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[updated: 07.04.2008]



 

Alan Alcock

    Tenant Director
   

Alan is a Director of New Charter Housing (North) Ltd.

He has recently been appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board. He has knowledge of the local area and the needs of tenants having lived in Tameside for many years.

He also has experience in Health & Safety in the workplace and is a Trade Union leader.

     




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Maria Bailey

    Local Authority Director
   

Maria is a TMBC nominated Director of New Charter Housing (North) Ltd.

She worked for BT at Ashton Telephone Exchange for 27 years and was a Trade Union official for 23 of those years.

She has extensive experience in social housing having worked for both English Churches Housing Group and Ashton Pioneer Homes. Maria has also worked for a number of charities including the Depaul Trust.

Maria is currently the Volunteer Co-ordinator & Community Engagement Director of Tameside Radio and a Director on the Board of T3SC.

     




 

Alaha Begum

    Co-opted Director
   

Alaha is a Co-opted Director on the Board of New Charter Housing (South) Ltd.

She is a barrister specialising in Employment Law and general Civil Law. She is the former manager of Tameside Welfare Rights Centre.

     




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Tony Berry

    Independent Director & Vice Chair of New Charter Housing (South) Ltd
   

Tony is currently a Director of New Charter Housing (South) Ltd.

He is currently the Chief Executive of Ashton Pioneer Homes. He previously worked as Regional Manager and Head of Development with the Place for People Group. He has over 20 years experience in housing construction and management.

     




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Andrew Broadhurst

    Independent Director & Chair of New Charter Housing (North) Ltd
   

Andrew is a Director of New Charter Housing (North) Ltd and also Chair of the Group’s Finance Committee.

He is a Chartered Surveyor and former Chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Greater Manchester General Practice Division). He has experience of Housing Associations, compulsary competitive tendering for public bodies and TUPE transfer of employees.

 

     




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Malcolm Burbridge

    Tenant Director
   

Malcolm is a Tenant Director of New Charter Housing (South) Ltd and was appointed at the Company’s Annual General Meeting in 2004.

He lives in Hyde and has been a tenant of New Charter for some time. He has previously been employed in the retail industry as a manager, but is currently undertaking a further education course in computer studies. His concerns about housing and the environment led to him wishing to stand as a Tenant Director.

Malcolm was recently selected by New Charter to participate in a Governance Award Programme.

     




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James T Burns

    Independent Director
   

James is a Director of New Charter Housing Trust Ltd and Chair of the Group’s Audit Committee.

He has extensive experience in housing having formerly held the position of Director of Housing with Liverpool City Council. James was a Regional Manager for a Housing Association, former consultant to the Housing Corporation and a past President of the Chartered Institute of Housing.

James also sits on a panel for employment tribunals.

 

     




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Rex Charlton

   

Independent Director

   

Rex is a Director of New Charter Housing (North) Ltd.

He is a Chartered Surveyor but has an extensive background in housing having previously worked for Bradford & Northern Housing Association and the City of Manchester Housing Department.

He is a Non-Executive Director for the NHS Trust and a college governor at Tameside College.

Rex is now a property adviser at Grafton Associate Limited Management Consultants.

 

     




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Ged Cooney

    Local Authority Director & Chair of New Charter Housing Trust Ltd
   

Ged is a Director of New Charter Housing Trust Ltd.

He has been a Member of Tameside MBC since 1990 where he is the Chair of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund Venture Capital Group and the Executive Cabinet member for life long learning, children and young people’s services.

He has extensive experience of local housing needs and the building industry being the Branch Secretary of UCATT since 1987.

 

     




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Margaret Downs

    Local Authority Director
   

Margaret is a Director of New Charter Housing (South) Ltd.

She was the Mayor of Tameside MBC in 2003/04 and has served on the Council since 1992. She was the former Chair of Tameside Council’s Equal Opportunity Sub-Committee. She has an interest in local and social issues.

     




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Mark Dunford

    Co-opted Director
   

Mark is a Co-opted Director on the Finance Committee.

He has gained many years of experience in housing and finance having worked for both Local Authorities and RSLs. He is currently Executive Director of Prospect Homes Group.

 

     




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Jacqui Fendall

    Independent Director
   

Jacqui is a Director on the Board of New Charter Housing (North) Ltd.

