Our Senior Team
Cym D’Souza
Chief Executive
Cym D’Souza is a qualified Chartered Accountant and is the Chief Executive of Arawak Walton Housing Association. Cym represents the association within the community and sits on Manchester, Trafford and Stockport’s Strategic Housing Partnerships.
Cym is the current Chair of BME National, which is a collective of over 60 Black and Minority ethnic Housing Associations aiming to promote equality and diversity in the delivery of housing and support services. She is also a member of the North West Regional Executive Committee and on the Advisory Group for North West Housing Forum. Cym is a member of the Greater Manchester Police Ethics Committee, as well as being involved in the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Chartered Institute of Housing Presidential Commission on Leadership and Diversity.
Chief Executive
Cym D’Souza is a qualified Chartered Accountant and is the Chief Executive of Arawak Walton Housing Association. Cym represents the association within the community and sits on Manchester, Trafford and Stockport’s Strategic Housing Partnerships.
Cym is the current Chair of BME National, which is a collective of over 60 Black and Minority ethnic Housing Associations aiming to promote equality and diversity in the delivery of housing and support services. She is also a member of the North West Regional Executive Committee and on the Advisory Group for North West Housing Forum. Cym is a member of the Greater Manchester Police Ethics Committee, as well as being involved in the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Chartered Institute of Housing Presidential Commission on Leadership and Diversity.
Chris Page
Operations Director
Chris’s housing life started as a volunteer in a Young Unemployed persons Housing Co-operative in Bolton. However, that was 30 years ago and in the intervening years he has been involved in regeneration projects and developing and managing housing for students, the elderly, families and for women fleeing domestic violence.
Also along the way Chris completed degrees at Bachelor and Master level and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Housing. “I have always seen social housing as a movement to provide affordable housing for people in which all parties have a mutual interest into which it is worth investing energy and passion.”
Operations Director
Chris’s housing life started as a volunteer in a Young Unemployed persons Housing Co-operative in Bolton. However, that was 30 years ago and in the intervening years he has been involved in regeneration projects and developing and managing housing for students, the elderly, families and for women fleeing domestic violence.
Also along the way Chris completed degrees at Bachelor and Master level and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Housing. “I have always seen social housing as a movement to provide affordable housing for people in which all parties have a mutual interest into which it is worth investing energy and passion.”
Paul Cooper
Finance Director
Paul also manages the IT function, part of the Association’s growth and development activity and supports the Chief Executive around regulation.
Paul has worked in social housing since 2007, being heavily involved in treasury activities, including re-financing and also renegotiating VAT special exemption methods. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, Associate member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers, member of the Association of Taxation Technicians and recently became a Chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Housing.
Finance Director
Paul also manages the IT function, part of the Association’s growth and development activity and supports the Chief Executive around regulation.
Paul has worked in social housing since 2007, being heavily involved in treasury activities, including re-financing and also renegotiating VAT special exemption methods. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, Associate member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers, member of the Association of Taxation Technicians and recently became a Chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Housing.