Our Board
Our Board
Adrian Carridice-Davids
Board Member, Chair of the Board
Member of Remuneration and Appointments Committee
Adrian is a Non-Executive Director with a wide range of experience managing large-scale government and community projects. He is currently associate Non-Executive Director for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Warrington & Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Adrian brings with him a wealth of skills and experience, including health, community engagement and social housing.
Jenny McGarry BEd Honours in Education
Board Member
Member of Remuneration and Appointments Committee
Jenny is the Head Teacher of St. Mary’s CE Primary School in Moss Side, Manchester. She has been in educational senior leadership for over fifteen years in inner city Manchester. She is a National Leader of Education. St. Mary’s works hard to be at the heart of the community, raising the aspiration of pupils, and proving that all children can progress and achieve success.
Rob Brown
Board Member, Deputy Chair of the Board, Chair of the Audit Committee, Member of Remuneration and Appointments Committee
Rob works at Manchester City Council (MCC) as a Consultation and Engagement Manager. He has worked alongside Arawak Walton for a number of years as part of his role at the City Council. Rob has been on various Board’s including Arawak Walton from 2005 – 2007. Rob brings with him 36 years of experience and knowledge of working in the housing sector at MCC.
Troy Tull
Board Member
Chair of Remuneration & Appointments Committee
Member of the Audit Committee
Troy is a Senior Risk Analyst at Worldpay / FIC. Prior to this he worked as a Senior Insolvency Administrator at Kay Johnson Gee LLP in their corporate restructuring and recovery department. Troy started his career at Arawak Walton Housing Association working in the finance department as a Finance and Data Assistant, in 2014 before leaving in 2016 to join Beever and Struthers.
Sally Penni MBE, LLB (Hons) in Law
Board Member
Member of the Audit Committee
Sally is a Barrister at Law for Kenworthy's Chambers in Manchester and Vice Chair of Association of Women Barristers UK. She is also a Non-Executive Director of Codethink Ltd., Trustee for Royal Exchange Theatre and highly commended as an inspiring leader by HSBC National Women in Business 2016. Sally joined our Board 2017. In 2020 Sally received an MBE for services to diversity in the workplace, social mobility and law.
Rob Wakefield BSc (Hons) CPFA
Board Member
Member of the Audit Committee
Rob is the Chief Executive of Community Gateway Association (CGA), a housing association that owns and manages over 6,000 homes in Preston. At CGA Rob is responsible for all matters of corporate strategy, tenant and colleague engagement, service delivery and the development of new homes. Prior to joining the Board in 2016 Rob’s involvement with Arawak Walton began in 2014 when he became a Co-opted Member of the Audit Committee.
Sharon Thomas
Board Member
Member of Remuneration and Appointments Committee
Sharon is currently a Social Investment Specialist at S4B partner of Onward Homes and has over 36 years of experience working in the housing sector in different regions in a variety of roles across the UK. Sharon also volunteers in the local community as a youth director, treasurer of Cheetham Cultural Festival, Director of Burnside Community Centre in Middleton and supporting various community initiatives. Sharon is also a Mental Health First Aider.
Anila Khalid
Board Member
Member of Audit Committee
Anila works at Stockport Homes Group as Assistant Director of Neighbourhoods across 6 local authorities and has worked in Housing for over 20 years. This does not include a 3 year placement in the USA working on a Healthy Families Program in Maryland. This was an opportunity that arose working as part of the Prevent Child Abuse agenda and has helped immensely in understanding the importance of prevention and supporting families. The aspects of her current role which she enjoys the most are engaging with customers, partners and stakeholders to ensure that communities thrive and are better places because of the work her teams are engaged in.
Elizabeth Webster
Co-optee to the Board
Elizabeth is Co-optee to the Board. As an Arawak Walton tenant, Elizabeth is able to bring the residents’ perspective to Board Meetings. Her involvement
with the Tenants’ Quality Panel will allow her to liaise between the two bodies.
Elizabeth has worked in the Television, Film and Theatre industry for the last seventeen years.
Members of the Audit Committee
Larry Gold
Member of the Audit Committee
Larry Gold is the Chief Executive of South Yorkshire Housing. Larry has experience working in the private sector, local and central government and over 20 years in the housing sector.
Larry has held leadership roles at the Prime Focus Regeneration Group, Walsall Housing Group, and Trafford Housing Trust. Larry has a strong strategic focus and operational expertise leading across finance, governance, development, and operational business divisions.