Group Board and committees

Jock brings over 30 years of experience from Ernst & Young, where he held various leadership positions, including 20 years as a partner. His previous board experience includes Chairmanships at Enquest PLC and Hill & Smith Holdings PLC, and directorships at Dixons Carphone PLC, Oxford Instruments PLC and A&J Mucklow Group PLC.

Jock currently chairs Johnson Service Group PLC.

David is Chair of the Clarion Housing Association Board. With over 35 years of experience in the housing sector, he has served as Chief Executive of the National Housing Federation, Newlon Homes, and the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations. He has also been President of Housing Europe and Associate Director for Homes at the Centre for Ageing Better.

David currently chairs the Canal and River Trust, ReSI Housing, and ReSI Homes, and holds board positions with Clanmil Housing Group and the National Communities Resource Centre.

Clare was appointed as our Group Chief Executive in 2018. A chartered accountant, with almost 30 years’ experience in the housing sector, Clare joined the Housing Corporation in 1992 as a financial regulator and over the next 18 years progressed to become its Director of Regulation.

She then became an Executive Director at the Tenant Services Authority, with responsibility for housing association regulation. In 2010 Clare joined Affinity Sutton as Group Director of Governance and Compliance. She took up the same role at Clarion in 2016, before taking on her current role two years later.  

David chairs the Development Committee and the Latimer Board, Clarion's development arm. He brings decades of experience in housing, regeneration and urban development with senior roles across national, regional and local government, including as Executive Director for Housing and Land at the Greater London Authority.

David currently serves as Chief Executive of the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation while also being Vice Chair of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Doris serves as Vice Chair of the Group Board and chair of the Remuneration, Nominations and People Committee. Following a distinguished career. She was previously HR Director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Ford Motor Company, where she also led its African Ancestry Network.

Doris holds non-executive roles at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, and the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. She is also a Lay Member for HM Courts and Tribunals Service.

Gareth is a senior board director and strategic advisor with over 25 years’ experience leading large-scale transformation, commercial performance, and growth across major UK telecommunications and technology businesses. He has held executive leadership roles at Virgin Media O2, and Telefónica UK, with accountability for P&L performance, complex mergers, and organisation-wide transformation programmes.

Gareth is currently Managing Director of Transformation at BT Group and acts as a strategic advisor to North Highland, Cresta AI and Techsee.

Graham brings extensive leadership experience spanning both public and private sectors. His previous CEO roles include Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, Brentwood Council, HM Land Registry, Leisure Connection, pmpgenesis (a sport and leisure consultancy), and Thurrock Council.

Heike chairs the Treasury Committee. A highly experienced finance professional with over three decades in the industry, she has held senior roles at leading global investment banks including Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and Rothschild. She later became Managing Director and Partner at global consultancy Alix Partners, where she co-led the Financial Advisory practice in Europe.

Heike previously served as a non-executive director at Mencap Trust and is currently a board member and Chair of the Audit Committee at Oldenburgische Landesbank AG and a board member and Deputy Chair of Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG, Citigroup’s European broker-dealer subsidiary.

Jeremy chairs the Audit and Risk Committee. He brings a deep understanding of audit, governance and regulatory frameworks, having previously served as Global CEO and UK Managing Partner of BDO. He was Chair of the Audit Commission and of the Single Source Regulations Office, and led independent reviews of the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy.

Jeremy has a portfolio of board level roles in the public, not for profit and private sectors, including as a Panel Member for the Competition and Markets Authority, Senior Non-Executive Director of Open Banking Limited and Chair of The Workplace Development Trust.

Lord Barwell chairs the Clarion Futures Board, overseeing the Group’s charitable foundation. His political career has included roles as Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Theresa May and Minister for Housing. He served as the Member of Parliament for Croydon Central from 2010 to 2017, having previously been a local councillor for 12 years.

Outside of Clarion, he advises a range of organisations including Arcadis, Avonhurst, Barratt Developments PLC, Community Fibre, DLA Piper, and PwC.

