Board members



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Dapo Ladimeji - Chair of Pathmeads

Dapo is a chartered accountant with his own tax practice and is also involved in several UK charities.

He is a trustee of FOSSFA (Free and Open Source Software Foundation for Africa) and a founder of 'The London Group', a Nigerian diaspora policy group. He sits on key group committees covering Audit and Risk and Diversity and Governance.




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Colin Allies C.Eng. F.I Gas E, ACMI

After a long career at British Gas, where he held senior positions in Engineering and Management, Colin worked as a Bursar at an independent school and spent 10 years as a non executive director in the NHS.

Colin is also currently Chair of Age Concern, Bromley and a lay partner with the Health Professions Council where he chairs Fitness to Practice tribunals.

In his spare time Colin sings with a leading amateur choir in London. He is also a Trustee of Genesis Community Foundation.



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Gillian King

Previously a Personnel Director, Gill has worked in Human Resources for over 40 years, including more than eighteen years running King Associates, her own HR Consultancy.

She has worked for a range of clients in both the public and private sectors, including housing associations and registered charities.




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Brian Milward

A chartered accountant with 16 years experience in social housing, Brian is currently Finance Director of North Hertfordshire Homes and the former Group Finance Director of the Horizon Housing Group. Before moving into housing, he worked for a number of US multinationals in France, the UK and the USA.



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Kit Wilby

Kit works as an administrator in a Community Law Centre. Her key area of work covered tenants' rights and community development, having previously worked as a housing advisor and advice service manager.

She is a small residential landlord with tenanted property in the West Country and originally trained as an architect. She is also experienced in quality assurance and data protection.

Gerald Balabanoff

Following retirement in 2004 from the London Borough of Harrow where he was Borough Secretary and Solicitor, Gerald is now an interim consultant manager.

His varied assignments have covered legal services, human resources, customer services, business support and organisational development.

Gerald is a member of the Group Property Investment Development Committee and also on the board of GenInvest Limited.

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Feargal has over 20 years of experience in the housing sector and has held a number of prominent roles working with local authorities and Registered Social Landlords.

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Hope Hanlan

Hope joined Pathmeads Board in January 2010. Hope retired from the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees in December 2004. Hope has extensive experience at policy level working with Somali and Kurdish refugees. Hope works with parents of disruptive/disturbed in Stockwell through Kids Company and is a committee member of The Urban Partnership Group.

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Bridget Taxy

Bridget joined Pathmeads Board in January 2010. Bridget is Director of Strategic Marketing, Currency for De La Rue PLC. Part of her role includes market forecasting and insight for global banknote requirements, customer relations and internal and external communications.


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Mark Jones

Mark joined Pathmeads Board in January 2010. Mark is the General Manager NHBC Technical Services and Managing Director NHBC Building Control Services Limited. Mark is a Chartered Building Surveyor by profession with a strong commercial, customer service and performance orientation based upon experience in both the public and private sectors.


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Alastair Thomas


Alastair joined Pathmeads Board in January 2010. Alastair has been Company Director of Equity Estates PLC since 1990 to date. Equity Estates has ongoing development investment and property management programmes valued at over £100m.