Meet our Boards and Committees

As a Gateway organisation, we are committed to making sure your voice is part of every conversation. Our Tenant Voice Group is there to represent you.

The Tenant Voice Group is made up of tenants who are passionate about helping us improve our services. They oversee the development and delivery of our Community Empowerment and Community Investment Strategies, direct all tenant consultation activity, monitor our tenant voice recommendations and are the decision-making body for our Community Fund.

The Tenant Voice Group is made up of the following tenants:

• Alex Butler (Chair)
• Jarmila Reddington
• Lynda Pitt
• Lynne Lythgoe
• Steve Ashcroft
• Sue Lyons

The CGA Group’s Audit and Risk Committee is responsible for all aspects of internal and external audit activity including: the appointment of auditors, agreeing the annual audit programmes, reviewing the findings of audits and monitoring the implementation of audit recommendations. The Committee is also responsible for risk management and for overseeing health and safety arrangements.

The Committee meets on a quarterly basis.

The Audit and Risk Committee's 'Terms of Reference' can be viewed here.

The Committee has four members, all of whom are members of the CGA Board:

• Allen Barber (Chair)
• Greig Lees
• Siraz Natha
• Stuart Flynn 

Further information on each of the Committee members can be found above.

The CGA Group’s Governance and Remuneration Committee is responsible for assisting the Board in overseeing Governace-related matters and ensuring that the Board and Executive Leadership Team retain an appropriate structure, size and balance of skills to support CGA’s values and corporate objectives. The Committee has oversight of senior appointments, remuneration and succession planning. The Committee also reviews and makes recommendations to Board on the pay and benefits framework for all our colleagues.

The Committee meets at least twice a year.

The Governance and Remuneration Committee's 'Terms of Reference' can be viewed here.

The Committee has four members, all of whom are members of the CGA Board:

• Michelle Allott (Chair)
• Phil Parramore
• Allen Barber
• Sue Sutton

Further information on each of the Committee members can be found above.

The Homes and Services Committee is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of strategies relating to Housing and Neighbourhood Management, Repairs and Maintenance, Property Investment, Property Health and Safety Compliance and Customer Service. The Committee reviews a range of customer insight information and commissions tenant scrutiny reviews to drive continuous improvement in CGA’s services. As part of it’s role, the Committee is responsible for overseeing CGA’s compliance with the Regulator of Social Housing’s Consumer Standards.   

The Committee meets at least four times per year.

The Homes and Services Committee's 'Terms of Reference' can be viewed here.

The Committee has seven members; three are Independent Board Members, two are Tenant Board Members and two are representatives from our Tenant Voice Group:

• Sue Sutton (Chair)
• David Brown
• Lisa Breeze
• Pam Watson
• Simone De La Harpe
• Alex Butler
• Sue Lyons

Patterdale Developments Limited is a subsidiary company of CGA that has been established to support the delivery of the housing development programme. Patterdale Developments Limited is the principal design and build contractor for a number of CGA’s development schemes.

The Board of Patterdale Developments meets six times a year and its terms of reference can be found here.

The Board is made up of the three members of CGA’s Executive Leadership Team.

CGA Homes Limited is a subsidiary company of CGA which supports business growth by carrying out activities that CGA cannot undertake due to its charitable status such as developing homes for sale.  The profits from CGA Homes Limited’s activities are then gift aided to CGA to reinvest in its core activities.  CGA Homes Limited has not yet commenced trading.