Mark is Clarion's Chief Financial Officer. He is a chartered accountant and his previous roles include:

• Chief Financial Officer, Sovereign Housing Association
• Director of Finance & Infrastructure, Staffordshire University
• Finance Director, Birmingham International Airport

Rachel is a regulatory and policy expert. She brings particular expertise in utility regulation and public service delivery. Rachel was formerly Chief Executive of Ofwat and held board-level positions at Ofgem. Her earlier career included work in international development and energy policy consultancy.

Rachel is currently Director of Regulation and Economics at Octopus Energy.

Graham brings extensive leadership experience spanning both public and private sectors. His previous CEO roles include Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, Brentwood Council, HM Land Registry, Leisure Connection, pmpgenesis (a sport and leisure consultancy), and Thurrock Council.

Heike chairs the Treasury Committee. A highly experienced finance professional with over three decades in the industry, she has held senior roles at leading global investment banks including Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and Rothschild. She later became Managing Director and Partner at global consultancy Alix Partners, where she co-led the Financial Advisory practice in Europe.

Heike previously served as a non-executive director at Mencap Trust and is currently a board member and Chair of the Audit Committee at Oldenburgische Landesbank AG and a board member and Deputy Chair of Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG, Citigroup’s European broker-dealer subsidiary.

Jeremy chairs the Audit and Risk Committee. He brings a deep understanding of audit, governance and regulatory frameworks, having previously served as Global CEO and UK Managing Partner of BDO. He was Chair of the Audit Commission and of the Single Source Regulations Office, and led independent reviews of the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy.

Jeremy has a portfolio of board level roles in the public, not for profit and private sectors, including as a Panel Member for the Competition and Markets Authority, Senior Non-Executive Director of Open Banking Limited and Chair of The Workplace Development Trust.

Sharon has 20 years of board level experience. During her career, processes developed by Sharon have been recognised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as best practice, and she was listed globally in the Top 50 Women in Accounting 2020 and 2021 for global influence in the profession.

Sharon is currently a Global Council Member and member of the Remuneration Committee at ACCA.

David is Chair of the Clarion Housing Association Board. With over 35 years of experience in the housing sector, he has served as Chief Executive of the National Housing Federation, Newlon Homes, and the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations. He has also been President of Housing Europe and Associate Director for Homes at the Centre for Ageing Better.

David currently chairs the Canal and River Trust, ReSI Housing, and ReSI Homes, and holds board positions with Clanmil Housing Group and the National Communities Resource Centre.

Doris serves as Vice Chair of the Group Board and chair of the Remuneration, Nominations and People Committee. Following a distinguished career. She was previously HR Director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Ford Motor Company, where she also led its African Ancestry Network.

Doris holds non-executive roles at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, and the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. She is also a Lay Member for HM Courts and Tribunals Service.

Jock brings over 30 years of experience from Ernst & Young, where he held various leadership positions, including 20 years as a partner. His previous board experience includes Chairmanships at Enquest PLC and Hill & Smith Holdings PLC, and directorships at Dixons Carphone PLC, Oxford Instruments PLC and A&J Mucklow Group PLC.

Jock currently chairs Johnson Service Group PLC.

Lord Barwell chairs the Clarion Futures Board, overseeing the Group’s charitable foundation. His political career has included roles as Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Theresa May and Minister for Housing. He served as the Member of Parliament for Croydon Central from 2010 to 2017, having previously been a local councillor for 12 years.

Outside of Clarion, he advises a range of organisations including Arcadis, Avonhurst, Barratt Developments PLC, Community Fibre, DLA Piper, and PwC.

Clare is a chartered accountant with almost 30 years’ experience in the housing sector. She joined the Housing Corporation in 1992 as a financial regulator and over the next 18 years progressed to become its director of regulation. She then became an executive director at the Tenant Services Authority, with responsibility for housing association regulation. Clare also worked for the Housing Corporation, leading on the financial regulation of housing associations in special measures. In 2010 she joined Affinity Sutton as group director of governance and compliance. She took up the same role at Clarion in 2016 and was appointed chief executive two years later.

Heike chairs the Treasury Committee. A highly experienced finance professional with over three decades in the industry, she has held senior roles at leading global investment banks including Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and Rothschild. She later became Managing Director and Partner at global consultancy Alix Partners, where she co-led the Financial Advisory practice in Europe.

