HORNSEY HOUSING TRUST - Key Persons


Anne Waterhouse

Job Titles:
  • Wandle Housing Association 's Chief Executive
Anne is Wandle Housing Association's Chief Executive. She previously worked at the A2Dominion Housing Group, latterly as the Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Director of Central & Financial Services. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants with over 25 years' finance experience and has also previously worked as a Finance Director within the housebuilding industry. Anne decided to seek a non-exec role enabling her to offer her skills and knowledge to another registered provider in her local area. Anne's experience in governance, risk management and assurance alongside her financial knowledge mean that she is well placed to support the Trust's commitment to deliver good quality services to its residents, retain its local connections and provide active asset management to improve its homes.

Barbara Moore

Job Titles:
  • Housing Support Co - Ordinator

Casey Masters

Job Titles:
  • Admin Assistant

Christopher Adegoroye

Job Titles:
  • Asset Manager
  • in 2022 As Asset Manager
Chris joined Hornsey Housing Trust in 2022 as Asset Manager. He has a background of 20+ years working in housing management and asset management roles. He has good knowledge of social housing issues and housing association processes, with experience of managing teams, overseeing income collection, day to day repairs, planned maintenance and property compliance.

Dawn Matthews

Dawn is a HR & OD professional with 19 years' experience at senior level, and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Dawn currently heads up the shared HR and Traded service at the Royal Borough of Kingston, which provides a range of central HR services to the London Borough of Sutton, Sutton Housing Partnership and a variety of schools across several Boroughs in South West London. Prior to this Dawn was a Senior Consultant and supported a range of clients in the housing and not-for-profit sectors with executive and non-executive recruitment, using her HR expertise to help influence the composition of executive teams and Boards. Having spent most of her career in local government, Dawn is passionate about making a real difference to peoples' lives, and genuinely appreciates that having a decent home is the lynchpin of achieving a fulfilled life. Dawn has been a Haringey resident all her life and is keen to use both her professional and lived experience to support HHT provide the best service for tenants.

Elizabeth Hanley

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Euan Barr - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
Euan joined Hornsey Housing Trust in February 2023 as Chief Executive. Euan is a Chartered Institute of Housing certified practitioner with 25 years experience working with community-based housing associations in Scotland and England. Euan's leadership roles have included housing development & regeneration, asset management, housing management and resident engagement. He also has recent experience working in fundraising within the charity sector. A Haringey resident, Euan has a keen interest in working with tenants to improve communication, drive service improvements and invest in the quality of our homes. He wants to ensure the Trust is a great place to work, a valued community partner and achieves low carbon, financially sustainable growth.

Ian Roberts

Ian has lived in North London since 1982, moving to Muswell Hill in 1994. He recently moved again and splits his time between Crouch End and the midlands. He studied law at Pembroke College, Cambridge, before qualifying as a solicitor in 1985. He spent his career working in the city primarily as a banking lawyer in private practice, ultimately specialising in Social Housing Finance (acting for funders) for 20 years before retiring in 2017. He has previously acted as a Non-Executive Director of a Tenant Management Organisation and of a law firm (wholly owned by a County Council) and has been a Churchwarden (and trustee) of a local church for the last 6 years up to April 2022. He is married with three grown up children and a number of grandchildren.

Jessica Bembridge

Jessica's academic foundation includes a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Surrey and she currently works for Hackney Council as a Development Project Manager, where she leads multi-million pound housing regeneration projects to create essential new council homes. Jessica has worked in the social housing sector for over a decade and has also gained experience in the private estate agency sector. Prior to her current role, Jessica made significant contributions at MTVH, a prominent g15 housing association. Her journey there encompassed a diverse range of responsibilities, including housing management, income management, available homes, disposals and acquisitions, and housing development. Beyond her professional achievements, Jessica is a strong advocate for equality, diversity, and inclusion and she has been involved with various staff groups, dedicated to fostering diversity across all echelons of the housing sector. Jessica's involvement in this initiative reflects her steadfast belief in the power of a diverse workforce to drive innovation and progress. Jessica's passion for social housing stems from a lifelong aspiration to effect meaningful change within the housing sector. She champions the fundamental right to secure housing for all, and is committed to eradicating homelessness and bolstering support systems for vulnerable and elderly individuals with a focus on maintaining independence and enhancing the quality of life.

June Barnes - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Jersey Architecture Commission
June is currently a member of the Jersey Architecture Commission, the Cambridgeshire Quality Panel and Greater Cambridgeshire Design Panel. June spent most of her career working in housing associations. She retired in 2014 after 16 years as Chief Executive of East Thames Group, a housing association operating in east London and Essex. Until January 2020 she was a Non-Executive Director of Urban and Civic plc and the Chair of their Remuneration Committee. Urban and Civic are Master-developers with around 40,000 new homes in their development pipeline. June will be standing down from the Board in May 2024 after six years on the Board.

Linmora Blair

Job Titles:
  • Head of Temporary Accommodation at the London Borough of Haringey
Linmora is the Head of Temporary Accommodation at the London Borough of Haringey and has over 25 years' experience working in Housing. Linmora has a degree in Housing Management and Development, post graduate diploma in leadership, mentoring and coaching and a Master's in Business Administration. She is a corporate member of CIH. Linmora is passionate about resident involvement, promoting equality and diversity, piloting new delivery models and partnership working. She is committed to improving the standard of living for all residents. She has led purchase and repair programmes to deliver 400 private rented sector homes in east London in collaboration with Local Authorities and housing providers and Linmora has also spearheaded several initiatives aimed at reducing the number of homeless families in temporary housing.

Matthew Bolwell

Job Titles:
  • Finance Director for Development at Peabody
Matthew is the Finance Director for Development at Peabody. He leads teams looking after the financial performance of a substantial development programme. As part of Peabody's efforts to diversify their risk exposure, Matthew also sits as a board member across 10 different Joint Venture LLPs across a wide variety of partners with differing approaches to funding. Prior to joining Peabody in 2018, Matthew spent 7 years working in the Development Finance team at L&Q and has been a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants for over 10 years.

Mussa Djalo

Job Titles:
  • Finance Assistant
  • Member of the Finance Team

Phil Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Head of Housing at Hornsey
Phil is Head of Housing at Hornsey and has a wealth of experience in social housing and joined the Trust in 2013. Phil began his career in the private sector working with the Pinnacle Group to provide housing management services to Hornsey Housing Trust. He is a knowledgeable and experienced housing professional who has successfully developed and managed staff to enable support of resident groups and led on dementia services and welfare reform. He qualified with the Chartered Institute of Housing and is passionate about delivering excellent services to residents, supporting people to achieve their potential and making a positive difference to local communities.

Stephen Ross

Stephen's career working in Social Housing spans some 40 years, starting as a Housing Officer with the Greater London Council in 1969. Having completed a Housing Studies degree at Sheffield City Polytechnic Stephen obtained full membership of the Chartered Institute of Housing in 1985 when he joined Newham Council as a Neighbourhood Manager. In 1989 he took a senior role at the Peabody Trust progressing to the role of Head of Housing Management.

Vish Ramtale

Job Titles:
  • Management Accountant
  • Member of the Finance Team