Board of Management

The Group Board of Management, has the sole responsibility for the Group's overall direction, and for ensuring that it has appropriate staff to achieve its strategy and plans and stated standards of service. Our Board of Management reflects a broad and varied cross section which is supplemented by members nominated by partner organisations within the Group.

Membership

The Board consists of five Members who all receive a nominal payment in recognition of their services plus reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses, such as travel costs.

Membership consists of:

• Five Independent Board Members who are elected in staggered rotation for a three year period by the shareholding members of the Group.
• Two Board Members nominated annually to the Group by each member organisation.

This mix is designed to ensure that the Group is effectively governed and managed through its Board structures, Group Mangagement Team, Strategies and Policies, with each partner organisation being represented equally on the Group Board.

Skills

Our Board Members collectively possess a multitude of professional skills, including accountancy, finance, banking, law, corporate management, housing management, together with a deep involvement in promoting sustainable affordable housing.

A review of the skills and experience of the Board of Management takes place on an annual basis, with the Board assessing its collective level of experience in those skills identified by the Housing Corporation as being generally necessary for running a registered social landlord. The Board seeks to fill gaps in this collective level of experience, through open advertisements for new independent members whenever necessary.

The Role of the Board of Management

The Board acts for and in the name of the Group, and retains ultimate control over all aspects of the Group's work and must ensure that its financial and legal responsibilities are fulfilled. The powers of the Board are wide and, although particular functions may be delegated to a sub-committee, a subsidiary Board or to the Group Management Team and staff, the Board retains the responsibility for seeing that those functions are properly carried out.

Role of Board Members Leaflet

Code of Conduct for Board Members

Terms of Reference for Board Members

Terms of Reference for Committees

Current Board Members

Mr Bill Martin OBE MMI
Independent Board Member and Chair of the Group.
Housing consultant and former Chief Executive of Touchstone Housing Association.
Joined Board in 2007.

Mr Alan Hawkesworth MCIPFA
Independent Board Member, Vice Chair of the Group and Chair of Human Resources and Remuneration Committee.
Qualified Accountant. A Business Risk Consultant.
Joined Board in 2007.

Jonathan Dwyer
Independent Board Member and Chair of Audit and Risk Management Committee.
Head of Business Development (Assistant Director) for HBOS plc.
Joined Board in 2007.

Dr Mary Griffiths PhD , FCIH , FHEA
Nominated Board Member (Board Member and Chair of South Staffordshire Housing Association).
Housing and Education Consultant, former Senior Lecturer in the School of Housing at the University of Central England.
Joined Board in 2007.

Mr Michael Newey ACIB
Nominated Board Member (Board Member of South Staffordshire Housing Association).
Retired Assistant Risk Management Director at Barclays Bank.
Joined Board in 2007.

Mr Barry Simms
Independent Board Member.
Qualified management accountant and a former Finance Director and Deputy Management Director of AEA Battery Systems.
Joined Board in 2007.

Ms Jane Wafer BA , FCIH
Independent Board Member.
Principal Lecturer in Housing Studies at North East Wales Institute of Higher Education in Wrexham.
Joined Board in 2007.

Board Members Access Area

'We operate an independent website for the specific use of our Board members, which provides them with access to a wide range of internal reports on the Group and its activities. 

If you need more details please contact the Company Secretary:  companysecretary@cbhg.co.uk