Our board of directors

Sheila is the chair of the Selwood Housing board, and has worked in the housing sector for more than 40 years, where she began her early career in development and major repairs.
For the past 30 years she has been a management consultant working with housing associations, local authorities and charities. Sheila has been a non-executive director for different housing associations for over 10 years.

Chris is a Chartered Accountant (FCA) with around 30 years of commercial and professional experience. He was a corporate finance partner with PwC, has held various commercial board positions and now leads the Ventures Services team at Resonance Impact Investment where the mission is to arrange capital for charities and social enterprises.
Chris is also an independent advisor to the Cornwall Council Audit Committee and Governor/Treasurer to Taunton School.
Chris lives in Taunton and is married to Janet, with three grown-up children.

Richard is a Selwood Housing shared ownership customer living on our new Edmund Park development in Frome. He has 30 years of customer service experience working in medium to large companies in commercial and higher education sectors. He most recently worked as the service manager for Citizens Advice in Bath.
He has a passion for all things customer and will be working to ensure customers voices are always heard and considered in his new role on our board of directors.

Stella is a business studies graduate with 20 years of industry experience, which includes a background in accounts for distribution, law and property companies, and experience in purchase-to-payment process improvement.
Stella currently works as a bookkeeper for a local accountants and is a Selwood Housing shared ownership customer.

Marie has held a variety of non-executive roles within the housing sector, including board member, vice chair and chair positions. This experience has resulted in her contributions bringing value-added strategic insight, knowledge and experience of what good governance looks like.
Marie’s career prior to non-executive roles was working in government, across several departments. This provides her with knowledge across a range of sectors to inform strategic and financial planning, understanding of corporate performance and risk management.

Hannah Jones is currently Chair of a local pre-school, but prior to this gained 8 years of experience within a fast-growing customer service-based environment.
Hannah is extremely customer-focused and at all times ensures she provides outstanding customer service and thinks outside of the box in improving ways to come up with ideas to help the business and our customers.

Philip has a wide range of experience in both the public and private sectors. He has been a Wiltshire Councillor since 2014, holding various Cabinet positions before being elected leader of the Council in 2019.
Philip brings with him experience of holding non-executive positions, which include board member at SWLEP (Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership) and chair of Swindon and Wiltshire Health and Wellbeing Board.

Lisa has 27 years of experience in the housing sector, is fully qualified and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Housing. She specialises in strategic housing, regeneration and housing service delivery covering the full spectrum of housing services, including specialist-supported housing, repairs and maintenance, landlord safety and compliance. She has a strong track record of service improvement, creating commercial opportunities and social enterprise.
Lisa is passionate about housing. She is motivated by being part of the solution to the housing crisis and supporting those who are most vulnerable, tackling inequalities and supporting individuals in their personal and professional development.