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The governing body of THCH is the Board.
There are 16 Board members in total, made up from:
- Eight resident members (six tenants and two leaseholder)
- Four independent members
- Four Council nominated members
The decision to have eight resident Board members is to ensure THCH is a resident-led organisation. These eight residents, who have a major say in how THCH works, are elected by the Area Residents Boars and the Leaseholder Steering Group (more about these two groups later). The Board is responsible for all decision making at THCH – it is the principle body that decides on how we run our business, setting of rent, investment and every other area of service that THCH delivers.
The resident representation on the Board puts resident participation at the forefront of the THCH agenda. In addition, resident Board members sit on our service committees – that have the decision making powers delegated from the Board and which are responsible for making our policies. The committees are:
- Finance and Development
- Audit
- Personnel
- Service Delivery
Area Residents Boards (ARB)
THCH organises ARB meetings in all 3 areas (Bethnal Green, Spitalfields and Shadwell & Wapping) to give residents a chance to influence and comment on all services that THCH are responsible for. Meetings are publicised in Update – THCH resident’s magazine.
ARB’s are also the body we will approach if there are major initiatives or development issues that require resident input.All residents are welcome to attend their local ARB.
Leaseholder Steering Group (LSG)
The LSG usually meets quarterly and consists of THCH leaseholders. The LSG will discuss all issues that affect leaseholders – such as service charges and major works.
LSG meetings are published in Update and open to all THCH leaseholders.
For more information, please see the attached 'Becoming a Board Director' leaflet or contact us by email at thch@thch.org.uk or telephone 020 7780 3070.
Roger Booth MRICS MCIOB MCMI - Chair
Independent Director
Roger was elected Chair of THCH in September 2011.
Roger has lived in Tower Hamlets since 1977. He is a member of three professional institutions, including the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Roger has a wealth of experience in social housing and education projects and is a partner in a Consultancy specialising in this area. He is the Treasurer of Care for St Anne's a charity which aims to raise funds for the restoration of the historic St Anne's Church in Limehouse. Roger Chairs the THCH Finance & Development Committee.
Committees: Finance & Development Committee
Anne Ambrose - Vice Chair
Resident Director
Anne has lived on the Minerva Estate in the Bethnal Green Area all of her life. Prior to the transfer to THCH she had seen many changes in the way the estate and area had been managed and how the condition of the Minerva Estate in particular had deteriorated. Anne has spent many years as a community representative, starting in 1985 when she helped set up a Tenant and Residents Association. Since then a great deal of her own time has been spent representing residents views on various proposals for the estate, including two major works programmes instigated by LBTH and the works carried out by THCH post transfer. Anne is the Chair of Governors of a local Junior School; a Trustee on the Parmiter's Almshouse & Pension Charity and is a member of the Police & Community Safety Board for Tower Hamlets. She is a civil servant working for the Ministry of Justice, and brings her supervisory and management skills, and knowledge of Finance and IT to the Board. Anne Chairs the THCH Service Delivery Committee.
Committees: Audit Committee, Finance & Development Committee, Personnel Committee and Service Delivery Committee
Foyez Ahmed
Resident Director
Foyez Ahmed is a resident in the Spitafields Area and was elected to the Board in October 2011.
Christina Chesterman
Resident Director (Leasehold)
Christina Chesterman has lived on the Bigland Estate in the Shadwell & Wapping Area since the estate was built in the 1960s. She was elected by the leaseholder Steering Group to the Board in 2006. Christina Chairs the THCH Personnel Comnmittee.
Committees: Finance & Development Committee, Personnel Committee, Service Delivery Committee
Dionne Harrison
Resident Director
Dionne has been a Board member since 2011 and represents the Shadwell and Wapping area.
Committees: Finance and Development Committee
Gary Marsh
Resident Director
Gary Marsh is a resident in the Bethnal Green Area and was elected to the Board in November 2011.
Mumin Ali
Resident Director
Mumin has been a Board member since 2011 and represents the Spitalfields area.
Committees: Service Delivery and Personnel Committees
Stuart Madewell
Resident Director
Stuart has been a Board Member since December 2011 and represents residents in the Shadwell and Wapping area.
