Movers and shakers this week
Sarah Gutteridge
Sarah Gutteridge has become customer services manager at Martlet Homes. She was previously an office manager at the Ministry of Defence.

Michael Lennon
Glasgow Housing Association has appointed Michael Lennon chief executive. He was formerly chief executive officer at Housing New Zealand Corporation in Wellington.

Pauline Gooden
Pauline Gooden has joined Keynote Group as neighbourhood manager for Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton.

Philip Sullivan
Philip Sullivan has been appointed head of London housing for the Guinness Trust. He joined five years ago as area manager in the Anglia region.

The Guinness Trust has also appointed Anne Kinder head of housing policy, based in the group's Northern office. She joined the trust in 1985 as an administrative assistant.

Howard Dawson
Thames Valley Housing has appointed Howard Dawson homeownership manager. He joins from Horizon Housing Group, where he was head of leasehold.

Andrew Mapstone
Andrew Mapstone has joined Roomservice, the furnishing rentals firm, as business development manager. Mapstone was formerly marketing director of Orbis Property Protection.

Job of the week

Name
Angie Cope
New job
Contracts manager for Drum Housing Association in Petersfield, Hampshire
Old job
Contracts surveyor for Brymor Contractors in Aldershot
How did you get there?
鈥淚 wanted to be a nurse in the armed forces 鈥� but boyfriends got in the way. I joined a local authority housing department but left until I fell back into it because I felt I needed a proper job.鈥�
What鈥檚 the job like?
鈥淚t can be a steep learning curve but I鈥檝e worked on both sides of the contracts fence so I can see things from two points of view.鈥�
What do you enjoy most?
鈥淥vercoming problems. It sounds like a clich茅 but I like learning new things. It stretches me and gives me confidence. I love the interaction with others, too. Having a laugh is a must.鈥�
Hobbies
鈥淚 go to the gym four or five times a week. It clears my head and gives me time away from the traumas of having a five-year-old who is too much like her mother! But I do like to eat good food, which is another reason for the gym.鈥�
Favourite film
鈥淟eon 鈥� probably because I cried a huge amount at the end.鈥�
Favourite book
鈥淭he Hobbit by JRR Tolkien.鈥�
Housing situation
鈥淚 own a two-bedroom house where I live with my husband and daughter.鈥�

Source

Housing Today