CVHA - Key Persons
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- Chairman
- Member of the Board
- Chairman of CVHA Board
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- Customer Service Manager
- Customer Services Manager
- Member of the Management Team
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- Development Manager
- Member of the Management Team
- Development Manager Development Manager / Caroline Hotchkiss Customer Service Manager Customer Service Manager
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- Customer Services Manager
- Development Manager Development Manager / Caroline Hotchkiss Customer Service Manager Customer Service Manager
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- Chief Executive
- Member of the Executive Team
- Board Chair of Spruce Carpets Ltd
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
Carron joined Clyde Valley in March 2018 leading the Group's Finance and Corporate Services function and was appointed Chief Executive in August 2023.
A member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, Carron worked previously as Group Finance Director at Our Power, a start-up, not-for-profit energy supply company founded by social housing organisations. She was successful in raising over £10m in social finance from various trusts and foundations, including a £4.5m Social Purpose bond, the largest of its kind for social enterprise across the UK.
In addition, Carron is the Board Chair of Spruce Carpets Ltd.
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- Chairman of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Board
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- Customer Service Director
- Member of the Executive Team
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- Member of the CVPS Board
- Business Leader
Gordon is an accomplished business leader with experience in blue chip and SME's he has extensive strategic and operational success in the UK and internationally. He is currently Commercial Director for Bell's Food Group; he served on the Board at West Lothian Housing Partnership from March 2020 to Nov 2022. Gordon joined the Board in 2022.
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- Member of the Management Team
- Asset Project Manager Asset Project Manager
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- Chairman of the CVPS Board
- Chairman of CVPS
John is an actuary by profession. As an actuary, he has wide experience in the financial management of life insurance firms but has also undertaken finance director roles in the wider financial services arena, including health insurance, unit trust and mortgage lending. In recent years, John has worked as a consulting actuary based in London where he was a Principal of a global consulting firm. His client base ranged from the largest insurance UK and international firms to the smallest friendly societies. John returned to live in Motherwell in 2016 and have now retired from professional practice.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Professor at the University of Glasgow
Kenneth Gibb is a professor at the University of Glasgow. A lifelong housing researcher, Ken directs the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence.
Apart from academic work focused on housing economics and analysis of housing policy, he has recently shifted to climate change research relating to the retrofit of the existing housing stock.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Team
- People Director
- People Director People Director
Lisa joined Clyde Valley in September 2020 to lead the Group's HR function.
Prior to this Lisa worked as the Head of Human Resources at South Lanarkshire College where she was responsible for all aspects of HR, OD and Equality. Lisa is a fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and has considerable experience in delivering HR improvements within a positive culture.
Lisa's experience and skills include strategic insight, change management, people management, leadership and organisational development, policy development and equality, diversity and inclusion.
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- Member of the Executive Team
- Director of Finance and Corporate Services Director of Finance and Corporate Services
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- Managing Director
- Member of the Board
- Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Neil is a successful Managing Director of a prominent housing led regeneration business with focus on affordable and private tenures. This experience gives him a unique perspective and interest in community building.
With a background in commercial management, Neil has been a board member of various joint venture boards, on a large number of major, diverse, complex and occasionally problematic construction projects, particularly in the Middle East. These range across most sectors and include highways, hotels, hospitals, offices and universities to military installations and mining facilities.
Neil is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
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- Lettings Manager
- Member of the Management Team
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- Member of the Executive Team
- Interim Director of Property & Development Interim Director of Property & Development
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- Member of the Management Team
- Repairs and Maintenance Manager Repairs and Maintenance Manager
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- Member of the Management Team
- Business Improvement Manager Business Improvement Manager
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- Member of the Board
- CEO of the Atrium Group
- Member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants
Shannon has been a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants since 1997 and has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland since 1999.
Shannon was appointed CEO of the Atrium Group on 31 January 2022.
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- General Manager
- Member of the CVPS Board
Steven originally served an apprenticeship as a Joiner and worked in construction until the recession in 2008.
Following this Steven helped a local independent letter agent carrying out viewings on a temporary basis before quickly being given a new role overseeing the maintenance and repairs of the properties. From there Steven began improving the landlords portfolios by scheduling maintenance and repair programs, as well as making proposals for the installations of new bathrooms and kitchens as well as conversions and extensions to landlord properties, increasing rental yields and property values.
Steven was promoted to general manager for the business and by 2016 took the decision to start his own letting agency and become one of the very first few in Scotland to complete the Professional Development Programme delivered via a partnership between Landlord Accreditation Scotland (LAS) and the CIH Housing Academy following the introduction of the Scottish Governments regulation of letting agents.
Steven has also been involved as a consultant on an expansion project with Griffin Western Property Consultants in Glasgow.
Job Titles:
- Finance Manager
- Member of the Management Team