Heike previously served as a non-executive director at Mencap Trust and is currently a board member and Chair of the Audit Committee at Oldenburgische Landesbank AG and a board member and Deputy Chair of Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG, Citigroup’s European broker-dealer subsidiary.

Mark is a chartered accountant and joined Clarion from Sovereign Housing Association, where he was chief financial officer for five years. He has also held senior roles at Staffordshire University, where he was director of finance & infrastructure; and Birmingham International Airport, where he was finance director.

Lord Barwell chairs the Clarion Futures Board, overseeing the Group’s charitable foundation. His political career has included roles as Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Theresa May and Minister for Housing. He served as the Member of Parliament for Croydon Central from 2010 to 2017, having previously been a local councillor for 12 years.

Outside of Clarion, he advises a range of organisations including Arcadis, Avonhurst, Barratt Developments PLC, Community Fibre, DLA Piper, and PwC.

David chairs Latimer Developments, Clarion's development arm. He brings decades of experience in housing, regeneration and urban development with senior roles across national, regional and local government, including as Executive Director for Housing and Land at the Greater London Authority.

David currently serves as Chief Executive of the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation while also being Vice Chair of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Mark is a chartered accountant and joined Clarion from Sovereign Housing Association, where he was chief financial officer for five years. He has also held senior roles at Staffordshire University, where he was director of finance & infrastructure; and Birmingham International Airport, where he was finance director.

Andrew, a former partner at legal firm Winckworth Sherwood, has more than 25 years’ experience in advising on major housing projects, with particular expertise in regeneration, in mergers and in establishing new organisations. He was lead partner for Notting Hill Genesis on the Aylesbury Estate and Grahame Park regeneration projects, together involving more than 4,000 new homes, and has acted on numerous joint ventures between national house-builders and registered providers.

Andrew is a school governor at Twickenham Preparatory School.

Chris worked for two of the nation’s largest housebuilders (Lagan Homes UK Ltd and Bowbridge Homes Ltd) for 24 years, prior to setting up his own residential development consultancy company Ashby House, in 2016.

In addition to his role as a Non-Executive Director of Latimer Developments and a member of Clarion Housing Group’s Investment Committee, Chris is also a Non-Executive Director of two regional housebuilding companies in the south midlands area.

Through his consultancy business, Chris works for a variety of landowners, developers, housing associations and local authorities providing project management, commercial, operational process, and viability advice on a wide range of development projects. Chris is currently instructed on several urban extensions for both landowners and local planning authority clients utilising his commercial, planning, and operational delivery experience of major residential led development projects to ensure these projects are robustly planned and are deliverable.

Paul has held executive level roles in affordable housing development, regeneration, asset management and business development for more than 30 years. He has experience as CEO and managing director in both the private and affordable housing sectors.

Paul is currently the CEO of Funding Affordable Homes and is a voluntary, co-opted, non-executive director of Leathermarket Community Benefit Society.

"In order to build communities and places that thrive, housing associations should embrace the opportunity of becoming a master developer. As a master developer, we can shape places that work for our residents, and communities that succeed over the long term." 

About Richard

Richard leads our development business and is responsible for the group’s sustainability strategy.

He joined Clarion in February 2019 from Lendlease where he was head of residential, delivering over a thousand new homes each year. He also played a key role in the delivery of the London 2012 Athletes’ Village while at Lendlease. He has more than 25 years of experience in the property sector having previously worked at companies including Mace and Taylor Wimpey.

“The Certified Sustainable Housing Label highlights our sustainability credentials and attracts investors who want to make a bigger impact above and beyond the bottom line.”

About Rob

Rob leads the Property Directorate and has responsibility for repairs, maintenance, property services, investment, and long term asset strategy for our 125,000 homes. He led the creation of Clarion’s 2050 Asset Strategy, which involves a major programme of investment to sustainably upgrade its properties, based on a set of housing targets it has developed. Rob also has responsibility for Grange (our property management subsidiary), our commercial & investment properties and House Exchange. He is a qualified accountant, with a career that has included senior finance roles in major commercial organisations such as the Domino’s Pizza Group and Network Rail Property.

Rob is our designated Health and Safety Lead at Clarion (as required by the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023).