Lynne Shea joins Colne Housing as finance director, replacing Sylvia Day who retired at the end of last year after 27 years of service. Shea has worked in a variety of financial roles for other companies.
Clive Wood
The Council of Mortgage Lenders has appointed Clive Wood as its chairman. Wood is head of banking and mortgages at HSBC.
Michael Biles
Southampton Institute has appointed Dr Michael Biles, the housing ombudsman for England, as its first visiting professor in law.
Derek Waddington
Derek Waddington OBE, chairman of Waterloo Housing Association, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Central England.
It is in recognition of his contribution to housing in Birmingham and overseas, particularly in Eastern Europe.
David Gray
David Gray has joined Laing Homes North London as sales administration manager. He was previously part-exchange controller for Fairclough Homes at its North Home Counties office.
Accord Housing Association
Accord Housing Association has welcomed Alison Meredith and Alan Watts to its expanding regeneration department. Meredith, who previously worked for Bromford Housing Group, joins in the new post of regeneration manager; Watts is senior regeneration officer.
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New job Geographical information systems officer, South Staffordshire Housing Association
Job description “I will integrate all the association’s information databases and turn them into easy-to-use, visual formats such as maps.”
How did you get there? “This is my first job since graduating; I did a BSc in Geography at Aberystwyth and then an MSc in GIS at Leicester. If ever there was a post created for me, this was it, because my thesis was on geographical information systems in housing associations – South Staffordshire Housing Association is one of the leading innovators in the GIS field.”
What advice would you give someone hoping to follow in your footsteps? “There is no recognised body for this job, although it has been around for 20 years. The best way into it is to get a good background in IT then to do an MSc; there are no degree courses available.”
Favourite book “Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby.”
Favourite TV programme “The Premiership.”
Favourite film “Fight Club.”
Housing situation “Tenant.”
Hobbies “Football, cricket, golf – watching and playing them.”
Dream job “A professional footballer – or failing that, developing GIS software.”
Source
Housing Today
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