Management and governance

Angus Michie

Board chair

Angus is a qualified chartered surveyor with 30 years’ experience in the residential development industry. He has a real passion for creating places for people to live that are attractive, well designed and sustainable.

Angus spent 25 years with the Berkeley Group. As Divisional Chairman of a number of their operating businesses in London, the South East and the Midlands, he was responsible for a number of the group's joint ventures with the Prudential and various local authorities. Angus is the Managing Director of SevenCapital, which is a developer of residential and mixed use communities across London, the Midlands and the South East.

Jennifer Bennet

Governance and People Committee chair

During her career as a solicitor working for clients in the social housing sector, Jennifer specialised in governance, securitisation, asset management and leasehold law.

She has also held a number of voluntary roles including a Non-Executive Director of Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust; an Independent Member of Winchester City Council Standards Committee; a Non-Executive Director of Parity Trust, which provides loan finance for community-based projects and a Trustee of the Roberts Centre, a charity providing housing support in Portsmouth.

She is a founding member of Portsmouth Housing Community Trust established in 2019.

Heather Bowman

Chair of Operations and Customer Challenge Assurance Panel

Heather is an experienced executive and non-executive director having worked in social housing and the third sector for over 35 years. Most recently she was Chief Operating Officer at Sovereign, one of the largest housing associations.

She is passionate that safe, secure, and good quality homes in great places give individuals, families and communities choices and opportunities to thrive.

Hursh Shah

Chair of Finance Committee, Director & Chair of Stonewater Funding PLC, Director of Stonewater Commercial Limited and Director of Stonewater Developments

Hursh is a qualified accountant and finance professional with treasury, capital market and corporate finance experience. He is currently Head of Capital Markets at British Land responsible for managing existing finance and raising new finance and manages relationships with stakeholders including debt investors and rating agencies.

He has also been involved in the formation and operations of joint ventures between British Land and its partners and is a director for a number of these joint ventures.

Imran Mubeen

Director of Stonewater Funding PLC

Imran is a chartered accountant and senior executive with over 20 years’ experience across social housing, infrastructure finance, treasury, and corporate strategy. He is currently a Director at Newbridge Advisors, where he advises housing associations, government bodies, and institutional investors on mergers, funding strategy, and unlocking long-term delivery capacity. He previously served as Director of Treasury at Bromford Housing Group, leading over £1bn of funding, establishing sector-leading credit strength, and pioneering sustainable finance initiatives.

Imran has played a significant role in shaping housing finance and policy at a national level, working closely with regulators, ministers, investors, and sector leaders. He has advised on major housing mergers, developed innovative investment frameworks, and supported boards in aligning financial resilience with customer outcomes and social purpose. He brings strong governance experience to the Board, alongside a deep understanding of risk, regulation, and long-term stewardship.

Jane Scott

IT and Data Challenge and Assurance Panel chair

Jane is an experienced business leader with a specialism in information technology and digital transformation. Her career has focused on fast moving consumer goods companies at which she has led large-scale transformational projects to support optimal customer service, business growth and operational excellence. Jane has experience of all key aspects of IT and management including data strategy, cyber security and systems infrastructure.

Her professional roles have been complimented by non-executive director roles in higher education, deposit return scheme administration and management consultancy.

Nicola Webber

Risk and Assurance Committee chair, Director of Stonewater Procurement Limited

Nicola is a chartered accountant with a background in corporate finance, private equity, and investment management. She is a portfolio non-executive director, working with purpose-led organisations, and brings extensive experience as chair of audit, risk, and finance committees. Nicola currently serves on the boards of Westfield Health, an insurance and wellbeing company; the Marsden Building Society, Lancashire’s largest building society; and 2gether Support Solutions, a facilities management company.

Shaun Harley

Member of Governance and People Committee and the Operations and Customer Challenge Assurance Panel

Shaun Harley is a senior executive with more than twenty years' experience across housing, regeneration and the wider public sector. He most recently served as Executive Director of People and Change at Lincolnshire Housing Partnership, a 12,200-home association, where he led the organisation's culture and performance improvement programme - including a period as Interim Chief Executive. Prior to LHP, he spent fourteen years at Homes England, latterly as a Corporate Director and part of the leadership group repositioning the agency as a national investment partner. Shaun brings specialist expertise in people strategy, organisational development, culture change and workforce capability. His appointment strengthens the board's ability to provide robust challenge and assurance in relation to customer outcomes, service delivery and consumer regulatory compliance.

Tom Robinson

Investment and Safety Challenge and Assurance Panel Chair, Director and Chair of Stonewater Commercial, Stonewater Procurement and Stonewater Development

Tom Robinson has more than 30 years' experience across housing, property, construction and sustainability. He served as Executive Director of Assets and Sustainability at VIVID and is currently Director leading housing and property operations at Square Roots. Tom has more than 20 years' experience in Executive and Board-level leadership roles and brings expertise in governance, strategic asset investment, development, safety, customer service and organisational transformation. He is passionate about social purpose and delivering lasting positive outcomes for customers and communities.

Chris Newton

Member of Investment and Safety Challenge & Assurance Panel; and IT and Data Challenge & Assurance Panel

Chris Newton has broad experience encompassing the leadership of significant transformation programmes across real estate, construction and facilities management as well as the design and implementation of asset strategies across various sectors. He has also had enterprise-wide responsibility for H&S, resilience and Business Continuity and experience relevant to matters of IT and data assurance.

Janet Scotcher

Member of Governance and People Committee

Janet is an experienced Non-Executive Director and board-level people leader with a career spanning the NHS, world-leading genomics research and global academic publishing. She brings deep expertise in HR strategy, organisational design, cultural change and governance, including leading the people integration of a major organisational merger.

Janet currently chairs the People & Culture Committee at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust and sits on its Quality & Safety, Digital and Remuneration Committees. Earlier in her career she held General Manager roles in NHS children’s services, giving her a longstanding understanding of the relationship between housing, health and the communities we serve.

Outside her board roles, Janet works with other senior HR leaders and is currently studying for a Master’s degree at the London Interdisciplinary School.