Governing Board

The LHA-ASRA Group is fully accountable to its customers; we put them at the heart of decision making.

The Group is governed by our board, which is made up of voluntary members drawn from across the local community, including tenants and individuals from within the business. While the day to day operation of the business is managed by paid staff, the board maintains ultimate control and responsibility for our work.

The Group Board has overall responsibility for strategic decision-making, including: policy, staffing, service standards, and budgeting.

The LHA-ASRA Group is supported by the following five committees:

Investment Committee
Risk & Audit Committee
HR & Remuneration Committee
Group Nominations Committee
Tenant Advisory Committee

Group Board

GROUP CHAIRMAN
Shaukat Moledina

Shaukat Moledina is the Chair of a private investment
trust supporting SMEs, a Trustee and board member
of Save the Children, Vice President of United
Response, and a board member of the Homes and
Communities Agency. The former Chair and major
shareholder in a successful start up Group of national
companies and former Deputy Chair of the Housing
Corporation, he has held non-executive directorships
in the NHS and housing associations.

GROUP DEPUTY CHAIRMAN
Sadru Visram OBE

Sadru has over 20 years’ experience in the housing sector, and was former Finance Director of London & Quadrant Housing Trust. He runs Sprunt Solutions, which provides training and consultancy to the housing association sector, and is a board member of The Housing Finance Corporation. Sadru Chairs Peepul Centre Board.

Deepak Chandra

Leading on business planning and treasury management at Bedford Pilgrims HA, Deepak was previously FD of a venture capital group subsidiary, deputy chief executive of a housing association, and FD at three others. He brings over 15 years’ experience in social housing. Deepak also Chairs the Investment Committee.

Stephen Duck

Director of Finance at Daily Mail and General Trust plc subsidiaries Data and Motors Digital Divisions, since 2006. Prior to that, Stephen was Finance Director with nursing and residential care home operator Amocura. He has been involved in corporate planning, restructuring and change, and developing KPIs to measure progress towards goals.

Sally Jacobson

Formerly Group HR and Change Management Director at London and Quadrant Housing Trust until she recently retired. Under her tenure the Trust achieved the prestigious Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies ranking for the last 5 years. She is also a non executive Director of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and has more than 20 years experience in performance management and organisational development. Sally also Chairs the HR & Remuneration Committee.

Curtis Juman

Director of Finance at UK Trade and Investment. Curtis was previously Director of Financial Strategy and Director of Internal Audit at the DTI. Prior to that he was Assistant Director of Finance at the Office of Gas & Electricity Markets, and Senior Auditor at the National Audit Office. Curtis also Chairs the Risk & Audit Committee.

Rodney Pitts

A qualified chartered accountant, who has run his own practice since 1996 and has extensive financial and taxation experience managing the affairs of substantial clients. Rodney is a non-executive director of NHS Warwickshire, and Member of Court of the University of Birmingham. Rodney also Chairs the Operations Board.

Shaama Saggar-Malik

A consultant specialising in organisational development, former Chief Officer for HR at LB Waltham Forest, and former Assistant Director of Social Services in LB Camden, Shaama is also a member of the Employment Tribunals London and of the National Clinical Assessment Authority.

David Ware

A Company Commercial Lawyer and Partner with Wake Smith and Tofields solicitors with specialisms in banking, corporate and finance law. He is a Director and Founding Member of Maxim Corporate Finance LLP. He is also a Trustee of the Home Union Foundation and a Chair of Bethany Village Leprosy Society. David also Chairs the Care & Support Services Board.

GROUP COMPANY SECRETARY
Sophy Macmillan

Sophy is a qualified solicitor and has practised in a range of legal areas including corporate and commercial, civil litigation, landlord and tenant and mergers and acquisitions. She has been active in Business Networking International and Women In Business.