Senior Management Team

Over 500 people work at Derby Homes. The jobs our staff do range from trade work to homeless outreach to accounting, support, property/tenancy management and neighbourhood officers.

The organisation is currently split into three directorates and is led by managing Director Maria Murphy.

View the full Senior Management Team structure chart

Maria Murphy | Managing Director

Maria Murphy - Managing Director ‌

‌The Managing Director has overall corporate management and operational responsibility (including overall management responsibility for all officers) and represents the Board on partnership and external bodies.

Michael Kirk | Finance Director and Company Secretary

Michael Kirk - Head of Income and Finance ‌

The Finance Director and Company Secretary is responsible for ensuring proper governance of Derby Homes, support for its Board and compliance with statutory requirements, together with management of the following service areas:

Budgets
Payments and accountancy
Performance management
Procurement
Governance
Legal
Corporate Services and Information and Communication Technology (ICT)‌

Shaun Bennett | Director of Property

Shaun Bennett - Director of Investment & Regeneration ‌

The Director of Property has responsibility for strategic management of all maintenance and new build services covering:

planned maintenance
programmed and cyclical maintenance
responsive repairs and servicing

This includes management of health and safety in these high risk areas of the business.

Clare Mehrbani | Director of Housing Services

Clare Mehrbani - Director of Housing Services ‌

The Director of Housing Services has overall responsibility for all areas of housing management and homelessness services.‌

Taranjit Lalria | Company Solicitor and Head of Corporate Services

Taranjit Lalria - Head of Governance and Corporate Support ‌

The Head of Governance and Corporate Services is responsible for the Governance of the company including:

legal and data processing issues
equality and diversity issues
corporate services
procurement
health and safety
corporate support‌

Helen Samuel | Head of Finance & Income

‌ Helen Samuel - Head of Finance and Income

The Head of Finance and Income is responsible for income management, including:

rent arrears
rental control
money and other advice services
customer services and leasehold management
delivery of budgeting, accounting and company payments/income services‌

Holly Johnson | Head of Corporate Improvement and Consumer Regulation

Holly Johnson - Head of Quality and Consumer Regulation

The Head of Corporate Improvement and Consumer Regulation is responsible for:

consumer regulation
performance and assurance
Tenant Satisfaction Measures (TSMs)
business improvement
digital transformation
data and insight
knowledge and information management

Paul Cole | Customer Experience & Insight

The Head of Customer Experience & Insight is responsible for:

Customer insight
Inclusion and accessibility
Complaints and feedback
Customer engagement
Communications and marketing
Customer experience

Steve Bayliss | Head of Repairs

Steve Bayliss - Head of Repairs ‌

The Head of Repairs is responsible for the responsive repairs service.

Rachel Shardlow | Head of Capital Works

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The Head of Capital Works is responsible for:

planned and programmed maintenance
development and new build‌

Carl Tring-Willis | Interim Head of Housing Options and Homelessness

Carl Tring-Willis- Head of Housing Management

The Head of Housing Options and Homelessness is responsible for:

homelessness services
partnership working
housing options
allocations

Tracy O'Connor | Interim Head of Housing Management

Tracy O'Connor

The Head of Housing Management is responsible for:

safeguarding
supported housing services
day-to-day services provided through local offices
management and maintenance of estates
anti-social behaviour‌