Our Senior Team
Our Senior Team
Ulfat Hussain
Chief Executive
Ulfat joined the association in October 2024 as our new Chief Executive. Ulfat brings over 24 years of housing and senior management experience and will be joining Arawak Walton from Manningham Housing Association in Bradford where he is currently Deputy Chief Executive.
Ulfat has previously held roles at a variety of housing associations across the North West including Great Places Housing Group and Home Group and he has also held a number of non-executive board member roles. Ulfat currently sits on the Board at 54north homes who are based in Yorkshire.
Amanda Harris
Finance Director
Amanda joined the Association in May 2019. She is a CIMA qualified accountant and also has a BA (Hons) degree in European Finance and Accounting.
She has worked in housing for over 22 years and has undertaken many roles within Finance - such as Head of Finance, Financial Accountant and Management Accountant. She’s been involved in many partnership projects and joint ventures and enjoys working for a sector that puts tenants and communities at the heart of housing.
Amanda oversees all aspects of finance and IT, including treasury, long term financial planning, insurance and Value for Money.
Kate Forrester
Interim Operations Director
Kate joined the Association in December 2022
She holds an MSc in Housing Studies and is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Housing.
She has worked in housing for over 35 years, 20 at a senior level. She has held Director positions with North West Housing Associations and headed neighbourhood services for a large national housing provider.
She has worked on large scale projects regenerating neighbourhoods, worked with various tenant groups to improve services and has been an active member of various Housing and Community Partnerships.
She has a keen interest in Equality Diversity & Inclusion, receiving industry awards for work promoting inclusivity.
Kate is responsible for the operational activity including asset compliance, maintenance, housing and customer services.
Kate is also the lead officer in the organisation for ensuring we are compliant with health and safety legislation and the Regulator of Social Housing’s Consumer Standards.