Over 40 years’ experience as a Non-Executive Director, Richard’s experience spans property, construction, house building and inner city regeneration. Richard's executive career includes 25 years of corporate sales and marketing expertise, brand knowledge and PR experience in the house building sector.

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A Managing Director of Barratt Homes from 1983 until taking retirement in 2006, Richard has a subsequent Non-Executive portfolio which includes directorships of housing associations, an ALMO, a facilities management group, a house builder, a development corporation, a contractor/developer and, until recently, an NHS Trust.

A former Assistant Chief Executive of Royal Borough of Greenwich and member of the current Meridian Home Start board. Tony retired in June 2013 and has travelled extensively since, undertaking voluntary roles teaching English in both India and Thailand. Tony also actively participates in fundraising initiatives and is a trustee of the Southwark Pensioners Centre.

 

Educated at Oxford and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Tony was employed by Royal Greenwich from 1989, initially joining the Education department. This was preceded by fourteen years working for the Inner London Education Authority as a Teacher and an Administrator. Tony is the co-editor of a series of books on educational improvement, is Secretary of the Tema (Ghana) Foundation for Development, and is also Secretary of the Jam Factory Residents Association. He maintains his links with the Royal Borough as a season ticket holder at Charlton Athletic FC.

A former Managing Director with 25 years’ experience with two national housebuilding companies, George has a background in finance and accounting, gained predominantly within the construction industry.

 

Since retiring, George has served as a Non-Executive Director at Aldwyck Housing and Lea Valley Developments.  Prior to joining Meridian Home Start, George was a member of the Catalyst Housing development committee.

Emma has over 30 years’ experience working with local authorities, registered providers and the private sector in senior roles to share her expertise in regeneration, housing delivery and housing finance. Emma is a former Director of Inner Circle Consulting, where she built upon her previous experience as a consultant with Regenfirst working with the London Borough of Waltham Forest, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and Genesis Housing Association to name a few.

 

Emma holds a MPhil Town & Country Planning from The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. With a robust skill set that includes Management Consulting, Change Management, Policy, Public Sector, Urban Regeneration and more.  Emma is currently a non-Executive Director at Rent Plus Homes as well as Meridian Home Start.

Bernadette has 38 years’ local authority experience, including Chief Executive and Director posts held in a number of London councils. Skilled in improvement planning, change management, regeneration, planning, housing, environmental services, frontline services and community engagement, she established her own interim management and consultancy company in 2002, and recently held the post of Interim Director of Regeneration for Metropolitan Housing Trust.

 

A member of the Editorial Panel of Inside Housing magazine, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management and a member of the British Urban Regeneration Association, Bernadette has also previously acted as Chair.