Nominated Persons
Safety compliance |
The nominated person is the Chief Executive. |
Compliance with the Consumer Standards |
The nominated person is the Chief Executive. |
Richard has been Chair of Teign Housing since July 2024, before which he was a co-opted Board member.
He is the Chief Executive of Two Saints, which delivers supported housing services in Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton. Prior to that he was Chief Executive of the Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation. His experience of social housing straddles west London, south-east and south-west England.
Richard also has extensive leadership and management experience across a wide range of organisations, including as chief operating officer of the Lord Wandsworth Foundation, director of Cobseo, and he has had Board roles, including responsibilities for risk and finance. He has a background in managing change programmes, in project and programme development and in developing people.
His academic qualifications include two masters degrees, a BSc(Hons) and he’s a qualified teacher and former youth worker.
Stephen is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Housing and a freelance housing consultant. Previously he was Chief Executive of a stock-transfer housing association. His housing career started in the early 1980s working in Bristol; then Sussex, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Wolverhampton and Wales. His eye for detail, varied experience and passion for social housing makes a positive contribution to the success of Teign Housing
Stuart has worked in social housing for well over 30 years and is passionate about the difference a settled, secure home can make to a person’s life chances. In the last two decades he’s been an Operations Director or Executive in some of the largest Housing Associations operating across the South West. In April 2020 he set up his own company.
Joanna brings a wealth of experience from various Housing Association and Board positions and contributes a broad knowledge of housing development, regeneration and sustainability. Joanna joined the Board to use her knowledge and skills locally and is keen to help Teign Housing develop as a company and contribute to its development of new homes for the local community. She hopes to bring her experience and knowledge of decarbonisation to Teign Housing to ensure that all residents’ homes are safe, of high quality and meet residents’ needs now and in the future.
Steve has, throughout his career, strived to achieve the highest standards of probity within his roles. For the last 13 years he was Director of Resources and subsequently Deputy Chief Executive for a registered social landlord in Wales and served on several Boards. Prior to this Steve was a Regulation Analyst for the Housing Corporation. Steve has contributed to the current rent policy for Wales, the Affordable Housing review and Community Housing Cymru where he is currently Treasurer and a Board Member. In previous roles he was a member of the SORP working party and spoke at NHF Conferences.
Rebecca has global leadership experience, including marketing, project management, business planning and international negotiation. Rebecca is a Monitor for the European Innovation Council, reviewing and constructively challenging start up business plans. She is Chair of Governors at Bishop Wordsworth's Grammar School, a Trustee of Edukaid (an award-winning education charity) and La Folia (a music charity). Rebecca is also a mentor for Women in Innovation via Innovate UK. Rebecca believes passionately in giving back to her community and is a regular volunteer for Wiltshire Creative.
Sean brings a wealth of business management experience as well as strategic leadership gained in the legal sector. His legal knowledge of the property and development market enhances and complements the current Board’s combined skills and knowledge. Sean is currently working with a homeless charity and firmly believes that everyone has the right to a safe and well maintained home. Sean sits on the Teign Housing Board as it gives him an opportunity to contribute to the wider community and accomplish new goals.
Colin is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Housing and has served on the national governing body. With over 30 years’ experience in the social housing sector in Somerset he brings with him an independent view and perspective of risk management. He passionately believes independent scrutiny of, and challenge to, Teign’s risk and audit environment is central to our continued success. Colin is a voluntary fundraiser for St Margaret’s Hospice. He is currently the Chair of Norton-sub-Hamdon Community Land Trust, a trustee of Citizens Advice South Somerset and also served on the Joint Independent Remuneration Panel for three councils.
Tom joined Teign Housing in early 2024. He was previously Chief Executive at Cornerstone Housing, and before that was an Executive Director at LiveWest. Tom is a member of the Chartered Institute of Housing and sits on its national Policy Advisory Committee. Tom believes that housing associations should always be focused on people rather than just properties. He is committed to Teign continuing to be an organisation that has a clear purpose and values, and makes a real difference in local communities.
Helen has a degree in Economics and is a Chartered Management Accountant. Helen joined Teign Housing in 2016 with over 20 years of experience of working in the field of Finance and Accounts, in a range of different industries including Manufacturing, Retail and the Social Care sector. Helen enjoys working in an organisation that can truly contribute to the local community by providing a good standard of housing for local people.
Amanda has over 30 years experience in the housing sector and prior to Teign Housing has held a raft of senior/Executive positions in supported housing, homelessness, housing need and general housing management. She holds a number of housing qualifications including being MCIOH and holds a masters degree in coaching. She has lead on a series of change management programmes and in 2017 she was shortlisted for a national ‘inspiration’ award. She has held the position of chair for a women’s charity in Birmingham as well as sitting on a school’s board of governors. Amanda firmly believes in making work fun and enjoyable whilst trying to find innovative and creative ways to achieving high performance and delivering value for money.
Alison has over 20 years experience in the public sector in variety of roles with a core passion to create an environment with people and residents at the heart. Alison is passionate about customer service and is highly experienced in business change and improvement projects . Alison has held a variety of strategic people roles and is committed to high standards and quality ensuring integrity and efficiency of information, governance systems and procedures.
Justin has worked for Templer HomeBuild since its creation in 2017. Justin has extensive experience of contract management within the housing sector. He also brings great knowledge of repairs and maintenance service delivery having worked previously for one of the UK’s leading property services companies. Prior to this Justin has held management positions in retail, logistics and manufacturing totalling over 25 years of commercial and operational management experience. Justin strongly believes in supporting and guiding his team to become the best they can be to deliver excellent customer service and achieve value for money.
Safety compliance |
The nominated person is the Chief Executive. |
Compliance with the Consumer Standards |
The nominated person is the Chief Executive. |