ST ANNE'S - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Housing
- Member of the Finance & Performance Committee, Member of the Health & Safety Committee
Alison is a member of the Chartered Institute of Housing and has been in the profession…
Alison is a member of the Chartered Institute of Housing and has been in the profession for over 30 years, working for Housing Associations and Local Authorities e in both front-line and strategic roles; and in housing education She is currently Head of Governance at Watmos Community Homes
Alison has a strong belief in the importance of affordable, quality social housing with a particular interest in service improvement, regulation and performance and experience as voluntary housing association board Vice Chair.
Alison has a commitment to housing education and attracting young people into the housing sector and lectures in housing at Leeds Beckett University
Alison is a Member of the Finance & Performance Committee and a Member of the Health & Safety Committee. Alison was elected to the board in 2021.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Chief Finance Officer
We welcomed Andrew as our Chief Finance Officer in April 2023. Andrew is a qualified Chartered…
Andrew is a qualified Chartered Accountant with over 20 years experience across a wide range of sectors including senior commercial finance roles within Nike in the Netherlands. For the last 10 years Andrew has worked with the Supported Housing sector for several organisations within in senior finance and commercial roles. Andrew is heavily involved with his local cricket club to ensure this important community asset thrives and is available for use by a variety of groups beyond cricket.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chairman of St Anne
- Chief Executive of White Ribbon UK
Anthea is Chief Executive of White Ribbon UK, a charity that works to end male violence…
Anthea is Chief Executive of White Ribbon UK, a charity that works to end male violence against women.
In 1994 Anthea founded the ground-breaking Goldhay Arts, for artists and performers with learning disabilities. She has worked for several charities and voluntary organisations and was Director of the Learning Disability Coalition where she campaigned to improved funding for social care for people with learning disabilities. Her research interests include human rights law and community theatre.
Anthea is Chair of St Anne's and a Member of the Remuneration, Nominations & Governance Committee. Anthea was elected to the board in 2021.
Azra joined St Anne's in 2019 and has been in the charitable social care sector for…
Azra joined St Anne's in 2019 and has been in the charitable social care sector for over 18 years in leadership roles as Chief Executive and Finance Officers. Prior to this, Azra began her career at Price Waterhouse as a Chartered Accountant before gaining a breadth of experience in commercial housing. Azra has a strong commercial background and a wealth of social and home care experience.
Azra is passionate about ensuring St Anne's delivers the highest quality care, support, and housing for clients and tenants, whilst enabling them to have independence and choice.
Azra is a strong advocate for St Anne's and the social care sector and hopes that alongside partner organisations we can provide a greater choice for all clients. Working to create more awareness of the sector challenges, Azra is a trustee of the Voluntary Organisation of Disability Groups (VODG) which supports sector-specific members.
Our Belle Vue Road Service, Leeds, loves to engage the people they support in activities which support learning and development. During early March they decided to run a cake baking…
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Vice Chair
- Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Finance at Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Member of the Pension & Investment Committee
- Vice Chair and Chair of the Finance & Performance Committee
Bryan is the Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Finance at Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust.…
Bryan is the Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Finance at Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust. He has over 15 years' experience as an NHS Finance Director in a 36-year NHS career spanning a wide range of organisations across the north of England. Although an accountant by profession, Bryan has had a wide range of responsibilities over his career; currently he is responsible for Informatics, IT, Business Intelligence, Estates and Health & Safety as well as Finance.
Bryan has taken an increased interest in recent years in how the NHS meets the needs of vulnerable patients. Bryan hopes the skills and experience, he has built up over the years can be of benefit to St Anne's and the people we support.
Bryan is Vice Chair and Chair of the Finance & Performance Committee, Member of the Pension & Investment Committee, and a Member of the Remuneration & Governance Committee
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Audit & Risk Committee, Member of the Pension & Investment Committee
Caroline is a Non-Executive Director at Al Rayan Bank PLC and Loughborough Building Society and a…
Caroline is a Non-Executive Director at Al Rayan Bank PLC and Loughborough Building Society and a qualified Chartered Management Accountant.
