Our services and performance are overseen by an unpaid voluntary Board of Management with a range of expertise and experience designed to support the work of a small but innovative Housing Association. Our Board includes one tenant representative.
The Board is collectively responsible for making sure we are properly and efficiently managed and governed. Additionally and importantly they also set out our vision, mission and strategy in order to ensure that we stay true to our founding purpose.
Barry is a Chartered Accountant by profession, working in the construction industry for over 30 years in the UK and overseas. Barry has been involved in the housing sector for over four decades, and was a member of the Board of Stanmore Christian Housing Association until its merger with HCHA. Barry joined the HCHA Board…
Petra joined our Board in 2012. She brings welcome new skills as a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Brunel University and course director of the MSc in Building Services Engineering Management. After a 6 year stint as a trustee at the Engineering Trust, Petra joined HCHA’s Board to volunteer her time in housing, a field…
Martin joined the Board in April 2020. He was born and raised in Pinner, Harrow before studying History at university. He then qualified as a solicitor and spent over 30 years in private practice in London as a corporate and transactional lawyer specialising in mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt fundraising and complex contracts. For…
Our services and performance are regularly scrutinised by the board. Board members meet four times a year, with committees looking in greater detail at particular matters, including: