Craig Thornton

Risk and Assurance Director, SNG

Craig has been in the social housing sector since joining Sovereign as its Director of Audit and Risk in 2020. He subsequently also joined the Board of Grand Union in 2021. Prior to that he spent the majority of his career in the telecoms sector. He has specialised in internal control disciplines for the past ten years, with senior roles in this field at Vodafone and as an independent consultant. He’s a chartered accountant with a broad range of experience in finance, operations and programme management. Craig was drawn to social housing by his strong sense of social justice and sees the sector playing a fundamental role in eradicating inequality.