PrintCharitable organisations are governed in a unique way. They are lead by groups of volunteer members who act collectively to make decisions in the interests of the organisation. This group is called the board. Most board work is done during meetings which are led by the chair. At meetings, members review information and debate organisational matters. Staff members and others may advise the board. To reach a decision, the board votes and the majority carries the decision.
Individual members and small groups of members only have authority as part of the larger board group. Governance decisions are only legitimate when they are approved by a majority vote of the entire board.
Board decisions are official and must be respected by the rest of the organisation. Boards need to communicate decisions and take measures to implement them. They often work closely with senior staff to do this, especially the chief executive.
Board officers, such as the Chair or Treasurer and board sub-groups, such as subcommittees, are often given limited authority by the Board to act on its behalf in certain areas.
Stadium’s sub-committees are;
Services Committee – which meets regularly to review operational aspects of the business such as departmental structure changes or service improvement plans.
Asset Management Committee – which meets to review and approve new developments and re-developments.
Finance Committee - which meets to discuss the management accounts and financial papers in detail
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS
Charles Humphry (Chair)
Throughout his career, Charles has been a member of CIPFA. He spent his first ten working years in local government finance, culminating in the position of Assistant Country Treasurer for Northamptonshire County Council, where he had responsibility for the Social Services and Magistrates Court Committee. During his time in local government, he was seconded to the Department of the Environment as a Special Adviser on local government finance to the Secretary of State.
In 1979 Charles joined Sector Management, a member of the Mercantile House Group, where he was responsible for the development of Public Sector Project Finance. During this time he arranged transactions with a capital value in excess of £2billion.
In 1988 he co-arranged a management buy-out of Saturn from its parent company. Later in 1988 he sold Saturn to Baltic Plc.
In 1992 Charles co-founded Sector Management Ltd., a company that specialises in arranging finance for the public sector, mainly in the project and equipment finance area. Sector acquired other companies specialising in Financial Advisory Services to the Public Sector. IN 1988 Sector was sold to Capita Plc. Since then, as founder and Director of Arlingclose Ltd., he has advised a number of public sector organisations on complicated financial structures, including PFI transactions.
Charles is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars and specialises in PFI and local government. He is a non-Executive Director of Richmond & Twickenham Primary Care Trust, and a Non-Executive Director of Open Annuities Limited, a Pensions Company.
Liz Brandt
Liz is the Chief Executive Officer of a research and consultancy company called Ctrl-Shift which specialises in the business impact of the empowered consumer. She has over 20 years' business experience across the public and private sectors bringing specific expertise in the area of overlap between digital media, marketing and consumer service.
Liz's career started at Barclays Bank working in international banking and quickly moving in to what was then known as Management Services and now known as Information Technology where she played a number of roles in the design and roll out of business solutions in both the UK and internationally. Joining Logica in 1999 Liz continued working in the Finance Sector shortly after which she became a member of the he Logica senior management team as UK Sales and Marketing Director. In 1999 Liz set up and ran Logica's international Customer Relationship Management (CRM) business.
Leaving Logica Liz was co-founder of Zishi a Private Equity funded mobile commerce company specialising in mobile RM for the travel sector where she was the Sales Director. Zishi was sold to Equant in 2002 after which Liz co-founded Digital Public, a consultancy company that specialises in the design and launch of Public Sector digital business partners Liz was responsible for the development and growth of the company and led the development of a number of strategic government services across education, security and immigration, and work and pensions.
Digital Public was sold to The Engine Group in 2007 following which Liz co-founded Ctrl-Shift in 2008.Liz is a Board Director of Huge Entertainment a member company of the Engine Group.
Liz has been a member of the Board of Stadium Housing Association since June 2008.
Martin Chapman-Kelly
Martin is a freelance property and development consultant with 25 years experience in the housing and development industry. He began his career in new homes sales in 1984 in Northampton, before progressing into land acquisition with Abbey Homes. Martin has considerable urban regeneration experience in brown-field development, public/private partnerships, and the delivery of affordable housing working for Milton Keynes Development Corporation and Cardiff Bay Development Corporation for 10 Years.
