RADIUS HOUSING - Key Persons

Aisling McStravick

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Member of the Senior Management Team
Chartered Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Director of Asset Management

Aisling is a Chartered member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and holds an MSc in Construction Project Management. Aisling joined Radius (formerly Fold) in 2015 as Head of Asset Management before securing the post as of Director of Assets for Radius Housing in 2018. Prior to working for Fold, Aisling was a Senior Project Leader in the Parliamentary Estates Directorate for the House of Commons following 13 years working in project management and quantity surveying consultancy.

Alan Thomson

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Member of the Senior Management Team
Director of Finance and ICT

Alan joined Radius Housing as Director of Finance & ICT in March 2019. Alan qualified as an accountant in 1997 in his native Scotland, and is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Training with Johnston Carmichael in the North East of Scotland and dealing with a diverse portfolio of clients, he moved to Northern Ireland to take up a role with Goldblatt McGuigan. Following this he worked for almost two decades in various finance roles within Ballyvesey Holdings, one of Northern Ireland's largest companies.

Anita Conway

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Director of Development
Member of the Senior Management Team

Anita Conway joined Radius (formerly Fold) in 2011. Prior to this Anita worked in the private construction sector as Commercial Director working throughout Europe. Anita has extensive experience in residential, hospitality and commercial property development. Before working in the private sector Anita gained over fifteen years experience working in several Housing Associations within the property development and housing management field. Anita has a MSc in Property Development and Investment from UUJ and a BA(Hons) in Housing from Hallam University, Sheffield.

Ciaran Doherty

Ciaran Doherty BSc (Hons), MSc, MRICS joined the Radius Board in 2018. He has been at the forefront of providing successful programme, project, cost & construction management services on construction projects (from inception to completion) for almost 20 years, experienced in construction procurement across a range of sectors including public, private and PPP both client side and contracting.

David Quinn

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Member of the Board
Ex - Consulting Partner in PwC

David is an ex-Consulting Partner in PwC and now runs his own business, specialising in strategic advice and consulting support for innovative start-up and high-growth businesses. He is passionate about the NI economy and helping with the growth of the green tech, bio tech and digital sectors in NI. David joined the Radius Board in July 2021 and is also on the Finance, HR, ICT, Corporate Services (FHICS) Committee and the Care and Support Committee. He is a Management Consultant and was a consulting partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers for many years until mid-2021. During a thirty-year career in consulting, David has advised organisations across a range of sectors including regional and central government, development agencies, utilities, manufacturing and financial services. His work involved helping them to deliver strategy and major goals, including business transformation, through a mix of new operating models, business processes and digital technologies. He is very experienced in project management, risk management, customer service, human-centric change and regulatory compliance. David now works with innovative start-up and high-growth businesses in NI, linking in with Queen's University and Catalyst, to advise and support them in realising growth of their technology-based companies and delivering employment and economic benefits within NI.

Des Neill

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Independent Board Member
DIPL PM

Des Neill MRICS, DIPL PM (RICS) rtd is a retired chartered surveyor who joined the Board of Fold in 2008 and continues to be an independent Board Member of Radius Housing. Previously, Des was Director of Estate Policy with the Health Department NI. He was responsible for all aspects of the management and standards of the built estate in the Health and Social Care Services Sector. Des is currently an independent member of the Development Committee, Care and Support Committee, Communities & Assets Committee, Tealstone Developments and Radius Homes Board.

Fiona McAnespie

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Member of the Senior Management Team
Director of Care and Support

Fiona joined Radius (formerly Fold) in September 2010 with over 20 years experience in managing and developing services for all client groups. For the past 15 years, Fiona's primary focus has been older people and people with dementia. Prior to joining Fiona worked for the South Eastern Trust where she managed statutory residential care, day care, domiciliary care and hospital social work. Fiona was part of the South Eastern Trust's review team for the modernisation of residential and domiciliary care.

Helen Walker

Helen Walker BSc, DIPL, MSc, PGDIP has had a varied career in the Housing Executive, mainly in headquarters, and has managed "change projects" as an Assistant Director in Housing Policy and Services. Helen held the post of Acting Director of the Housing and Regeneration division for six months. Some of the key highlights of her career are the development of the first IT strategy for the organisation, the refocusing of the housing benefit service, the implementation of rate relief and lone pensioner allowance for tenants and the development of new business models, as part of the modernising services project. Helen joined the Board in 2019 and is on the Communities and Assets Committee.

Iain Lees

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Independent Board Member
Member of the Board
Managing Director at HCA Corporate Finance Ltd

Iain Lees FCA is an independant Board member for Radius Housing. Iain is Managing Director at HCA Corporate Finance Ltd. Prior to this he worked as Corporate Finance Director at PWC for 15 years and 10 years with Deloitte.