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Housing Moves: our round-up of senior sector appointments in May 2019
Inside Housing’s new monthly round-up of top-level housing sector appointments runs down the main senior appointments in the sector for May 2019
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Housing Moves compiles all the senior housing appointments in one place every month.
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Housing association and ALMO moves - May 2019
- Catalyst has announced the appointment of Gary Goggins as its new executive director of property, completing a revamp of its executive team following its merger with Aldwyck Housing Group. Mr Goggins has been Aldwyck’s executive director of property services since 2007.
- Former Clarion boss Ruth Cooke (pictured above with group chief Robin Bailey) was confirmed as the permanent chief executive of Wiltshire-based GreenSquare on 28 May.
- Ed Lunt has been appointed the new group finance director at Sanctuary, joining from Alliance Medical where he was UK finance director.
- Cardiff Community Housing Association has named Mike Owen its new permanent chair. Mr Owen was previously chief executive at Merthyr Valleys Homes. The move follows work from the association to improve governance and service delivery following regulatory concerns.
Kevin Ives
- Kevin Ives will join the executive board at the 57,000-home landlord Sovereign as chief information officer on 1 August. He is currently digital transformation officer at Arriva Trains.
- Sandra Skeete was named new chief executive of Octavia Housing on 17 May, she will take over in September. She was previously interim managing director at CityWest Homes, the ALMO for Westminster City Council.
- Sebastian Taylor was last month appointed managing director of Phoenix Repairs Service, a subsidiary of Phoenix Community Housing. He started his role on 3 June. He was previously head of customer experience at the 6,000-home organisation.
- Mike Stevenson has been appointed chair of East Midlands-based Futures Housing Group, replacing Tony Taylor who is standing down. Mr Stevenson has been a board member at the 10,000-home group since 2016.
Other moves 2019
Sarita-Marie Rehman-Wall
- The National Federation of ALMOs (NFA) has announced the appointment of Sarita-Marie Rehman-Wall as chair. Ms Rehman-Wall is the former NFA vice-chair and a tenant of Nottingham City Homes. The move is pending board approval in June.
- Homelessness charity Thames Reach has confirmed the appointment of Bill Tidnam as its permanent chief executive from this month, following 11 months as acting chief executive. Catherine Parsons has also been promoted to the post of director of operations, after previously serving as area director.
- Neil Biswas has joined law firm Trowers & Hamlins as a partner in its real estate team in London. The firm says Mr Biswas has extensive experience in housing development and housing investment. He was previously at Norton Rose Fulbright.
Future of Work Festival
New for 2019, Inside Housing’s Future of Work Festival will bring together HR and organisational development professionals from the housing sector to discuss and explore the challenges of how to successfully evolve towards the working environment of the future.
Seize this opportunity to rethink your workforces and workplaces by reconsidering the roles of individuals, organisations, automation technology and how society will approach work.
Assess and benchmark your business strategy with the leaders in the housing sector:
- Defining the Future of Work: what does it look like, what will be the implications, how do you rethink your workforce strategy?
- How to embed Electronic Data Interchange into your workforce, attract the widest pool of talent, be authentic and innovative, keep your workforce happy and productive, and position your brand
- Identifying, assessing and closing the skill gaps: what skills will be required in the future and how do you prepare for the undefined?
- Appealing to and maintaining a multi-generational workforce: how to address differing career aspirations, expectations, behaviours and values
- How best to implement the best tech, for example, big data, artificial intelligence, automation, blockchain and the Internet of Things. How will this change workplace skills and wages? How do you evolve towards a ‘STEMpathetic’ workforce?
- Providing your HR and OD department with the right skills and toolkits to revise talent, organisational structures and business models. Be social and environmentally friendly, and data driven – investing in disruptive tech, skills training and ethical use of tech
- Promoting well-being and employee experience
- Introducing training and learning as part of the career path
- Embracing agile working – understanding how flexible and alternative working arrangements can boost productivity
The festival will take place on 17 September, at Westminster Bridge, County Hall in London.
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