Following the wind-up of Cardiff Bay in 2000 he returned to the private sector housing working for major house builders such as Fairclough Homes, Barratts, St James and Taylor Wimpey as Director of Land & Planning, acquiring housing development sites.
Martin has worked as a consultant for a diverse range of organisations such as Pathfinder Market Renewal Agency, Housing Associations and regeneration agencies over a wide geographical area including Lewisham, Maidenhead, Stoke on Trent and South Wales Valleys.
Martin has been a board member of Stadium since 2005 and is Chair of the Asset Management and Development Committee and also Chair of the Group Development Committee.
Sheila Elliott
Sheila Elliott is the managing director of a specialist consultancy firm called BSS Management Consultancy. She is a Professional Accountant and a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (ACCA). She holds a Bachelors of Science degree with honours in Economics as well as a Masters in Business Administration (MBA). Sheila has over seventeen years' experience in financial and business management in both the public and private sectors, and she is very passionate about self development and business growth. Sheila's career started with Pannell Kerr Forster, where she worked as a trainee auditor and thereafter moved into various middle and senior management roles in a number of public and voluntary sector organisations. She has worked for organisations such as Amnesty International, Housing Corporation, Arthritis Care, CDS Cooperative, leading on financial and business management issues, instituting new financial management systems and procedures, as well as training budget managers in all aspects of financial controls and management. She is a Non-Executive Director of the Greenwich Primary Care Trust, Governor of Greenwich Community College, and writes business management articles. Her role at the Housing Corporation (where she spent four and a half years), involved managing "Financial Analysts" responsible for regulating housing associations with turnover totalling over £100 million, appraising housing associations' strategic investment proposals and business plans, providing expert financial advice on the financial fitness of businesses for grants totalling well in excess of £100 million and evaluating the financial viability of businesses regulated by the Corporation.
Simon Kaplinsky
Since retiring as a Director of PRP Architects, Simon acts as a consultant for the Practise where he had worked since 1995. His past experience includes working as a structural engineer in private practice, 3 years as a community worker, a general manager in a Housing Association, and later Director of Development in a large Housing Association. His last appointment was as a Director at PRP Architects. In recent years he has developed his interest in high density housing, with particular reference to the design and management of affordable housing. Simon is Chairman of Aquaterra Leisure which is a charitable leisure provider in Islington and Bath and North East Somerset. This organisation runs local leisure centres and has a policy of taking leisure out into the community. He is a member of the RIBA Housing Group and other ad hoc working groups and recently contributed to publications on high density housing and a study of new settlements in northern Europe.
Mike Kelly
Mike Kelly has been a Stadium resident since 1985 and a resident representative since 1992. Mike served 4 non-consecutive terms as the Chair of the Resident Association, which he helped to create and continues to work closely with the Association.
Mike sits on several resident groups within Stadium, including the Resident Forum (the main consultative group between Stadium and residents) and the Community Improvement Programme which considers bids for financial resources by residents wishing to improve the environment they live in.
Mike as appointed by the Stadium Board in January 2007 to Chair the Services Committee which scrutinises and seeks to improve the services provided by Stadium to residents. It also has responsibility for the Complaints Panel, which Mike chairs. Mike is a member of the Property Services Department Partnering Core Group, which has strategic responsibility for 7 maintenance contracts.
Mike is active in his local community. He is a Safer Neighbourhood Ward Panel Chair, which includes membership to the PCG, a Board Member of a Local Area Regeneration Projection (LARP) and a member of Civic Watch.
Mike was employed for 13 years in various roles within the Civil Service, primarily working with the Office of Fair Trading, the Departments of Health and Social Security and the Benefits Agency. During this period Mike held posts which included management responsibility for Benefits, Consumer Credit, H & S, Staff Training, and HR. It was also during this time that Mike gained an intense passion for IT, a passion which he developed further when he left the Civil Service in 1995. Mike now freelances as an IT Consultant and helps to manage the Resources 4 U Centre on Harrow Road.
