Meet your Board

 

Tower Hamlets Homes is run by a board of 15 members - five residents, five councillors and five independents, who bring specialist skills and expertise to the board.

 

Board Members who are Residents

Sheila Beeton

Sheila is a leaseholder and lives in Wapping. She was chair of a steering group considering Housing Choice and was previously Head of Human Resources for a University. She is the chair of the Organisational Development Committee (ODC).


 

Ian Fincher

Ian is a tenant living in Wapping and working as Deputy Chief of Lighting at a West End theatre. Ian was an active member of the Area Residents Panel and Borough wide Compact Group and is now a member of the Residents Involvement Panel. He is the Board champion for Value for Money and also sits on the Finance & Audit Committee (FAC) and Organisational Development Committee (ODC).

Shamsul Hoque

Shamsul is a tenant living in Bethnal Green and currently Vice Chair of the Tenants and Residents Association for Collingwood estate, secretary of Collingwood Bangladeshi Elder Group and is a school governor for Osmani School and Swanley Secondary School. He sits on the Performance Management Committee (PMC).
 

Iain Lawson

Iain is a leaseholder living in Bethnal Green and has been chair of a steering group considering Housing Choice and is Chair of Collingwood Tenant and Residents Association. Iain trained as a Civil Engineer and is currently a mathematics teacher in a local secondary school. He is the Board champion for Customer Access and also sits on the Performance Management Committee (PMC)                        

 

Shahanara Begum

Shahanara is a tenant living in Bethnal Green. As a local resident she has a good understanding of housing issues and local concerns.  Shahanara is looking to understand housing matters better, and transfer her work qualities into her everyday life. She sits on the Finance & Audit Committee (FAC).

 

Board Members who are Councillors

 

Councillor Sirajul Islam

Represents Bethnal Green South Ward, and is currently Chair of the Council's Overview and Scrutiny Committee. Cllr Islam was formerly Deputy Leader of the Council, and was appointed to the Tower Hamlets Homes Board in March 2010.

Councillor Judith Gardiner

 

 

 

Councillor Mizanur Rahman Chaudhury

 

 

 

 

 

Councillor Denise Jones

Represents St Katharine’s and Wapping. Denise serves on the Council's Development, Pensions, Audit and Appeals Committees and on the Children and Adults Access to Files Panel. She is the Board champion for Diversity and also sits on the Performance Management Committee (PMC).

 

 

Councillor Amy Whitelock

 

 

                                                                                       
                  

 

Board Members who are Independents

 

Christopher Creegan (Chair)

Chris is Director of People and Public Affairs at the National Centre for Social Research.  He has also worked for Unison where he was Deputy Director of Equalities and for Ealing and Westminster councils. He has extensive experience as a board member and chair of various national and local organisations and was a councillor in Tower Hamlets between 1998 and 2002.

As Chair, Chris works closely with the Chief Executive, board members and senior managers to make sure that Tower Hamlets Homes is run properly. He joined the board because he wants to help transform services for residents.

Paul Bridge

Paul is Chief Executive of Homes for Haringey. He previously worked for a major RSL as Director of Community Subsidiaries and stock transfers, employing over 180 staff responsible for delivering a full housing management service to over 8,000 properties and a development programme of £300m and a transfer programme for another 3,000 properties.
 

 

Sukkanya Siva

Sukkanya is a Development Manager at Circle Anglia,  She has a passion for regeneration and the continued provision of affordable housing.  As a board member, she would like to share her knowledge in social housing and be able to influence the future of Tower Hamlets Homes. She sits on the Organisational Development Committee (ODC).


Neil Isaac

Neil is a qualified accountant with extensive housing finance experience. He was Director of Resources at three star Hounslow Homes from its start up in 2002 before becoming Director of Finance and Resources at Hackney Homes in October 2006. Neil has recently been invited to take part in the CLG Review of the Housing Finance system. He is the Chair of the Finance & Audit Committee (FAC).

 

Abdool Kara

Abdool  has an MSc in Housing and is the Chief Executive of Swale Borough Council, Sittingbourne, Kent.  Prior to this he was the Assistant Chief Executive, London Borough of Merton, and previously worked for the Audit Commission, Cabinet Office, Corporation of London and London Borough of Ealing. He is the Chair of the Performance Management Committee (PMC).

 

If you want to find out more about becoming a board member, please email: governance@towerhamletshomes.org.uk  or contact us on 020 7364 7058/0841and we'll be happy to help.