Audit Committee of a large housing association in the North West of England, and volunteers as a co-ordinator at a Street Kitchen supporting homeless and vulnerable people in Manchester.

Jas Sidhu
Director of Housing, St Basils

Jas S. Sidhu FCMI, MIoL, MCIH is Director of Housing and designated Health & Safety Lead at St Basils, where he oversees landlord services, asset strategy, statutory compliance and building safety across a youth-focused portfolio. Over three decades, he has delivered major programmes in asset management, capital investment, zero-carbon projects, procurement, and service transformation, with a consistent focus on risk management, quality and regulatory assurance. Before joining St Basils, Jas worked in local government for Local Government, where he led on strategic asset management, statutory compliance, health and safety, procurement, and housing commercial services. He is recognised for translating complex regulation into practical operating models, strengthening resident engagement and supply-chain performance. Alongside his professional role, Jas is a visiting lecturer at the University of Westminster and serves on the Board and Audit & Risk Committee of Westfield Housing Association.

Fiona Smith
Director of Governance and Assurance, Plus Dane Housing

Alistair Smyth
Director of Policy and Research, National Housing Federation

Alistair has worked in the social housing sector for the last 16 years in a wide range of roles and organisations including a previous spell at the NHF from 2014 to 2017. Prior to that, he worked as a consultant on a range of neighbourhood and community empowerment projects. He also spent three years working in a customer-facing role as a Neighbourhood Manager and as Assistant Head of Neighbourhoods for Peabody. He is currently the Vice Chair of the Chartered Institute of Housing’s Policy Advisory Committee.

Emma Stone
Director of Housing, Chime Housing

Emma began a career in housing in 1992 and has since developed a deep, practice‑based understanding of how to deliver services that genuinely meet the diverse needs of customers. Since joining Watford Community Housing in October 2022 as Assistant Director of Housing, she has bought together local partners to strengthen multiagency collaboration, and provide coordinated, holistic support for residents. Her approach is grounded in a strong grasp of information‑sharing governance, safeguarding responsibilities, and organisational accountability, ensuring that partnership working is both effective and compliant. With more than three decades of sector experience, Emma is known for championing customer‑centred services, fostering resilient community networks, and offering clear, insightful leadership that helps teams and partners deliver meaningful impact.

Annisha Taylor
Founder and Culture & Performance Architect, Annisha Taylor Consulting

Evelyn Thomas
Member, Finance, Risk and Audit Group, MHS

Heather Thomas
Chief Executive, Sapphire Independent Housing

Heather has been the Chief Executive of Sapphire Independent Housing, a smaller housing association located in North London that offers supported housing and general needs homes, since 2016. Before her current role, she worked as an executive director of operations for several registered providers. She is vice chair of the g320 group of smaller London housing associations and sits on its executive committee. Heather recently completed her tenure as the Chair of CCHA, the local housing association in Croydon, South London, where she lives. She is a corporate member of the Chartered Institute of Housing and has a Master’s degree in Organisational Behaviour.

Emma Tobin
Head of Specialist Housing – Retirement Villages, Platform Housing Group

Nicola Trevallion
Head of Internal Audit and Risk, Housing 21

Isabel Varey
Director of Customer Service, Executive Team, Delta Housing

Ceri Victory-Rowe
Director, Campbell Tickell

Ceri is a consultant specialising in governance and regulation in the social housing sector across the UK. She regularly provides advice to the Boards and Executive Teams of registered providers on a range of matters including regulatory compliance and recovery following regulatory compliance challenges.

James Walker
Head of Governance, Clarion Housing Group

Ewan Wallace
Group General Counsel, SettleParadigm

Gavin Wallen
Tenant Chair, Phoenix Community Housing

Gavin joined the Board at Phoenix in 2023 after becoming an involved resident and studying with the Phoenix Academy. After gaining in-depth knowledge of the sector through our school of social housing, Gavin has found his passion for resident voice and engagement. As an advocate of Phoenix’s resident-led community gateway model, Gavin is keen to see similar approaches adopted across the sector.

Joe Waters
Public Affairs Manager, National Housing Federation

Joe Waters is Public Affairs Manager at the National Housing Federation (NHF), the voice of housing associations in England. Joe has worked at the NHF for the last three years and has held a number of roles across its external affairs and member relations teams.

Prior to joining the NHF in 2021, Joe worked as a researcher for several MPs in Westminster. Joe is also a volunteer mentor at Advice for Renters, a small charity based in Brent providing support and assistance to tenants who may be isolated, lack confidence, or need help with their housing conditions. He is passionate about tackling the housing crisis and inequality.

Selina White
Chief Executive, Magna Housing

Selina has led Magna Housing for six years, where she has championed innovative solutions for affordable housing across the South West. As the Chief Executive, she has spearheaded initiatives that prioritise community well-being, sustainability, inclusivity and growth. Selina’s unwavering commitment to affordable housing has made her a respected voice in the industry. She actively collaborates with stakeholders to address housing challenges. Selina is Chair of the National Housing Federation’s South West Leadership Forum and plays a pivotal role in shaping housing policies and strategies in the region. She is also a dedicated member of Homes for the South West, a collaboration of the 12 largest developing housing associations in the region, helping to shape national housing policy and driving positive change.

The Right Reverend Rob Wickham
Chief Executive, Church Urban Fund

Bishop Rob Wickham studied geography at Durham University, specialising in urban regeneration, which fired his imagination for urban ministry. From 1998, he served as a parish priest in Kings Cross and then Hackney. Hackney was a place of significant church growth, including housing developments and town centre partnerships. In 2015 he was appointed Bishop of Edmonton in the Diocese of London. In 2023 he was appointed as Group Chief Executive of Church Urban Fund. He has also served as the Chair of Housing Justice since 2020.

Sue Young
Executive Director of Homes and Growth, Vico Homes