Adam is an experienced adult social care professional, having spent over 20 years managing services for adults with learning disabilities and complex needs for several leading care providers within the sector, including Sense, Dimensions, Certitude and the Westminster Society for People with Learning Disabilities. In recent years Adam has worked in Business Development, facilitating the [...]
Penny Farrar joined The Barnet Group board as a non-executive director in April 2021. Penny brings diverse experience in organisation development and change gained through her work as a management consultant and manager in the public, private and voluntary sectors. She is a qualified executive coach and an experienced charity trustee chair. Penny’s interest in [...]
Eamon has over 40 years’ experience in housing management, having started at the Greater London Council as a management trainee in 1977. He has worked extensively across housing in north London, and was Chief Executive of Homes for Islington from 2004 to 2012. Eamon is Managing Director of the National Federation of ALMOs (arms-length [...]
Ursula has been Chief Executive at Trent & Drove Housing since 2015. Prior to joining Trent & Drove, Ursula worked at Housing Plus for nine years, leading on development and new business across Staffordshire. Over a 25 year career in housing, Ursula has worked across the sector in a wide variety of roles ranging from [...]
Nigel Turner became vice chair of Your Choice Barnet and a non-executive director of The Barnet Group in early 2012. He holds a Diploma in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors. He is Social Care Director for a national charitable social care organisation, and previously led a large London-based not-for-profit enterprise which supports [...]
Councillor Ross Houston is the Deputy Leader of the Labour Group and Spokesperson on Housing on Barnet Council. Ross is Operations Manager for a housing association. Ross is vice chair of a regeneration partnership and a trustee of the Third Age Project in Camden. Ross is chair of governors at Northside School in Barnet. Ross [...]
Aruna has been a resident Leaseholder in Barnet for more than 28 years. She has a management and training background and has been a volunteer advisor. Aruna has been involved as a volunteer member/Vice Chair of Barnet Homes' Performance Advisory Group. Her involvement has a big impact on decision making on how to improve [...]
Washington Ainabe is the board's leaseholder representative. He has had a long career in the financial service industry in various capacities; as a management accountant (CIMA), management consultant and most recently in risk. He has lived in Barnet for 15 years (five years as a leaseholder) and is passionate about making a difference in [...]
June is a CIMA qualified accountant with an MBA from Manchester business school. She has worked in housing at a senior level for over 18 years and is currently a finance director at One Housing Group. June was the finance director of national homeless charity, following a career in the NHS as a senior [...]