Officers of the Board of Management

Chair

Sarah Bickerton
Background: Project Officer with TPAS Cymru (Tenant Participation Advisory Service). Previously worked at Foundation Housing, Taff and Adamsdown Housing Associations. Ex tenant of Adamsdown/CCHA. Lives in the community.

Vice Chair

Debra Rosser BSc (Hons), MIH Tenant Member
Background: Operations Officer with Newport Housing Trust. Previously worked for Cardiff County Council. Current CCHA tenant.

Treasurer

Janice Hughes BSc (Hons) DipTP(Dist) MRTPI
Background: Town Planner specialising in urban regeneration working for a multi-disciplinary consultancy.

Non-Tenant Board Members

David Cargill JP, FCCA
Background: Retired Finance Director with a local food manufacturer. A local magistrate.

Robert Smith BA (Hons) PhD MCIH
Background: Senior Lecturer in Housing in the School of City and Regional Planning at Cardiff University.

Paul Thomas BSc (Hons), ACA
Background: Group Finance & Administration Director with TBI plc, a group with worldwide airport interests. Paul also holds a private pilot licence and is Treasurer of a local flying group.

Ewan Grant MA, ACA
Background: Finance Director in a major private sector company.

Stewart Kelly, BA (Hons)
Background: Lives in Splott and currently works for Bridgend County Borough Council. Has previously worked at the National Assembly and for a disability charity. Also a board member of the Welsh Consumer Council and a primary school governor in Cardiff.

Owen Evans, BSc (Hons)
Background: Recently appointed as Director in Wales of ‘Business in the Community’. Previously Owen was Head of Policy and Corporate Communications for BT in Wales. A Welsh speaker and resident of Cardiff. Member of the Welsh Language Board and Communities@One advisory panel.

Tenant Board Members

In addition to those noted above:

David Evans Tenant Member
Background: Brand Development Manager with a major financial company for the past eleven years. A member of GARTA (Galleon, Aquila Residents Tenants Association) since 2006. Treasurer for the Tenants Representative Council for the past two years.

Hesham Ghrairi BSc (Hons) Tenant Member
Background: Petroleum Engineer. Acting Chairperson of BME Group RACE.

June Johnson Tenant Member
Background: June has been an active member of the Tenants' Representative Council for the last 8 years and Chair of Bayside Tenants' Association of which she is now Secretary. June is currently working at the Splottlands Credit Union.

Co-opted Members

Margaret Foday
Background: Lives in Butetown, Cardiff. Employed locally in the hotel and hospitality industry and has previously stood as a candidate in the local council elections.

Kaniz Malekin BA (Hons) MSc
Background: Assistant Director of Housing with a housing association. Previously worked at Cardiff Council in various designations.