Board

• Group Chairman

  Akshay Parikh
  Akshay has operated at senior management level in a number of high profile positions, including as Chief Executive Officer of the Walsall Regeneration Company, where he was resp...
• Group Vice-Chair; Joint Vice-Chair, Moseley and District Churches Housing Association

  Barry Picken
  Barry became joint Vice-Chair of the Board in 2011. He is Chairman of the Wolverhampton City NHS Primary Care Trust and was formerly General Manager of the Black Country Develop...
• Chair, Ashram Housing Association

  Ghulam Shabar
  Ghulam is a qualified social worker, working for Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. The main focus of his work is around developing community-based services, which are sensiti...
• Chair, bchs

  Margaret Cope
  Margaret was a founder member of Paddock Housing Co-operative in Walsall and joined the bchs committee in 1989. She is currently the Treasurer for the Co-op and is an active mem...
• Chair, Caldmoreaccord Housing Association and Chair, Moseley and District Churches Housing Association

  Bruce Gilbert OBE
  Bruce Gilbert joined the Board at Caldmore in March 2006 and became the Chair in January 2009. He also became Chair of Moseley and District's Board in 2011. Previously, Bruce he...
• Chair, Fry Housing Trust

  Andrew Wall MBE
  Andrew has worked in housing management for over 35 years, both in private practice and for two national registered social landlords (RSL). Currently he is a housing manager for...
• Chair, Redditch Co-operative Homes

  Cllr Bill Hartnett
  Councillor Bill Hartnett has over 27 years of experience as an elected councillor in local Government at both district and county level, having first been elected in 1985 and cu...
• Chair, Group Resources and Audit Committee

  Derek Leyland
  Derek is a Strategic Planning Manager in a public sector organisation having previously worked in marketing, quality and performance improvement roles in the private sector. He ...
• Board member

  Dr Christopher Handy OBE
  Chris has a Doctorate in Business Administration, a Master of Law degree, Fellowship of the Institute of Housing and membership of the British Institute of Management. He receiv...
• Board member

  Barrie Blower MBE
  Barrie was a founder member of Caldmore Area Housing Association in 1972 and spent 30 years as its Chief Executive before retiring in 2002. He has held a number of key Chairship...