The Management Board
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Black Country Housing Group is managed by a Management Board. Members have relevant skills and experience and the Board as a whole seeks to reflect the communities within which it works. Two places on the Board are reserved for tenants who are elected by the tenants' organisation.

Management Board Members

Richard Newby (Chair)
Company Director
Member since 1996

Mohan Sandhar (Deputy Chair) (Chair Finance and Development Sub-commitee)
Equalities Member,
Local Authority Housing Department
Member since 2004

Janet Ayliffe (Chair Housing & Community Development Sub-committee)
Former District Manager
Sandwell Citizens Advice Bureau
Founder member since 1976

Dannet Gittens
Programme Co-ordinator
Member since 2007

David Bassett
Independent Financial Advisor
Member since 2006

Fadel Takrouri
Member since 2007

Jameel Malik
Regeneration Manager
Walsall Housing Group
Member since 2005

Kevin Wright
Member since 2007

Rajpal Virdee
Senior Manager (Head of Equalities)
Local Authority Department of Social Services
Member since 2001

Roger Chapman
Chartered Public Service Accountant
Member since 1993

Sarah Webb
Policy Director CIH
Member since 2000

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