We currently have nine Board Members and these are:
John Layton (Chair)
John is a chartered accountant and a former director of PriceWaterhouseCoopers who helped set up Local Space and was our first chair. He became our chair again in September 2012.
Sarah Ebanja (Vice Chair)
Sarah is chair of Newlon Homes. She’s been deputy chief executive of the London Development Authority and Islington Council, and chair at the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust. She chairs the audit committee.
Cllr Andrew Baikie
Andrew has been a Newham councillor since 1992. He has held many different roles on the council and is currently the Lead member for Housing.
Elaine Bowes
Elaine is a specialist in equality, diversity and inclusion. She has worked mainly in public sector roles and has a strong track record of bringing in improvements in these areas. Elaine chairs the equality and diversity and remuneration committee.
Janet Marsh
Janet has been a resident of Local Space since 2006 and was chair of our tenants' association for three years. Her work has included our maintenance and scrutiny committees.
Cllr Tahmina Rahman
Tahmina is a creative professional who has lived in Newham all her life with experience working in the arts and media comminications for a number of years along with private and third sectors. She was a Games Maker in London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games as a Technology and Media Team Member. She is currently the Executive Member of New Media and Advisor to the Mayor of Newham; also works at the Photographers' Gallery within the Visitor's Relation and Digital Audience Research team. Tahmina also sits on a number of committees including the Newham Pension Fund, Investments & Accounts and Local Planning Development committee.
Douglas Trainer
Douglas is the Assistant Chief Executive of Corporate Services at Newham Council. He has previously held a number of senior roles in government, the private and voluntary sectors.
Caitlin Farrow
Caitlin is a policy and research professional and is currently the Head of Strategy, Planning, Policy and Insight at Peabody. She is also a trusteee of Health Improvement Project Zanzibar.
Clive Turner
Clive has held a number of senior roles in local authorities, housing associations and government agencies in London and the South West. He has recently retired as Chief Executive of a large housing association.
Manu Nair (Co-optee)
Manu is a credit analyst at Reorg Research, an independent research and debt intelligence firm focussed on the distressed debt markets. Previously, Manu was a Vice President in the debt markets team at Canaccord Genuity and has wide ranging experience of advising housing associations on treasury and funding matters. Manu has a Masters in Finance from London Business School and is a CFA charterholder.