This week's movers

Clare Tickell
Clare Tickell, chief executive of Stonham Housing Association, is to be chief executive of children’s charity NCH. She will leave Stonham in October.

Paul Smith
Paul Smith has been appointed managing director of Iceni Homes, the developer run by Colne Housing Society, Suffolk Housing Society and Cotman Housing Association. He comes from Beazer Homes East, where he was managing director.

Insight
Three people have joined human resources consultant Insight. Peter Randall has been made head of assessment services, Malcolm O’Brien has been appointed head of consultancy services and Dave Talbot is the new head of community consultation.

Fitzroy Robinson
Architect Fitzroy Robinson has appointed Sally Lewis urban designer. Lewis was an independent consultant to the design coding programme of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment.

Servite
Servite Housing Association has appointed Matthew Fox chief executive. Fox, currently chief executive at Riverhaven, replaces Kate Davies, who is now chief executive at Notting Hill Housing Group.

Job of the week

Name
John McHugh
New job
Senior manager of support services at Bournville Village Trust. I’ll be helping in the overall management of the trust’s supported housing functions.
Old job
Resident support and development manager, Redditch YMCA.
Why did you switch jobs?
To work with more diverse clients while still in supported housing.
What’s key to your work?
Maintaining contact with clients; in supported housing, the most important things we can give our clients are confidence and a belief of self-worth.
Advice for people starting out in housing
Focus on the client and make the most of training opportunities.
Favourite author
David Lodge.
Favourite music
Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings or Giuseppe Verdi’s Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves.
Secret ambition
I’d love to play the violin but I don’t have the ear or the patience.
Hobbies
Cycling, although I don’t have as much time for it as I’d like.
What did you want to be when you were a child?
A pilot.
Housing situation
I own a home in leafy south-west Birmingham.

Source

Housing Today