• Tim Doyle (left) has been appointed group deputy chief executive of resources at Novas-Ouvertures Group. He moves over from Brunel Housing Association where he was director of housing and technical services.

  • Town and Country Housing Group has appointed three new executives. They are Sue Coulson (below), who joins as executive director of High Weald Housing Association; Ian Wylie becomes the group's new finance director; and Martin Oxley takes over as group public relations and marketing manager.

  • Anne Harrop becomes director of research at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Anne is currently a principal research officer in the Cabinet Office and will take up her new post at the end of June. She replaces Janet Lewis who will retire at the end of July.

  • Anne-Brit Karunnaratne (left) takes over as director of housing services at black and minority ethnic housing association Presentation. Anne-Brit was previously regional housing manager at London and Quadrant Housing Trust

  • Judith Archibald has been appointed national coordinator for the new mortgage-to-rent scheme at Communities Scotland. This helps families struggling with their mortgage to avoid homelessness by transferring ownership of their home to a housing association.

  • Leeds and Yorkshire Housing Association has appointed Christine Fox (left) as director of housing services. Christine moves from Paddington Churches Housing Association.

  • Grahame Law (left) becomes head of maintenance services for Medina Housing Association. Grahame will be responsible for maintaining and improving the association's 3,000 properties on the Isle of Wight. He was previously project manager for the association.

    Personal details

    Name:
    Alan Johnson
    New job:
    Director, Progress Care Housing Association
    Old job:
    Assistant director and head of housing and support, East Thames Housing Group
    First housing job:
    Service agreement and development manager, Bromley council
    How he got there:
    24 years in the marines, I decided to move over to housing, where I started out as service agreement and development manager for Bromley council. My role included managing change and introducing systems to deal with new legislation and budget limits. I also negotiated with community agencies and began a liaison group of south London boroughs for a joint-buying strategy. “From Bromley I joined East Thames Housing Group where I was assistant director and head of housing and support. I was responsible for restructuring the support and care arm of the community care department, to enhance the organisation’s services. I was also in charge of new business, budgets, contracts and all supported housing management at East Thames.”
    Driving force:
    “To be proactive rather than reactive, and to enjoy it to the full.”
    Advice:
    “Listen to staff, and keep a sense of humour and perspective.”

    • Source

    Housing Today