• Stuart Edlington (left) becomes housing director for Kingfisher Housing Association.

    Stuart joined Kingfisher two years ago as temporary housing director. He was previously director of housing at Fosseway Housing Association.

  • Southampton council has appointed Barbara Compton (left) as head of housing and strategy development.

    Barbara has worked in the local authority housing sector for 18 years and was previously housing strategy manager at Southampton council.

    She succeeds Dave Lewis, who has left the council after 14 years' service.

  • Lucy Taylor (left) takes over as grant officer for the Local Network Fund, managed by the Peabody Community Fund.

    The Local Network Fund provides grants to small local community groups in London that support disadvantaged children and young people.

    Lucy previously worked as a development manager at the Community Foundation Network 鈥� the parent company of Local Network Fund.

  • Mike Stevens has been appointed as RSL advisor for solicitor Needham and James. He moves from Orbit Housing Association where he was employed for 17 years.

    Mike will help to strengthen the firm's expertise in its advisory role for social housing.

  • Anglia Housing Group has appointed two new executives. They are Sean Kent (left) who will be executive director of resources and Pete Jeffrey, director of human resources.

    The group has also made John Paul head of information services, Paul Carrington head of finance, and Lorna Blackmore (left) head of marketing and communication.

    Profile

    Name:
    Hazel Davies
    New job:
    Director of finance, Beth Johnson Housing Group
    Old job:
    Finance manager, 鈥楯ohnnie鈥� Johnson Housing Trust
    First job:
    Audit senior at chartered accountant Neville Russell
    How she got there:
    鈥淎fter leaving Durham university I decided to pursue a career in accountancy, qualifying in 1996. 鈥淚 have worked as an auditor with Neville Russell and as an internal auditor and income accountant at South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust. In June 1998, I joined 鈥楯ohnnie鈥� Johnson Housing Trust as finance manager and was responsible for information and financial services. 鈥淚n May 2001 I was elected president of the Manchester and district society of certified accountants.鈥�
    Driving force:
    鈥淚 like new challenges and strive for excellence in whatever I do.鈥�
    Advice: 鈥淔ind work that interests and motivates you and then convey this enthusiasm to your team and all users of financial information.鈥�

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    Housing Today