She is a qualified Accountant and is currently employed as the Head of Finance and Administration by Tung Sing Housing Association.

She has an extensive background in housing having previously worked for Manchester Methodist Housing Association and Portico Housing Association.

     




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Joseph Fitzpatrick

   

Local Authority Director

   

Joseph is a Director of New Charter Housing (South) Ltd.

He has served on Tameside MBC for several years and has had a strong interest in social housing and local issues. Previously employed by ICI Vymura Ltd at Hyde where he was a Trade Union representative, he is now retired.

     




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Hamid Ghafoor

    Independent Director & Vice Chair of New Charter Housing Trust Ltd
   

Hamid is a Director of New Charter Housing Trust Ltd.

He is currently employed by PKF Accountants and Business Advisors and has extensive knowledge and experience in financial issues relating to social housing, having been previously employed by Berrybridge Housing Association and with Beever Struther, Charter Accountants, as an Audit Manager dealing with Registered Social Landlords.

     




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Stephen Hall

    Independent Director
 

Stephen is a Director of New Charter Building Company Ltd.

He has extensive experience of the building industry and works for High Peak BC as a Project Manager.

     




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Julie Hardman

    Tenant Director & Chair of New Charter Housing (South) Ltd
 

Julie is a Director of New Charter Housing Trust Ltd, New Charter Housing (South) Ltd and New Charter Building Company Ltd. She has been involved with New Charter prior to its inception in March 2000.

She is a member of the National Housing Federation North West Chairs Committee and a member of the Merseyside & North West Voluntary Board Members Forum.

She was the former Chair of Tameside Welfare Rights and is a former Vice Chair and governor of both Broadbent Fold and Acorn Nursery. She is also a former governor of Yew Tree Lane school and the former Chair of the Dukinfield Residents Association Yew Tree Estate (DRAYTE).

     




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Jed Hassid

    Independent Director

Jed is a Director of New Charter Housing Trust Ltd.

He has extensive experience in management consultancy and finance working with both small and large companies to assist them in enhancing their effectiveness and providing Management Development Programmes.

He is a Governor of South Trafford College.

     




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Geoff Howarth

    Independent Director & Vice Chair of New Charter Building Company Ltd

Geoff is a Director of New Charter Building Company Ltd.

He has extensive experience in the building industry having been a self employed builder before working with Manchester City Council for 20 years.

He now owns several companies.

     




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Desmond (Taff) Jeffery

    Tenant Director
   

Desmond is a Director of New Charter Housing Trust Ltd.

He is also Chair of Central Residents Action Group in Dukinfield, a member of Tameside Voice and Dukinfield Forum and the co-ordinator of the local Home Watch.

 

     




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Aslam Khan

   

Aksa Director

   

Aslam is a Director of New Charter Housing Trust Ltd and Chair of Aksa Housing Association Ltd

Aslam is a Chartered Civil Engineer (CEng MICE) with a legal background. He joined the Board of Aksa in 1999 and was appointed as an Aksa representative on the Trust Board following the partnership between the two Companies in November 2005.

     




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Geoff Loughlin

    Independent Director
   

Geoff is a Director on the Board of New Charter Housing (South) Ltd.

He has an extensive background in housing having previously been employed by Tameside Council as Principal Housing Officer, Anchor Housing Trust as Assistant Director and Head of Housing Services at Housing 21.

He currently works for Wulvern Housing.

     




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Jacqui McCann

    Independent Director
   

Jacqui is a Director on the Board of New Charter Housing (North) Ltd.

She has worked in supported housing for the past 5 years and is currently employed by Manchester Methodist Housing Assocition as an Operations Manager.

     




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James Middleton

    Local Authority Director
   

James is a Director of New Charter Housing (North) Ltd.

He has been a Councillor with Tameside MBC since 1990. He is interested in housing and social issues.

He was a member of the Board of Sanctuary Housing Association for 8 years.

     




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Ian Munro

   

Executive Director

   

Ian is an Executive Director on the Board of New Charter Building Company Ltd.

He is Chief Executive of New Charter Housing Trust Group.

     




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Joe Oliver

    Aksa Director
   

Joe is Aksa Housing Association’s representative on the Group’s Audit Committee.

He has worked in the housing sector for 20 years as a finance manager, working for three associations during this period. He has also served on two housing association boards.

He is now a financial consultant.

