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WCH Team

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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.

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Paul Tewkesbury

Head of Operations

Acting Head of Operations whilst Hannah Callender is on Maternity Leave

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Jasbir Sohal

Director of Assets and Repairs

Jas was previously working for a local authority in the repairs/Maintenance arm of the business. Jas has 15 years plus experience in social housing specialising in maintenance and compliance across local authorities and housing associations.

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Hannah Callender

Operations Manager

Hannah is on Maternity Leave.

Hannah is a full time member of staff and oversees the day to day running of Westminster Community Homes, including clienting the various external contracts we have in place.  Hannah completed a degree in Residential Property.

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Sophie Sheekey

Operations Officer

Sophie works part-time, with Thursdays being her off work day. Before Sophie went on maternity leave she worked on admin/finance, voids and Intermediate rent. Since her return she has assisted with the same but incorporating 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.  

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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.

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Anton Robinson

Health and Safety Compliance Officer

Anton has more than 10 years’ experience negotiating property sales and acquisitions, this includes the process of a Compulsory Purchase Order, as well as giving evidence at a public enquiry. Anton continues to negotiate with leaseholders effected by regeneration across Westminster City Council, assisting these lessees to find and acquire alternative accommodation. His remit stretches further as he assists Westminster City Council in acquiring properties to provide temporary accommodation to residents who are not permanently housed within the borough. Anton also assists in the management of a small number of tenancies within Westminster Community Homes.

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Ian Sellens

Leasehold Negotiator

Ian is involved in negotiating the voluntary acquisition of leaseholder’s homes affected by Westminster City Council regeneration projects. 

Ian has over 20 years' experience working in Housing, including working with residents on sites due for demolition. He is

currently working with leaseholders on Church Street, a Westminster City Council renewal area to assess their re-housing priorities and work with them to facilitate the acquisition of suitable alternative accommodation. Ian will guide the lessee through the entire process, from advising what options are available right up to the move to their new home. 

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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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Timothy Malaolu

Housing Manager

Timothy has been working with us for several years. He manages the Hosuing management team and oversees all of our tenancies.

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Sabina Hafeez

Maternity Leave

Housing Officer Westbourne Ward

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Diellza Uka

Housing Officer

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Eric Otoo

Housing Officer

Housing Officer - South Westminster/Pimlico Ward

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Karim Kusimo

Housing Officer

Housing Officer Harrow Road Ward

The Board

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The Board has seven 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.

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Thomas Harding

Tom is Head of Responsible Economy and Development at Westminster Council providing direction to the Council’s work on engaging businesses in the community through social value and social responsibility. Tom’s has had a career specialising in community impact through roles as Director of a Westminster based charity; a consultant on the New Deal for Communities programme and at Westminster Council overseeing the establishment of high profile project local employment and volunteering programmes.

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Victoria Elvidge

Victoria has been involved in Social Housing for 20 years, first as a board member for many years at Sanctuary 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 safetyShe is currently on the board of LEASE, the Leasehold Advisory Service and for many years chaired First Tier Tribunals (Property Chamber).

 

Victoria trained as a solicitor and lives in Westminster.

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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.

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Since 2002, Andrew has been involved with Richmond Fellowship, a national provider of care and support services to people with mental health challenges and a registered provider of supported housing.  He is currently Governance Manager.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Cllr Iman Less

Iman joined the board of Westminster Community Homes in September 2024. 

 

Iman is a councillor in Westminster for the Maida Vale ward and has campaigned to ensure that the residents in Westminster deserve good quality, decent homes. 

 

Iman was born and raised in Westminster, and still lives there, so is acutely aware of the desperate need to ensure good housing is met with a safe community for all. 

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.

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