HOUSING FOR WOMEN
keys to a better life
Barbara Riddell MA OBE (Chair)
Appointed to Board 19 May 2009
Barbara has over 30 years experience at senior level in central and local government and two of London's emergency services - the Metropolitan Police and the London Fire Brigade (LFB). She recently retired from being Director of Resources at LFB where she took a particular interest in the recruitment and promotion of women in the service, for which she was awarded an OBE.
Barbara was appointed as Chair of Housing for Women in August 2011.
Sheila Belgrave BA MBA (Chair of Diversity Working Group)
Appointed to Board March 2010.
Sheila has Over 30 years experience in the housing sector as a senior manager, a housing inspector and has served on several housing association boards and sub-committees. She is also vice-chair of the SWAN Group Board . Sheila is currently the Chief Executive of Homes in Havering, an ALMO based in the London Borough of Havering in Essex.
Karen Bradshaw MA (Vice Chair)
Appointed to Board January 2007
Over 20 years senior management/project management experience in the third and public sector including specialist services development for minority groups, fundraising, financial management and IT projects.
Marie-Louise Clayton LLB FCCA
Appointed to Board May 2009
Marie-Louise has had 25 years experience in the private sector as a Finance Director for a number of large companies. She took a Law degree at Exeter University and then qualified as an accountant in industry. She now works as a non-executive for a number of private companies.
Caroline Donaldson MA ACA MBA (Chair Audit Committee)
Appointed to Board May 2009
Originally trained as a chartered accountant, Caroline has over twenty-five years experience in a wide range of businesses and roles in public, transport and charity sectors. She is currently working as Bid Director for FirstGroup plc.
Diane Herbert BA (Hons)
Appointed to Board May 2009
Director of Human Resources at Channel 4 with over 20 years experience in organisation development, leadership, internal talent management and people management within blue chip organisations.
Diane is the Chair of Housing for Women’s Diversity Working Group.
Dr Fahmia Huda OBE
Appointed to Board August 2011
Currently working as a management consultant having held senior policy and delivery posts in a number of Whitehall departments including the Home Office, Communities & Local Government and the Ministry of Justice. Other posts currently held include board director of Social Pioneers, a social business development agency, and director at eurisco solutions. Previously a board member of Community Housing Therapy and the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust and served for five years as a lay member of a local mental heath panel.
Liz Marsh BSc (Hons) MRICS
Appointed to Board 22 September 2009
Surveyor with over 20 years commercial experience of many sectors of the real estate industry.
Bernadette O’Shea
Appointed to Board 16 March 2010
Bernadette spent 20 years working in Local Government doing a variety of jobs including community worker, women's equality adviser, senior advisor on policy and performance and Director of modernisation and customer services. For the last four years she has been the Chief Executive of Hounslow Homes, a local authority housing 'company' responsible for the management and maintenance of 16,000 homes.
