Our strong board and executive provide specialist skills, direction and support.

Our board comprises four elected tenants’ representatives, one elected leaseholder representative, five councillors and five independents. Board meetings take place every two months where the focus is on strategic issues and ensuring the long-term goals for Derby Homes are achieved. Board meetings are open for the public and staff to attend. Agendas and minutes are available on the Derby Homes website and written questions from tenants and leaseholders are dealt with as part of the board meeting agenda. Operational issues are the responsibility of our two local housing boards, representing the north and south of the city, which meet bi-monthly.

There are also a number of committees - Resources & Remuneration, Audit, Performance Management and Development & Regeneration.

Our executive team each have responsibility for one of our three directorates: Housing Management and Customer Service, Company Secretariat, Finance & IT, and Investment and Regeneration.

1 Asaf Afzal
Asaf is passionate about communities and people and is an advocate for tenant rights and inclusion. Asaf is driven to represent the views of the local community, which he has worked in for the past 15 years.

2 Margaret Redfern
Margaret is a local councillor for Derwent Ward, a governor at Beaufort Community Primary School and a member of the National Probation Board for Derbyshire. She is totally committed to providing the
very best services to tenants.

3 Sue Glithero
Sue lives in Derby and has extensive prior experience working for the Council in delivering a number of different services, including housing. Sue is committed to providing tenants with the best services possible and to increasing tenant involvement in managing those services.

4 Dennis Rees
Dennis has lived in Derby for 21 years and is very active in the local community. He speaks locally and nationally about the benefits of ALMOs and works to ensure that Derby Homes’ tenants receive the best services possible.

5 Tabani Ndlovu
Tabani is an experienced business risk professional, specialising in the use of IT to strengthen governance systems. A keen enthusiast on issues surrounding social responsibility, Tabani currently works for E.ON UK as Business Services CSR Manager. He spends his spare time participating in community-related development activities.

6 Bob Troup
Bob has lived in Derby for over 30 years, has been a Councillor since 1999, and is also a governor at Bemrose School. He is determined that tenants should have the best housing service possible, delivered to the highest standard.

7 Iain MacDonald
Iain has been a member of the Board of Derby Homes since its inception and is Chair of the Resources & Remuneration Committee and the Development & Regeneration Committee. He is a former local authority Chief Executive and former United Nations Chief Executive of the City of Pristina, Kosovo. Iain is also a former national President and Chairman of a number of professional associations. Currently he is engaged in Interim Management and Consultancy assignments. Iain is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a Member of the Chartered Management Institute and a member of the Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation.

8 Phil Kay
Phil has been involved with the community panel movement since 1992 and is a founder member of the DACP. Having been a tenant for 23 years, Phil brings a wealth of experience to the Board, including a clear insight into the advantages and disadvantages of being a tenant.

9 Martin Latham
Martin has over 30 years experience within the financial services sector, with extensive knowledge of housing finance. His previous roles have involved tackling financial exclusion and supporting community groups in Derby.

10 Roy Webb
Roy has worked for Rolls Royce for the past 40 years and has represented Allestree Ward in the City since 1985, as both county and city councillor. Roy is pleased to continue as a Board member and hopes his skills will be useful to Derby Homes.

11 Gwen Stubley
Gwen was born and bred in Derby and has lived in her present home for the past 45 years. Gwen strives to make the most of her opportunity to improve services for tenants.

12 Paul Bayliss
Paul is a graduate of Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham, and has a BA Hons degree in Public Administration, though is Derby born and bred. He is a director of Derby’s largest advertising agency where he has worked for 21 years. He has been a Councillor for over ten years, representing Alvaston ward, a member of the Labour Party for considerably longer and has always had an interest in housing management and community policy. He has served on the Derby Homes Board before from 2002 to 2006 as Vice Chair of the Board and Chairs the Community Commission on Derby City Council. Paul is married and  has two teenage daughters.

13 Jenny Bradley
Jenny has been a leaseholder for 11 years and continues to work with Derby Homes to improve services to both leaseholders and tenants.

14 Bob Osler
Bob runs his own textile procurement and management consultancy businesses. He joined the Board in 2002 with the aim of taking an active role in achieving sustainability of social housing in Derby. Bob also aims to make sure that tenants and leaseholders are properly catered for in the years to come.