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The Board
The Association is governed by the NCHA Board which is made up of members from the local community.
It is NCHA’s objective to recruit and retain Board members who possess the skills, knowledge and experience necessary to help us set policy and monitor performance most effectively. We recruit new members who best balance the needs of the Board at that particular time. Board recruitment is carried out in accordance with our equal opportunities guidelines and the process is monitored throughout.
Every year the Board reviews the balance of it’s members in terms of equalities and diversity and the skills, knowledge and experience of its membership. We then try to fill any gaps by agreeing recruitment needs and priority training.
The current Board membership is as follows:-
Dr. Nigel Nice (Chairman) BA, DPhil, IHSM
Has been a member of the Board since 1990 and has been Chair since 2006. He is the Regional Director for NHS Direct in the East Midlands.
Ann McCarthy (Vice-Chair) MA, MCIEH, MCIH
Has been a Board member since 1995 and in 2006 became Vice - Chair of the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee. She is a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Health at Nottingham Trent University.
Paul Boast (Service user)
Paul joined the Board in 2009. He lives in a community house which is a satellite of NCHA’s Dale Street mental health supported housing project in Sneinton, Nottingham, where he receives support from NCHA’s Housing with Care and Support department.
Colin Stratton-Baldwin (Tenant)
Colin joined the Board in 2009 and is a tenant living in Collingham near Newark. He is an active member of both the Technical Services Customer Advisory Panel and the Lettings and Estate Advisory Panel. He is also Secretary of the Tenants & Residents Consortium.
Graham Carvell (Tenant)
Graham is a Board Member and tenant of the Association living in Leicester. He is employed in the Adults and Housing Department of Leicester City Council and is Chairman of NCHA’s Tenants and Residents Consortium. Graham joined the Board in July 2007.
Carolyn Isaaks FCCA, BSc, MSc
Has been a Board member previously and rejoined in Spring 2006 and is a member of the Audit Committee. She is a Principal Lecturer in Accounting at The Nottingham Business School.
Appointed to the Board in May 2006 and is a member of the Audit Committee and Complaints Sub-Committee. Pradeep has commercial experience gained through his previous directorships and IT consultancy experience in the financial sector. At national level he represents the public through his work in disciplinary/tribunal hearings for The Council of the Inns of Court.
Tony Kay DMS
Joined the Board in 1999. Tony is Business Development Manager with a regional building company. Previously a Senior Development Manager with the Castle Vale Housing Action Trust in Birmingham and Business Development Manager with a large national house builder.
Michael Bent CIH, Dip IVIRM
Has been a Board member since 2003 and is Chair of LETS Select, a private subsidiary of NCHA and POD. Mike has worked in the housing profession since 1985. His most recent experience was with the Housing Corporation, as Investment Manager for the East Midlands. He now runs a medium size childcare business employing in excess of 100 local people.
Joined the Board in 1998 and is a member of the Audit Committee. She worked in the NHS for 14 years and is now Head of Property and Contract Management for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. She has previously worked for a number of architectural practices in London and Derbyshire.
Chaudhari Shajait LL.B (Hons)
Has been a Board member since 2003. He is the Muslim Community Facilitator in the Community & Culture department at Nottingham City Council and is also a Justice of the Peace.
Steve Worthington ACMA. Appointed to the Board in March 2010. Steve is a qualified management accountant who has extensive financial, commercial and project management experience in the manufacturing and service sectors, and has spent a number of years in senior positions in further education. He now works as a consultant in Education resource management.