Caroline has 20 years Executive Director experience at TD Direct Investing and Tenet Group and brings in depth Finance, Risk and Regulatory experience. She also brings experience in significant digital projects.
Caroline connected with St Anne's early in life when a family member was helped a number of times by the charity. She lives in Leeds and is a proud mum of two adult children.
Caroline is Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee, and a Member of the Pension & Investment Committee. Caroline was elected to the board in 2022.
Job Titles:
- Interim Housing and Estates Director
Chris has more than 30 years' experience working in the care and support housing sector working…
Chris has more than 30 years' experience working in the care and support housing sector working across a broad range of client groups. He has worked for both national and regional providers and has 20 years' experience at Executive level.
In these roles Chris has developed and implemented care and support strategies, led organisational change, undertaken business stream and service reviews, developed alternative operating models and responded to efficiency agendas.
He has served as Chair of the National Housing Federation Care and Support committee and has sat on the board of both housing organisations and charities including as an appointee to a small failing organisation. He has also been chair of a social enterprise supporting formerly homeless people into a bakery business.
Chris joined St Anne's as Interim Housing and Estates Director in November 2021.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Pension & Investment Committee and Member of the Finance & Performance Committee
Geoff is a professional Actuary, bringing to the role significant commercial and technical knowledge and experience.…
Geoff is a professional Actuary, bringing to the role significant commercial and technical knowledge and experience.
He is keen to support St Anne's and work within the charity sector to ensure St Anne's continues to make a difference peoples lives.
Geoff is the Chair of the Pension & Investment Committee and Member of the Finance & Performance Committee. Geoff was elected to the board in 2020.
Job Titles:
- Heatherstones Service Manager
- Manager from Our Heatherstones Service in Halifax, Has Led the Unsafe Swallow Project As Part of a Queens Nursing Award, Which We Are Very Proud to Announce Has
Gerard Wainwright, manager from our Heatherstones service in Halifax, has led the Unsafe Swallow Project as part of a Queens Nursing Award, which we are very proud to announce has…
Job Titles:
- Learning Disability Nurse of the Year
Job Titles:
- Director
- Director of People
Ira Jeffers is our Director of People, and oversees HR, Recruitment, Workforce Development and PBS. Ira…
Ira Jeffers is our Director of People, and oversees HR, Recruitment, Workforce Development and PBS. Ira has more than twenty years' experience working in a variety of charity, public sector and educational settings in both operational and HR leadership roles, most recently as Head of HR for AQA.
Ira's early career began at St. Annes, where fresh out of university, he started as a HR Assistant at St. Mark's Avenue, Leeds which gave him an understanding of our services and a love for public services. From there he moved from St. Anne's to West Yorkshire Police, which was followed by senior HR roles at the University of Bradford.
Ira has extensive experience as a school governor at Adel school, and as a youth leader across Leeds.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer at Leeds Mind
- Member of the Quality & Safeguarding Committee, Member of the Health & Safety Committee
Lucy is the Chief Executive Officer at Leeds Mind and has over 25 years experience, largely…
Lucy is the Chief Executive Officer at Leeds Mind and has over 25 years experience, largely in the third sector with a range of charities, specifically in the areas of homelessness, multiple needs, criminal justice, mental health and wellbeing.
Lucy has substantial operational and leadership experience with a focus on continuous improvement, equality and inclusion, user involvement and lived experience. Lucy also sits on a variety of cross-sector forums, including safeguarding, domestic abuse, trauma, and mental health reference groups. It is this mix of career, voluntary, personal experiences and interests that Lucy believes can be of benefit to St Anne's both through the committee work and overall in supporting the organisation to deliver its aims and objectives. Lucy sits on the Quality and Safeguarding committee and is keen to see how this work relates to St Anne's values.
Outside of work Lucy enjoys time with her family, most things food-wise, travel, running, yoga and is part of a longstanding book group that even does some reading.