Aderonke Kotun-Ajidagba
I graduated with BSc honours in Medicinal Chemistry from Kingston University in Surrey. I also received a postgraduate certificate in Marketing from London Metropolitan University.
I have worked in Marketing, Promotions and Customer services, as a Field Merchandiser, Telemarketing executive and Voluntary Market Research assistant. My work at OFSTED in the contracts department enriched my knowledge and experience in auditing, contracts, quality control and project management. My broad range of experiences also includes working as a mystery shopper and an evaluator of customer service quality for both UK and Australian companies.
My main profession has been working in the Pharmaceutical industry for Eli Lilly as a Chemist for 9 years. My title is as an Associate Reagents Management Officer, working mainly in a Service and Support group. I have been responsible for commissioning, managing operational processes, performing audits, adapting to change management, taking ownership for various service improvements, ensuring health and safety compliance of chemical stores.
A team member of Six Sigma processed projects, in my various roles I have worked and liaised with various groups such as Procurement, Purchasing, Information Technology and Engineering groups. Over the years I have managed various projects and developed strong organising, negotiating and networking skills.
An ex-trustee of a Children's charity and current Trust member of UCLH University College London Hospital. I am passionate about improving services and improving peoples lives.
My hobbies are Fine Art appreciation, drawing, song writing and music appreciation.
I am happily married with two daughters.
Kanta Mistry
I have lived in Brent for almost 34 years and have been working in Brent for 14 years in a Secondary school and am currently employed as SIMs System Manager and Assessment Coordinator. I was elected in the 2006 local elections and have represented Queensbury Ward since. I currently serve on many Council committees notably I Chair two Forums, the Kingsbury & Kenton Forum and Brent Disabled Users Forum. I am a Member of Children & Families Overview & Scrutiny, Forward Plan Select Committee, Overview & Scrutiny Committee and also served on the Teachers Joint Consultative Forum. I have been part of several Task Groups including a very sensitive issue of Women Exiting Prostitution and also chaired two other Task Groups namely Safety Outside the School Gate and Voluntary Sector Grants and recommendations approved by the Executive. I am involved in several community charitable groups, especially children and local residents association and the experiences gained during these times allows me to represent my constituents effectively and deal with local issues. As a Councillor, I have made a difference to the lives of my Constituents by dealing effectively with fly-tipping, anti-social behaviour, noise and environmental pollution, planning and highways problems. I am keen to ensure that the Council invests in Queensbury’s Eton Grove Park and Open Space which have seen many improvements recently to allow for sports provision for the local young people.
Sharanjeet Sewa
Sharan has lived in West London for 27 years. She has worked in the social housing sector for five years and she is currently employed as a Service Development Manager with Hackney Homes. She holds a BA Honours business degree and is currently studying for the Chartered Institute of Housing Postgraduate Professional Diploma in Housing.
Sharan has a keen interest in young people having their say and making a positive difference. She has undertaken voluntary work with Envision, working with young people in a West London Secondary School to develop and implement social and environmental projects within their school and local community.
Sharan joined Stadium Housing Association Board as an independent board member in September 2007. She is interested in contributing towards a successful organisation and helping Stadium Housing Association to deliver excellent services to residents.
Nan Tewari
Nan has an extensive HR management and consultancy background gained in the public, not for profit, financial services and private sectors. She has worked in local authority housing for over seven years and set up the pilot One Stop Shops in Brent Council's housing and finance departments.
Nan has undertaken extensive voluntary work and chaired a number of committees over the last twenty years covering, amongst others, homelessness, policing, the Citizens Advice Bureau, domestic violence and asylum seekers. Whilst at Brent Primary Care NHS Trust as a non-executive director. Nan acted as the PCT's Complaints Co-ordinator. She has also been a member of Brent Council's Education Appeals Panel.
