Section: People in Housing
Queen's Birthday Honours
The following were included in the June Queen's Birthday Honours list for services
to social housing (unless otherwise shown in brackets).
OBE
- Patricia Bagot: Scottish Executive (Supporting
Peoples).
- Colin Glover: Chief Executive, The Connection to St Martin's (services to homeless people).
- Donald Hoodless:
Chief Executive, Circle 33 Housing Group.
- Yvonne Leishman: Managing Director (Operations), Wyre Forest Community
Housing.
- Andrew Malone: Chief Executive, Nottingham Community HA.
MBE
- Muriel Agnew: Chair, Mozart
Tenants' & Residents' Association (services to the community).
- Alex Greenhorn: Committee Member, Garscadden Tenant Management
Co-operative.
- John Heffer: Chair, Aster Group.
- Thomas McGill: Committee Member, North & West Housing, Northern
Ireland.
- Richard Renwick: Chief Executive, Tuntum HA.
- George Walker: Maintenance Assistant, Oaklee HA.
On
the Move
- Geanna Bray makes the move from London & Quadrant HT to Islington & Shoreditch HA, following her appointment there as
Director of Housing Services.
- Gary Hortop was appointed Director of Housing & Support Services at Devon Community HS. He moves there from
Dartington HA where he has been Chief Executive.
- Jason MacGilp leaves his post as Assistant Director of Community Regeneration & Housing
at Walsall Council to take up his new role of Director at Harden HA.
- Mike May was appointed Executive Director at Southern Space, which is
a development company formed by Southern Housing Group. He moves there from his current post of Director of Property at Peabody
Trust.
- The new Chief Executive at Darlington HA is Steve Prime, who was previously Marketing & Lettings Manager at Sanctuary
HA.
- Jon Rosser became the new Chief Executive at Town & Country HG and moves there from Southern Housing Group where he was Director of
Operations.
- Tees Valley HG appointed Stewart Tagg as Head of Housing Services. He previously worked with Home Group as a Housing
Manager.
- Bob Taylor was promoted from Deputy to Chief Executive at Knowsley Housing Trust.
- Basildon Council's new
Executive Director with responsibility for housing, customer contact, and operational services is Aniekan Umoren. She was previously Director of
Housing & Community Services at Newham Council.
- Jacqui Watt was recruited as the new Chief Executive of the Scottish Federation of Housing
Associations. Since 2001 she has been Executive Director of Community Services at Shetland Islands Council.
