WCH Team
Neil Tryner
CEO
Neil joined WCH as new Chief Executive and Company Secretary in February 2023 . Neil was previously Managing Director of Co-op Homes and has also led homeless services for Birmingham City Council and Care and Support services for other registered providers.
Hannah Callender
Operations Manager
Ishmael
Palmer
Operations Officer
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Ishmael has over 20 years experience in the customer service field in the public sectors. He has worked in the repairs and maintenance field for several years, as a query handler and as a supervisor. He has also worked as a housing officer. He will be working as cover for Sophie who will be taking maternity leave.
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Sophie Sheekey
Operations Officer
Sophie is on Maternity Leave.
Sophie works part-time, with Thursdays being her non--working day. Before Sophie took maternity leave she worked on admin/finance, voids and Intermediate rent. Since her return she has assisted with the same but incorporated a new role as resident liaison. Sophie is responsible for Intermediate rent from advertisement to overseeing tenancies. She will also be looking to introduce more resident engagement pieces in the coming months.
Severine Masona
Operations Officer
Severine has over 15 years experience in the customer service field in the private and public sectors. She worked in the building construction field for 5 years as a Liason Manager. She will be working on void management, Stock Refresh and repairs.
Anton Robinson
Health and Safety Compliance Officer
Anton has now been a valued member of Westminster Community Homes (WCH) for 7+ years, having started off carrying out negotiations with leaseholders across 2 of Westminster City Council (WCC)’s regeneration sites.
Anton negotiated with leaseholders to successfully acquire their leasehold interest, provided them with support & assistance with their relocation.
Almost 2 years on from negotiations ending at Ebury Bridge, Anton is now our Health & Safety Compliance Officer. Holding a NEBOSH certificate in general health & safety along with IOSH qualification in managing safely, he is at the forefront of ensuring our residents are living & staying safe within our homes. Ensuring our gas safety and electric certificates are current and in date, as well as enforcing damp and mould processes are actioned.
Kim Wright
Administrator
Kim Wright is a full time member of staff, working as Administrator, to provide effective and efficient assistance to the rest of the team, in the daily running of Westminster Community Homes. Her previous 27 years of experience in various admin posts within the Civil Service will help her do just that.
Housing Officers
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The Board
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The Board has six members, all nominated by the City Council.
This Board controls all activities carried out by Westminster Community Homes.
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Current Board Members are:
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Mark Davies
Mark joined the Board of Westminster Community Homes in November 2023.
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Mark is a founding Director of Integer Advisory Limited, a consultancy which advises Registered Providers, public sector agencies and investors in the social housing, local government and UK infrastructure sectors. Prior to establishing the company, Mark was a Partner in a large financial services provider based in the City.
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Mark has worked in the social housing sector for around 20 years and has previously been Vice Chair at Fortis Living (now part of Platform Housing Group), where he also Chaired the Audit and Risk Committee.
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Mark is particularly focussed on developing the governance and risk management frameworks at WCH while building on our delivery of quality services for existing residents and more social housing within the City in line with the objectives of both WCH and the City Council.
Victoria Elvidge
Victoria has been involved in Social Housing for 20 years, first as a board member at Sanctuary Housing and subsequently as chair of the Social Sector (Building Safety) Engagement Best Practice Group set up after the Grenfell tragedy to look at good resident engagement’s role in improving building safety. For seven years she sat on the board of LEASE (the Leasehold Advisory Service) and for many years chaired First Tier Tribunals (Property Chamber).
Victoria is a trustee of Pallant House Gallery in Chichester.
She trained as a solicitor and lives in Westminster.
Gary Preston
Gary qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte and has over three decades of experience across a range of sectors and companies. Gary is Finance Director for Dolphin Living, an independent charity which provides affordable housing to working Londoners. Prior to that, he worked in the property industry for just over 12 years at listed real estate companies, Derwent London, CLS Holdings and Inland Homes.
Andrew Whitley
Andrew has had a long-standing interest in housing and health-related matters and has had a variety of non-executive director roles across these sectors including being a former Chair and Vice-Chair of CityWest Homes and a Non-Executive Director at Westminster NHS Primary Care Trust for 9 years.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Management Accountants with a broad background in finance and governance related issues, specialising in merger, de-merger and other due diligence activities. He has built up a broad career background having worked in some of the UK’s largest private and public sector organisations, including Diageo, British Gas, Pearson, P&O, Transport for London and the NHS. He has spent recent years, prior to retirement, Head of Governance at Waythrough (and formerly Richmond Fellowship).
From 1997-2002 Andrew was an elected member of Westminster City Council, representing Westbourne ward.
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Boe Williams
Boe joined the Board of Westminster Community Homes in November 2023.
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Boe has a housing background but is a Chartered Surveyor by profession. She sits on the Board of Arhag and worked at Homes for England as Head of Building Safety for three years.
Cllr Judith Southern
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The composition of The Board brings an excellent combination of local knowledge, business, financial expertise, resident perspective and commitment. The Board meets four times a year with further one off meetings as required on specific topics. To ensure that the business continues to go forward efficiently between board meetings, E reports on urgent items are produced as required. These reports and the decisions are then reported formally at the next available board meeting.
