The joint venture between Mercian and Trident housing associations has appointed Chris Seeley as director. He was previously head of development at Keynote Housing Group.
Maria McCarron
CDS Cooperatives has appointed Maria McCarron as its new housing services manager. McCarron joins from London & Quadrant.
PENWITH HOUSING ASSOCIATION
Tony Newman has been appointed manager of the income recovery team to help tenants manage their rent.
RACHEL SANDERS
The Association of Women in Property's new chairman is Rachel Sanders. She is also a partner at capital allowance specialists NBW Crosher & James.
Joanne Drew
West Kent Housing Association has made Joanne Drew housing and communities director. She previously worked on the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's community housing taskforce.
General Housing Association
Four people have joined General's board: tenants Steve Walton and Val Taylor; Duncan Hallam, Peterborough's assistant land registrar; and Sharifa Hilliam, deputy finance manager at Peterborough YMCA.
JO ELLIS
Swan Housing Group has taken on Jo Ellis as housing services director. She formerly held the same position for West Kent Housing Association.
Derek Baldwin
Carr-Gomm Housing Association has recruited Derek Baldwin as online officer. He will lead the association's three-year project to promote on-line learning.
Kelsey Housing Association
Two new recruits have joined the senior management team. Patricia Bushnell, director of Housing Services joins from the Peabody Trust where she was a business development manager and Jane Porter is the new director of operations. She was a managing director at Boleyn and Forest Housing Society.
Job of the week
Mark Allan
New job
Community regeneration manager, Family Housing Association
Job specification
Manage the community regeneration team
Last job
New opportunities manager at Circle 33 Housing Trust
Role model
鈥淚 don鈥檛 have a particular role model 鈥� but there are certain aspects of friends and colleagues, whom I respect, that I hope I have learned from.鈥�
Any advice for those moving into the housing sector?
鈥淭ry out as many different aspects of it as you can before deciding on your particular niche.鈥�
Favourite book
An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan
Favourite film
It鈥檚 a Wonderful Life
What kind of home do you live in?
鈥淚 own and live in a flat.鈥�
Who would you most like to interview 鈥� and what would you ask?
鈥淚鈥檇 like to ask prime minister Tony Blair and US president George Bush what their real motives are in wanting to go to war with Iraq.鈥�
What do you enjoy about working in regeneration?
鈥淲orking with people who are really passionate about getting involved is one of the best aspects of regeneration work. There is so much variety 鈥� I might be working on between five and 10 projects at any one time - there鈥檚 never a dull moment.鈥�
Tell us something we don鈥檛 know
鈥淚 was once on the Ricki Lake show 鈥� as a member of the audience, I hasten to add.鈥�
Most memorable incident at work:
Working with tenants on a photography project for teenagers in Islington. The project culminated in exhibitions at local libraries and community centers.
Best thing that has happened to you
Being able to buy my first flat.
Source
Housing Today
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