Lucy is a Member of the Quality & Safeguarding Committee and a Member of the Health & Safety Committee, she was elected to the board in 2022.
Job Titles:
- Director of Business Development
Mario's background is within the social care and hospitality sectors, most recently as the Head of…
Mario's background is within the social care and hospitality sectors, most recently as the Head of Business Development, Marketing and Communications for another leading social care provider. He has also been a Director of a homecare subsidiary where he championed the importance of continuity of care and the need to address loneliness and inactivity among older, vulnerable people. Prior to this, Mario has held senior management positions within leading hospitality businesses, most notably Marriott International as an Assistant Director of Business & Finance. Since joining the social care sector, Mario has developed a passion for progressive change, particularly around how we use data, technology and housing to support individuals to live a life that is uniquely right for them.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Remuneration, Nominations & Governance Committee
- Head of Service in Leeds City Council 's Legal Department
Mark is a Head of Service in Leeds City Council's Legal Department and has spent most…
Mark is a Head of Service in Leeds City Council's Legal Department and has spent most of his career as a local government solicitor. He advises on data protection, FOI, IP and Tech law, and has an LLM in Cyber Law. Local government finance, equalities, and general public law are also Mark's areas of expertise, having a Law Society Diploma in Local Government Law and Practice.
Mark has extensive experience of being a Trustee and has a long-term commitment to social housing having been the Chair of the West Yorkshire Housing Association, and then a board member of Connect Housing for nine years. Mark was also a Trustee of Lawyers in Local Government Ltd for three years and is the local government director on the board of the Leeds Law Society. Mark is committed to using his knowledge and experience to help continue and develop the much-needed services which St Anne's provides to communities in Leeds and across the North of England.
Mark is Chair of the Remuneration, Nominations & Governance Committee. Mark was elected to the board in 2020.
Job Titles:
- Global Director
- Chairman of the Health & Safety Committee, Member of the Audit & Risk Committee
- Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety
Martin is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health and holds an…
Martin is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health and holds an MBA from Warwick Business School.
Martin is the Global Director for Employee Health & Safety and Quality Compliance for Reckitt, a Health, Nutrition and Hygiene Manufacturing organisation. Reckitt sits in the top 15 FTSE All-Share Index Ranking with a global workforce of c.43000. Reckitt's products (Dettol, Neurofen, Strepsils, Durex, Gaviscon) protect, heal and nurture people and communities everywhere.
Martin plays squash regularly at club level, cycles and has undertaken triathlons. When time allows, he likes to play golf with his wife.
Martin is the Chair of the Health & Safety Committee and Member of the Audit & Risk Committee, he was elected to the board in 2022.
Job Titles:
- Deputy CEO
- Director of Operations
Shona has joined St Anne's as our Operations Director/Deputy CEO. Shona has worked within Health and…
Shona has joined St Anne's as our Operations Director/Deputy CEO. Shona has worked within Health and Social Care in the voluntary sector for the majority of her career, including drug and alcohol treatment, mental health and learning disability. Her most recent role was as an Operations Director in the private sector covering both residential and supported living services as well as complex autism and challenging behaviours. She has also been both a Trustee and Chair of various health and social care charities.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Quality & Safeguarding Committee, Member of the Health & Safety Committee, Safeguarding Lead
Tony retired in 2019, having worked as a doctor in the NHS for 42 years, the…
Tony retired in 2019, having worked as a doctor in the NHS for 42 years, the last 23 of those as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Bradford Hospitals. His roles included several years as an Honorary Senior Lecturer for Leeds University Medical School and a period as Clinical Director of Surgery at Bradford.
While working for the NHS Tony had a major interest in Clinical Governance and served as Governance Lead for his department, which he feels helps him to contribute to the Committees on which he serves.
Tony is the Chair of the Quality & Safeguarding Committee and a Member of the Health & Safety Committee, and Safeguarding Lead. Tony was elected to the board in 2020.