Meet the Board

Board Member	Membership	Details
Dr John Swaffield MBE (Chair)	Remuneration & Appointments Committee	Board Member since July 2006 Elected Chair in August 2008 Retired Chief Executive of Excellence North West Former Director of Quality Strategy, Royal Life Insurance Group Assessor for UK and European Excellence Awards Involved with European Foundation for Quality Management and British Quality Foundation
Cllr Louise Baldock (Vice Chair)	Corporate Services and Scrutiny Committees	Board Member since June 2008 Occupation: Marketing Consultant Labour Councillor for Kensington and Fairfield Ward since 2006
Mrs Adrienne Berkson	Resident Services Committee	Board Member since May 2007 Training Provider and Voluntary Advisor Trustee of Chester Women’s Hostel
Mr Bill Best	Chair of Resident Services Committee	Board Member since June 2009 Former Head of Housing at North East Derbyshire District Council
Mr Stanley Child	Corporate Services Committee	Board member since March 2009 Former Chairman of Liver Housing Association Retired - Career background in Banking and Finance
Mr Raymond Davies	Resident Services Committee	Tenant Board Member since January 2006 Museum Archive Assistant, Wirral Borough Council Former Shipyard Worker
Mr Ian Mitchell	Chair of Scrutiny Committee	Board member since March 2009 Occupation: Head of Policy & Strategy, One Vision Housing Former Quality & Performance Manager (2006-2008), The Regenda Group Ten years experience within social housing and regeneration sector
Mr Tony Russell	Chair of Corporate Services Committee	Board Member since April 2010 Former Head of Finance for Vicinity Group Fifteen years experience of working in the housing sector. Experience of strategic and operational management, governance, financial management and analysis, performance improvement, treasury and change management
Mr Philip Chisanga	Scrutiny Committee	Board Member since July 2010 Career background in banking & finance and office administration
Ms Adele Livesey	Scrutiny Committee	Board Member since October 2010 Occupation : Head of Investment, Calico Housing Ltd Career background in housing investment, asset management, Procurement and project management
Cllr Jean Stapleton	Scrutiny Committee	Board Member since February 2011 Career background in Parliamentary administration. Chair of Birkenhead & Tranmere and Rock Ferry Area Forum Labour Councillor for Birkenhead & Tranmere since 2000