About Us

The Board

The role of the Board is to provide the strategic (or long term) direction of the association. The Board meets regularly to review the progress of the association and make decisions about the services we provide.

We have a Board comprising of up to 12 members, made up of four tenants and leaseholders of Three Valleys Housing and eight independent members with the necessary business and financial skills to make sure we operate effectively.

To further strengthen and diversify their mix of skills and experience, the Board can also appoint up to three co-optees.

Becoming a Board Member

We are currently looking for two tenant members to join our Board.

If you have experience of asset management and development, human resources or legal services, we would like to hear from you.  

Please contact the Head of Corporate Services, Tony Robinson by phone on 0115 9000 303 or by email here.

Current Board Members

Independent:

Ian North (Chair)

Ian was appointed to the board as an Independent Board Member and to the position of Chair on 11th December 2006. He came to Three Valleys Housing with 6 years experience as a Board Member at Trent & Dove Housing, two of those years having been spent as Chair of the Board.

Ian has been involved in the Mental Health Sector for eight years and been a Community Youth Offender Court Referral Order Panel Member both in Staffordshire and Derbyshire for a number of years. He is also a Director of Thinking Differently training consultancy.


John Hannah (Vice-Chair)

John was appointed to the Board as an Independent Board Member on the 19th September 2005. He has up-to-date, in-depth knowledge of new build housing and flats construction techniques and regulations, including sound and construction materials.

He is a Board Member of the New Homes Marketing Board (House Building Federation) and Steering Committee Member of the Housing Forum (Constructing Excellence).

John was appointed to the position of Vice-Chair in September 2006.


Jenny Allen

Jenny was first appointed to the Board as a co-opted Member on the 11th September 2006, being appointed as a full Member on 24 September 2007.

During her career to date, she has been Vice-President and President of the London Institute Students Union; Vice-Chair of the Management Committee of Abortion Rights, London; Manager of the Broxtowe Single Homeless Action Group; Housing Research and Monitoring Officer at Amber Valley Borough Council; Regional Campaign Office for Shelter, London (Nottingham based); Management Committee Member of Broxtowe Single Homeless Action Group and is currently East Midlands Regional Manager for the National Housing Federation, London (home based).


Crystal Dewsbury

Crystal was appointed on 24 September 2007. Crystal is a Strategy and Performance Officer at South Kesteven District Council, as well as a lecturer at the University of Central England and a member of the Chartered Institute of Housing.



Carl Dickinson

Carl joined the board on 4 February 2008. Carl is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and is a managing partner for a major British Bank. He has experience in strategic and annual financial planning, and currently leads a financial services team covering Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. He is married with three children.



Stuart Lillie

Stuart was appointed to the Board as an Independent Board Member on the 1st of November 2006. For the last 21 years of his career, he has been a Senior Manager in the Social Housing sector.

Stuart has been involved at both regional and national level with the politics and policies that have shaped the sector, with his experience being recognised by the National Housing Federation and others with a number of appointments, as follows:-NHF Accounting Advisory Panel, NHF Private Finance Advisory Panel, NHF Treasury and Funding Panel, Joint Panel with RICS on Social Housing Valuations, S.O.R.P.1 Evaluation Working Party, NHF Treasury Management Working Party and NHF Rent Restructuring Panel.

He is a member of the NHF Finance Consultation Network.


Errol St. John-Smith

Errol was appointed to the Board as an Independent Board Member on the 19th September 2005. He has a housing related career history, being Policy Manager for Shropshire Housing Officers Group from 1996-1997 and Regional Manager, Sheltered and Supported Housing, for Sanctuary Housing Association from 1997-2003. Until recently he was Chief Executive of the Mayday Trust and now works on a consultancy basis.

Tenants and Leaseholders:

Anthony Clark

Anthony was appointed to the Board as a Tenant Board Member on the 11th September 2006. After leaving school he trained in retail management, the licenced trade and logistics. He regularly attends residents' meetings and zone meetings organised by Three Valleys Housing.

Anthony is the Board's Equality & Diversity representative.


Brenda Straw

Brenda worked in local government before running her own business for 30 years. She is a leaseholder and was appointed on 24 September 2007.

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