This week's movers

Muna Choudhury
West Midlands BME association Ashram Housing Association has made Muna Choudhury new business development manager. Her 11 years’ experience includes setting up an arm’s-length management organisation.

John Thompson & Partners
This law firm has promoted Joanna Allen and Dominic Chapman to associates. Allen is experienced in regeneration and residential developments; Chapman in residential and mixed-use ones.

Sara Branch
Sara Branch has been made senior associate in the social housing department of law firm Coudert Brothers. She joins from Devonshires.

Sharon Fereday
Sharon Fereday is now marketing and communications manager at Black Country Housing & Community Services. She was a marketing executive at Barclays Bank.

Job of the week

Name
Graham Holland
New job
Director of housing, neighbourhood services and regeneration at Amber Valley Housing in Derbyshire
Old job
Director of housing and property services at Amber Valley
What does the job entail?
Looking after housing management, customer services and regeneration – particularly the In Business for Neighbourhoods agenda.
Any advice for someone starting out in housing?
Show clients you care.
Role models
Bill Payne, chief executive of Yorkshire Metropolitan Housing Association – I once saw him work 48 hours non-stop in order to secure extra housing.
Favourite TV programme
Inspector Morse
Favourite music
Pachelbel’s Canon in D major and Dvorak’s Symphony Number 9.
Secret ambition
To be chief executive of a top RSL.

Source

Housing Today