Our Board
Our board members, all of whom are volunteers, come from all walks of life and bring a wealth of different skills and knowledge to the organisation.
Our Board members have overall responsibility for PRHA. They set the organisations strategy, ensure its financial viability and decide the overall aims and objectives. They are also responsible for ensuring that the wellbeing of residents is at the forefront of decision making and that our services reflect our organisational values:
Compassion, respect, empowerment, inclusion and justice.
They review our activities and provide a report on this in the audited accounts and the annual Impact report (also on this website-see publications). They also oversee the annual reviews of Equality and diversity, risk, resident surveys and complaints. They receive reports on building safety compliance at every meeting. They also have a number of subcommittees / scrutiny groups that look at specific areas in more depth ( e.g. Finance and Human Resources). The Operations scrutiny group meets regularly with the Residents Advisory Panel which is one of the resident engagement forums ( see the Get Involved section of this website here ). The Board retains overall responsibility for all decision making.
All Board and Committee members declare any potential or perceived conflicts of interests. We aim to include residents on our Board as well as in focus groups and other engagement activities. If you are interested please contact Jaydee Anciro for more information (janciro@prha.net).
John Giesen
CHAIR
John brings strong leadership skills especially around governance and strategic planning following his long career in social housing, including 10 years as CEO of B3 Living. John is also a non-executive director for Hundred Houses Society.
‘I believe in the work we do at PRHA especially in the strength of our service delivery together with our ethos of resident and staff engagement’.
Helen New
VICE CHAIR
Helen is an experienced communications strategist having worked with public and private organisations and at a senior level with the housing and regeneration sector for twenty years. Helen lives locally and values the impact PRHA has on our local communities.
“PRHA’s compassionate and innovative work changes lives.”
Fahad Abdi
Fahad brings experience in social investment and sustainability to the Finance Scrutiny Group and Board. He has worked in the charity sector, housing associations and in the legal and investment management sector delivering social benefit for communities facing socio-economic challenges.
“Organisations like PRHA enrich local communities by tackling homelessness, supporting vulnerable people and providing employment opportunities”
John Beadle
John provides Board oversight for the HR function at PRHA. He has extensive senior executive experience in a range of sectors and is currently Head of Performance and Reward for ABB. He holds a master’s degree in HR from LSE and an FT Non-Executive Director qualification.
“I am proud to contribute to the success of a values driven organisation like PRHA. Their ‘Gold’ IIP accreditation is well deserved”
Babu Bhattacherjee
Babu brings over 30 years of experience of regeneration and community development to the Board. He is Director of Communities and Neighbourhoods for Poplar HARCA. He is also PRHA’s
“Member Responsible for complaints” “I am responsible for championing a positive complaints handling culture in PRHA up to Board level”
Pippa Fleetwood-Read
Pippa is PRHA’s lead member for Risk and Audit. She is Managing Director of Operations 1 for Notting Hill Genesis, having worked for several large housing associations and has also worked in Policy and Research at the National Housing Federation.
“PRHA plays a vital role in tackling homelessness in London”
Denise Kent
Denise is PRHA’s Board lead for building safety and for the Operations Scrutiny Group. She is an experienced chartered surveyor, Director & Housing professional having worked across the public, private and third sectors at a senior level. She is currently CEO of Basildon MIND.
“Keeping our residents safe and our buildings well maintained is our number one priority”
Ed Knox
Ed is PRHA’s Lead member for Finance. He has extensive experience as a Chief Operating Officer/ Operations Director for global businesses in a range of sectors. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
“PRHA does great work on tight margins. I want to help them to maintain this and to grow.”
Lynn Vickery
Following a career in housing culminating in Director / CEO roles, Lynn focussed on education including as a Research Fellow and course director for housing studies at London South Bank University. She is a member of the Operations Scrutiny Group.
“Meeting Residents face to face is an essential part of my role to ensure PRHA services are fit for purpose.”
