Claire is Development manager at pioneer Housing group.
Christabell is CEO at the Highlife Centre in Coventry – a dynamic social enterprise supporting people who face disadvantage and barriers of all kinds. The Highlife Centre provides youth leadership development and promotes community cohesion and social inclusion through arts, culture and heritage events/activities. They provide training and support to community businesses and individuals looking to start their own organisation. They also run the creative, cultural business centre WAVA Hall.
Christabell is also the proprietor of BlueMint Consulting and Trustee of Coventry Peace House and the Albany Theatre.
Akwasi Nuamah is a chartered management accountant and an experienced Head of Finance, currently leading the finance function at a major national organisation. With a career spanning both the public and private Akwasi brings deep expertise in financial strategy, governance, risk management, and process optimisation.
Passionate about social impact and financial sustainability, Akwasi is committed to helping organisations navigate complex financial landscapes while fostering long-term resilience and affordability in urban housing solutions.
Roger has almost 30 years involvement as Councillor in Wolverhampton (retiring May 2021) and as an urban policy and community development professional. He was previously leader of Wolverhampton Council, where he helped establish their wholly owned housing company. He has held roles on regional and sub-regional planning committees, has been a supporter of the Brownfield Institute, was a founder member of the Combined Authority and Chaired a local social enterprise. He was previously a community worker in Sandwell for 15 years.
Group Chief Executive
David is interim CEO of Trident Group.
Pete is the Chief Executive of Bournville Village Trust and a lifelong community led housing activist. A former chair of Birmingham’s Social Housing Partnership and commissioner of Birmingham Poverty Truth, Pete led Pioneer Group (formerly Castle Vale Community Housing Association) for 20 years before joining BVT. He also worked for Sanctuary Housing Association, William Sutton Trust (now Clarion Housing Group) and Walsall and Birmingham Local Authorities.
Shanti joined the board in 2023, and has a long track record working for community and housing organisations in the West Midlands. Shanti worked in many roles within youth homelessness charity St Basils, including as Head of Housing Management and Property Services, before going onto become Head of Housing and Support at Urban Sky Housing Association and then Housing Options UK. She also co-ordinated the Windrush Generations project within the Library of Birmingham, celebrating 70 years of Birmingham’s Caribbean Communities.
Based in Dudley borough, David also joined the WMUCH board in 2023 and brings broad operational and organisational experience to us, having worked in a broad range of sectors – with youth, education, charities, small businesses and in the corporate world. He has worked as Head of Young People Engagement at The Midcounties Cooperative, as Regional Director for Business in the Community, and co-founder and CEO of PLANit Global. Currently, he is a director at Digital Badge IT CIC.
If you would like to see community led housing flourish in the West Midlands, we’d love to hear from you! Talk to us about how to get involved, how we can help you or how we could work together.
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