Meet the Executive Team

The day to day running of Hackney Homes Ltd. is through the Hackney Homes Executive Management Team.

This comprises of:

Charlotte joined Hackney Homes in March 2008 and was instrumental in leading the organisation in achieving 2 stars.

For the previous two years, she was Chief Executive at Newham Homes which also achieved 2 stars under her leadership.

Charlotte combines ALMO, Local Authority and RSL housing experience. The earlier years of her career were in various London Local Authorities: she then spent eight years at what was originally Ealing Family Housing Association, becoming Catalyst Housing Group. Charlotte was Director of Housing at Ealing Family and Managing Director of Catalyst Communities Housing Association.

Charlotte has been on the National Council of the Chartered Institute of Housing for three years representing the London Branch, and has recently been re-elected to represent the Branch for a further three years. Charlotte represents the CIH London branch at the London Mayor's Housing Forum and on the Editorial Panel of Inside Housing.

Charlotte was also Chair of Hillingdon Homes for two years, during which time it also successfully achieved two stars.

Gary Penticost, the Director of Property Services has over 27 years experience in the construction industry covering a wide range of building services, design and maintenance activities.

The Property Services Directorate manages repairs and maintenance and is responsible for all Decent Homes and stock investment work across the borough spending in excess of £120m each year in improvements.

Neil joined Hackney Homes in 2006 as Director of Finance and Resources from Hounslow Homes. No stranger to Hackney, Neil worked in Housing here over ten years ago and has seen huge improvements delivered since that time.

He is responsible for managing all of the support functions including finance, human resources, communications, ICT, complaints, service development and procurement. These teams provide crucial support to the housing and property services divisions.

Neehara Wijeyesekera, the Interim Head of Resident Services has over seven years experience working in Hackney. With a background in leasehold and right to buy services, Neehara is experienced in improving service delivery for residents and also importantly, having a strong focus on getting a diverse range of residents involved in key decsion making.

He is responsible for managing rents, re-letting, tenancy management, Tenants Management Governance, neighbourhood contracts, and resident involvement.

Neehara says: “The different teams in resident services are building relationships with residents and partners right across Hackney so that we are listening and also importantly, acting on what you are telling us is important to you. This genuine team approach will help to facilitate outcomes and benefits for residents of Hackney."

Judith Morrison, Head of Leasehold and Right to Buy has worked for Hackney Homes for over three years. With over ten years leasehold management experience, Judith has worked for neighbouring boroughs including Islington and Camden.

As part of her work in Hackney Homes, Judith oversees services to more than 8000 leaseholders and freeholders in the borough. As part of this role, Judith is keen to raise standards and provide a good service to all customers.

Hackney Homes contracts its frontline housing management to three partner organisation: Mouchel; Pinnacle; and Pathmeads. Representatives from these organisations are also on the Hackney Homes Management Team. From left to right: John Ferman representing Pathmeads; David Saxon representing Mouchel; and Elliott Brooks representing Pinnacle.