Board & Committee Members

Arcon Housing Association Board

Dora Blake—Chair—Joined 2006: Dora recently moved as Housing Officer from Tung Sing to Arawak Walton and has extensive experience in dealing with tenant issues. Dora was appointed Vice-Chairman in 2009 and appointed as Chair in 2011.

Keith Hadfield—Joined 2009: Keith has worked in Social Housing for over 30 years. After joining Northern Counties Housing Association in 1976 he became Regional Director in 1985 and after that worked as a housing consultant and then as a housing officer for another North West Housing Association specialising in sheltered housing before retiring in 2004.

Trevor Brown—Joined 2005: Trevor has worked in the commercial lending departments of both the Chelsea and Cheshire Building Societies and has extensive experience of lending to the Social Housing sector. Trevor is a member of the Finance and Business Development Committees.

Richard Baker—Chairman of Finance Committee—Joined 2007: Richard is a qualified accountant who worked as Group Management Accountant for the Cooperative Group as well as running a family retail furniture business. Richard was appointed Chairman of the Finance Committee in 2009 and is also a member of the Business Development Committee.

Helen Whittingham—Joined 2007: Helen is a qualified accountant who is Director of Resources at New Charter Housing Trust. Helen is a member of the Finance, Business Development and Chair of the Audit and Risk Management Committees.

Brett Nield—Joined 2008: Brett formerly ran a building and maintenance company in Manchester before moving to Wales where he has property interests. Brett is a member of the Finance and Business Development Committees.

Leslin Simmons—Joined 2005: Leslin has been a tenant of the Association since 1998 and established the Association’s Tenant Committee from which the Tenant Scrutiny Committee has evolved. Leslin is also a member of the Housing Management Committee.

David Carmichael—Joined 2011: David is head of the employment team at Pannone LLP as well as being Chair of the Trustees at the Gaddum Centre, a Manchester social welfare charity.

Peter O’Hare: Peter is a Chartered Surveyor involved in public and private sector housing for 35 years. He was a founder member of the Housing Corporation’s North of England office and Chief Executive of Northern Counties Housing Association for twelve year. Subsequently he went into private practice as a Valuation Surveyor and Consultant to Urban Developers and Housing Associations before retiring in 1994. Peter is also Chairman of the Association’s Business Development Committee.

Trevor Brown: Trevor has worked in the commercial lending departments of both the Chelsea and Cheshire Building Societies and has extensive experience of lending to the Social Housing sector.

Peter Schilizzi: Peter is the Chief Executive and Company Secretary of Arcon Housing Association and was appointed to the Board of Arcon Developments Ltd in 2008.