Friday, 25 May 2012

Steady as he goes

26/02/2010

Within weeks of taking over as chief executive of Aldwyck Housing Association, Harj Singh found himself having to calm an organisation rocked by a race storm. Kicking off our special focus on the south east, Martin Hilditch talks to the man with his eyes firmly on the horizon.

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