The Operations Committee

Chair of The Operations Committee

Angela spent over 30 years working for large corporations manufacturing well-known brands including Quaker Oats, Gillette, Travelex and McVities. Working her way up to Factory Manager, she has extensive experience in business transformation and delivering exemplary customer service in challenging industries. As well as being responsible for a multi-million pound budget, she gained much experience in Health & Safety, people management and working with trade unions.

She is Chair of the Operations Committee and has also been on the Newground CIC Board.

A dedicated and committed professional, Angela is keen that all tenants and residents have a voice that is heard and believes that a safe, affordable home in your area of choice is a fundamental right for all in the twenty-first century.

Declarations of Interest

• Director, Thawley Brothers (New) Ltd
• Training to become a magistrate in North and West Cumbria

Until recently Neil worked as the Chief Executive of a Cancer Charity working across Lancashire & Cumbria and prior to this worked in the housing sector with a career spanning 25 years.  His experience has led to a broad understanding of Housing, Health and Community services and the endless list of challenges that exist.  Neil is a Non-Executive Director of Progress Housing Group based in Leyland, Lancashire. 

Declarations of Interest:

• Non-Executive Director, Progress Housing Group;
• Vice Chair, Dukes Theatre, Lancaster;
• Trustee, Key Unlocking Futures;
• Member, Chartered Institute of Housing

Ahmed is a passionate technologist having had a keen interest in computers since a young age, which led him to pursue a university education in IT. He went onto build, and continues to pursue, a career in the IT and Digital sector. He has worked for national and international blue chip companies including Carphone Warehouse, IBM, DXC, Vodafone, Arqiva and UK Central Government, and has worked on key national projects such as NHS patient systems and the national Smart Meter programme. Ahmed’s vision is that the effective use of technology should drive good user outcomes without compromising ethical standards.
He has done a great deal of work speaking out and raising awareness about racism. His work in this area has seen him nominated and shortlisted in the final three in the diversity category of the National Civil Service Awards.

He passionately believes in customer value – that if the customer is looked after, all else of a business’s success falls into place – and hopes to make a positive difference in this area for Together Housing.

Declarations of Interest:

• None

Executive Director of Operations

Michelle has responsibility for the strategic direction of:

• Neighbourhoods
• Place Shaping
• Income Management
• Customer Services
• Lettings
• Supported Housing
• Pendleton Together.

Jaswinder is married with two grown up children Kiran and Joel, both of whom have followed their father into the IT industry. Jaswinder has worked for Asda for the last 30 years in various management roles and is currently the senior director of applications engineering, ensuring that Asda engineers innovative and exciting new applications and services for their customers. He looks forward to understanding and working in the social housing sector to bring about improvements to our operations and tenants.

Declarations of Interest

• Joint Owner, Children’s Nursery and Playcentre

Elaine has worked in housing since 1990, spending most of this time in supported housing working with vulnerable groups and people who are homeless.

Working as Director of Operations she led the asset management, HR, service delivery and business development departments, specialising in incident and risk management, health and safety and business continuity planning. Elaine’s passions are people, wellbeing and communities.

Declarations of Interest:

• None

Taira has extensive management and leadership experience. For the last 21 years she has been the Chief Executive Officer of Better Leeds Communities, a Leeds based charity that empowers people to be healthy, happy, safe, prosperous, and successful, where communities work together to make life rewarding and enjoyable for everyone. Taira is a resilient, tenacious leader committed to fairness and equity and has a deep desire to improve continuously, both personally though active reflective practice and organisationally by seeking to directly hear the voices of the people we serve with a commitment to understanding how we can have greater impact.  Taira has a keen interest in social housing, having developed and delivered a Housing Advice Service and through her personal interest in the current issues surrounding affordable/social housing.

Declarations of Interest:

• None.