Mike Meir MA (Oxon)
Resident Director (Leasehold)
Mike Meir has lived as a leaseholder on the Mansford Estate since 1995. He was elected to the Board in 2006. He acted as secretary to the Mansford Estate Steering Group, determined that the transfer process would offer an opportunity to create an estate that works for everybody - an intention which has now grown to include the whole THCH organisation. Mike has devoted much of his life to community - related activities. After taking a degree in Biochemistry, he worked for many years in therapeutic communities, and was then information officer for a national mental health charity. He became involved with compters, developing systems which enabled the use of indic scripts, such as Bengali, in standard applications and therefore developed many links with people whose first language is not English, and who are invloved in including people with a diversity of cultures into the wider community. He currently designs and engineers websites which create, support and empower communities. Mike is a Director of the Union Chapel Project, which conserves a building of international importance, while providing support for homeless people, a congregation and one of the leading music venues in London. Mike is the Chair of the Audit Committee.
Committees: Audit Committee, Finance & Development Committee and Service Delivery Committee
Councillor Helal Uddin
Council Nominated Director
Helal Uddin is a Councillor representing the Bromley-by-Bow area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and nominated to teh THCH in November 2011.
Committees:
Councillor Sirajul Islam
Local Authority Director
Sirajul Islam is a local tenant and is one of the three Councillors for the Bethnal Green South area of London Borough of Tower Hamlets. He was first elected to Tower Hamlets Council in 2001. He is a member of the Bengali Educational Society. Sirajul is a former Deputy Leader of the Council and a former Cabinet Member for both Regeneration and Social Services. He is a member of the Board of Tower Hamlets Homes and a Trustee of both the Spitafilds Market Trust and Aldgate and Allallows Barking Foundation. Sirajul is a Board Member of the Olympic Lottery Distributor.
Committees: Service Delivery Committee
Councillor Carlo Gibbs
Local Authority Director
Carlo Gibbs is a local resident and a Councillor representing the Bethnal Green North area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. He was first elected to Tower Hamlets Council in 2010 and is the Chair of the Council's Audit Committee. Carlo is a trustee of Parmiter's (Bethnal Green) Education Charity.
Committes: Audit Committee
Councillor Helal Abbas
Local Authority Director
Helal Abbas is a local resident and represents the Spitalfields and Banglatown ward. Helal was elected to the Board of THCH in 2011.
Committees: Audit Committee
John Lau BA BSc (Econ) FCIH
Independent Director
John Lau has a commitment to and comprehensive experience of social housing and regeneration in East London, gained from 30 years' experience in housing, social care, regeneration in the voluntary and private sector.
John's areas of expertise includes: business planning, housing policy, stock transfer, estate regeneration, developmnent, housing management, community development, resident involvement, lettings and allocations. He has worked for a number of Local Authorities, Housing Associations and Strategic Health Authority in a variety of roles.
John has been a Board Member at THCH since its formation and is also a Board member of a small RSL in South East London and has been a Committee member of the NHF's London Regional Committee.
Committees: Finance & Development Committee, Personnel Committee, Service Delivery Committee
Sharon Sheen ACIB BA (Hons)
Independent Director
Sharon Sheen has served on the Board since September 2006. Sharon is Senior Manager for Risk in the Corporate Real Estate business within Lloyds Banking Group. Prior to that, Sharon was a Relationship Director for the Social Housing Team for HBOS for 10 years. Sharon is also Vice Chair of the Finance & Development Committee.
Committees: Finance & Development Committee
Teresa Santucci
Independent Director
Teresa is a Bethnal Green resident with many years experience in development, estate management and regeneration work, both in Local Authorities and for RSLs. Teresa was appointed to the Board in 2011.
Committees: Finance and Development Committee
Co-opted Members
The following are co-opted committee members:
- Manjeet Edwards - Service Delivery Committee
- Anamul Khan - Service Delivery Committee
- Jusna Begum - Personnel Committee
- Tim Archer - Finance and Development Committee
- Thaine Wilson - Finance and Development Committee
- Tim O'Flaherty - Audit Committee
- Ann Wright - Audit Committee