     




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Abdul Quayum

   

Aksa Director

   

Abdul is a Director of New Charter Housing Trust Ltd and Vice Chair of Aksa Housing Association Ltd.

He was appointed as an Aksa representative on the Trust Board following the partnership between the two Companies in November 2005. Abdul is employed by the Greater Manchester Passenger Executive as Special Project Planning Officer.

     




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Kieran Quinn

    Independent Director
   

Kieran has recently been appointed as a Director on the Board of New Charter Building Company Ltd.

He has previously served on the Board of New Charter Housing (North) Ltd as a Local Authority Director. He has experience in economic development and an interest in social housing and local issues. He is a local councillor for Droylsden and has been a member of the council since 1994.

     




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Vincent Ricci

    Local Authority Director & Chair of New Charter Building Company Ltd
   

Vincent is a Director of New Charter Housing (South) Ltd and New Charter Building Company Ltd.

He has been a member of Tameside MBC for many years and is the Chair of the Lifelong Learning and Cultural Services Scrutiny Panel. He has a background in the building industry and is employed by Manchester City Council.

     




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Joan Ryan

    Independent Director
   

Joan is a Director of New Charter Housing (South) Ltd.

Joan is a local resident who has worked locally in the private sector, with minority ethnic groups, with health and local authorities and the national/local voluntary sector.

She is the Executive Director of Groundwork Tameside.

     




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Richard Sainsbury

    Co-opted Director
   

Richard is a Co-opted Director on the Group’s Audit Committee.

He is currently Head of Assurance at Vicinity Housing Group having previously held the positions of Group Company Secretary and Internal Audit Manager.

Richard is a qualified accountant and has previously worked for the University of Liverpool and Cheshire County Council, in mainstream financial management roles.

     




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Anjam Shahzad

    Aksa Director
   

Anjam is Aksa Housing Association’s representative on the Group’s Finance Committee.

He is a Project Manager (Development/Regeneration) at Contour Housing Group. Anjam joined the Aksa Board in 1999 and has previously held the position of Vice Chair.

     





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Anne Simmonite

    Independent Director
   

Anne is a Director of New Charter Housing (South) Ltd.

She is currently employed by Oldham MBC in the Housing Department. She has extensive experience of social housing having formerly been employed with the Johnnie Johnson Housing Trust and the Collingwood Housing Association.

     




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Philip Smith

    Tenant Director
   

Philip was re-elected to the Board of New Charter Housing (North) Ltd, at the Tenant Director Elections in 2004, for a further 3 year term of office. He also serves on the Board of New Charter Housing Trust Ltd as the North Board Tenant Representative.

He has always been a resident of Ashton-under-Lyne and has an interest in social housing and local issues.

     




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Andrew Stafford

   

Executive Director

   

Andrew is a Director of New Charter Building Company Ltd.

He is Managing Director of the Group’s Building Company and has recently been appointed as an Executive Director on the Board.

     




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Liliane Laine-Slater

    Independent Director
   

Liliane is a Director of New Charter Building Company Ltd.

She was previously employed by the Group as Director of Organisational Development and brings extensive knowledge of the RSL sector to the Board.

     




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Gordon Tow

    Local Authority Director & Vice Chair of New Charter Housing (North) Ltd
   

Gordon is a Director of New Charter Housing (North) Ltd and New Charter Housing Trust Ltd.

He has an extensive background in business management having been the Financial Director and more latterly the Managing Director of Washington Mills Electro Minerals Ltd.

     




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Martin Wareing

    Local Authority Director
   

Martin is a Director of New Charter Housing (South) Ltd and New Charter Housing Trust Ltd.

He is a long serving member of Tameside MBC and was Mayor in 1988. He also served on the former Denton Council.

     




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Audrey White

    Tenant Director
   

Audrey is a Director of New Charter Housing (South) Ltd.

She lives in Hyde and is Secretary of the local Residents Group and a volunteer for Cancer Research UK. Prior to her retirement Audrey worked as a secretary for Greater Manchester Police.

     




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Ann Whittam

   

Independent Director

   

Ann is an Independent Director on the Board of New Charter Housing Trust Ltd.

She is currently employed by Manchester Enterprises as a Strategy Implementation Manager. Ann’s work involves regeneration and economic development, she has responsibility for leading on employment issues across Greater Manchester and geographical responsibility for the Tameside area.

 

     





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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