Olu Olasode

Olu Olasode has been elected as chair of SLFHA Limited, having served as vice-chair and board member for the past five years.

TPAS managers

TPAS has appointed three new regional managers: Sally Hobbs for the North-west, Allen Daniels for the South-west and Anna Scattergood for the Midlands.

Chris Stapley

London Strategic Housing has appointed Chris Stapley as its new chief executive. Stapley joins LSH after serving as managing director for Applied Property Solutions.

Paul Phillips

Paul Phillips has been appointed director of finance at Notting Hill Housing Trust. Phillips comes to Notting Hill from Servite Houses where he was finance director.

Rachel Dutton

Rachel Dutton has been appointed development services officer at Warwickshire Rural Housing Association. Dutton previously worked at East Midlands Housing Association as development programme assistant.

Tony Lowry has been appointed operations director at Bromsgrove District Housing Trust. Lowry was previously head of housing at Oswestry Borough Council.

Job of the week

Name
Tony Helm
New job
Supported living manager, South Staffordshire Housing Association, managing and developing sheltered housing and care line services
Old job
Area manager, Cartrefi Cymru
I switched jobs because...
the challenge of delivering and developing a range of innovative and flexible housing and support services is what gets me out of bed in the morning.
What would you do if you were housing minister?
Tackle in a more systematic root and branch way the approach to planning in order to address issues of availability and affordability. Provide more certainty about the long-term approach to funding current and future supported housing provision.
To do my job you must...
have openness, the ability to challenge, good communication and leadership skills.
My role model is...
Nelson Mandela.
My favourite thing is...
a signed set of John Updike books.
When I’m not working...
I milk goats and make cheese (we live on a smallholding). I also collect signed modern first-edition novels.
When I was a child...
I wanted to cycle or play football for Everton.
Housing situation
Owner occupier

Source

Housing Today