Chloe Stothart meets Apex's karate kid and the rest of the week's career climbers
London & Quadrant bexley homes
London & Quadrant Bexley Homes is to be managed jointly with the south-east Thames region. As a result, it has a new housing management team.

Robin Warren is head of revenue services; Andrew Sodje is tenancy services manager for Bexley; Maria Freeman is tenancy services manager for Horsham; Andrew Withers is tenancy services manager for Woolwich and Stephen Kerridge is head of housing and operations.

Steve Pugh
Suffolk Housing has appointed Steve Pugh as finance manager. He joins the Bury St Edmunds-based society from electricity generator Powergen, where he was portfolio accountant. Steve has also previously been an accountant for NHS Supplies.

Gail Biggerstaff
Gail Biggerstaff has been made service development manager at London & Quadrant Housing Trust. She was previously the senior housing policy coordinator.

London Strategic Housing
Three people have joined the board of key-worker housing association London Strategic Housing.

Carol williams
Carol Williams has been appointed assistant operations director for Basingstoke- based Kingfisher Housing Association.

Job of the week

Name
Winston Williams
New job
Head of responsive repairs at Apex Housing Group, Middlesex
Job specification
鈥淭o take the technical service forward. The aim is increased customer involvement at reduced cost with improved performance.鈥�
Old job
Technical and investment manager, Bristol council
First housing job
Surveyor with the environmental health department, Bristol council
How did you get there?
鈥淢y dad has a building company and thought it would be beneficial if I worked for him as a surveyor. I liked the idea because I had gone on site with him from the age of six.鈥�
Role model
鈥淢y mother. She taught me so much, from how to decorate to how to strive for excellence in a non-compromising way.鈥�
Favourite book
鈥淜es, although I don鈥檛 read much these days. I read Kes at school.鈥�
Favourite film
鈥淭he Harder They Come or Smile Orange. They鈥檙e both classics. You need to understand Jamaican patois to fully appreciate them.鈥�
What do you do to relax?
鈥淪pend as much time as possible with my children. I go to Jamaica at least once a year. I enjoy listening to music: reggae, R鈥檔鈥橞 and Motown mostly.鈥�
Hobby
鈥淜arate 鈥� I鈥檓 a fourth-dan black belt and have represented England.鈥�
What kind of home do you live in?
鈥淒etached new build in a semi-rural location.鈥�
What is your dream job?
鈥淢anaging the Liverpool football team of the late 1980s.鈥�

Source

Housing Today