Executive Management

• Group Chief Executive

  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...
• Deputy Chief Executive of the Accord Group

  Lakhbir Jaspal
  Lakhbir is Deputy Group Chief Executive and has over 16 years of experience of social housing. He moved to the Accord Group in 2001, initially as Director of Resources and then ...
• Chief Executive, Ashram Housing Association

  Jas Bains MBE
  Jas Bains is Chief Executive of Ashram Housing Association and in 2011 was awarded an MBE for his outstanding services to housing and community cohesion. Under Jas’s stewa...
• Chief Executive, Caldmoreaccord

  Mike Hew
  Mike joined the Accord Group through Caldmore Area Housing Association in August 2002, taking over the reins from Barrie Blower, the man regarded as Caldmore’s founder. Mi...
• Chief Executive, Fry Housing Trust

  Robert Donath
  Rob has worked for the Trust for over 15 years after a career in financial services and later with the probation service. Rob has responsibility for the development of strategic...
• Interim Chief Executive, Moseley and District Housing Association; Director of Corporate Housing Services, Accord Group

  Sara Woodall
  Sara has a law degree and started her housing career as a housing management trainee at Dudley Council. She then became an estate officer for Dudley before moving to Wolverhampt...
• Director of bchs and Redditch Co-operative Homes

  Carl Taylor
  Carl has more than 20 years of experience in housing, including ten years at Redditch Co-operative Homes and holds a Master of Business Administration. He is regarded as a natio...
• Director of Regeneration

  Alan Yates
  Alan has 17 years of senior management experience in the affordable housing sector in regeneration and development. Prior to that he was the general manager of a building compan...
• Director of Communications

  Claire Barratt
  Claire joined the Accord Group in October 2010 and has over 15 years of experience of working within the media, having worked as both a journalist and in press offices for both ...
• Director of Care and Support (from July 2012)

  David Williams
  David has a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and is currently chair of the national Housing and Dementia Research Consortium. David joins the Accord Group from Housing 2...