Issue - meetings

Report of the Corporate Director (Housing and Communities) on the appointment of a new Board member.

(1)     The Cabinet approved the standing-down of Stuart Pearson from the Board of Now Housing Limited and the appointment of a new non-Executive Director, Kerry Clifford, the Council’s Neighbourhood and Enforcement Manager.

(2)     The Cabinet agreed the recruitment of an additional independent non-Executive Board Member for Now Housing, on a non-remunerated basis, to bring additional financial expertise to the Board.

(3)     Authority was delegated to the Corporate Director (Housing and Communities) as Chair of the Board to carry out the recruitment process, in consultation with the Shareholder Representative Group.

Report of the Corporate Director (Housing and Communities) on the appointment of a new Board member to Now Housing Ltd.

The purpose of the appointment would be to replace Stuart Pearson, Head of Housing Operations, who had resigned from the Board so that he could be an independent housing expert advisor to the Council’s Shareholder Representative Group.

RESOLVED:

(1)     That the Cabinet approves the standing-down of Stuart Pearson from the Board of Now Housing Limited and the appointment of a new non-Executive Director, Kerry Clifford, the Council’s Neighbourhood and Enforcement Manager.

(2)     That the Cabinet agrees the recruitment of an additional independent non-Executive Board Member for Now Housing, on a non-remunerated basis, to bring additional financial expertise to the Board.

(3)     That authority be delegated to the Corporate Director (Housing and Communities) as Chair of the Board to carry out the recruitment process, in consultation with the Shareholder Representative Group.