Meet the Board

Board Member	Membership	Details
Dr John Swaffield MBE (Chair)	Chair of Board Ex officio of Finance, Human Resources and Customer & Property Services Committees	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
Ms Louise Baldock (Vice Chair)	Member of Scrutiny and Finance Committees	Board Member since June 2008 Occupation: Marketing Co-ordinator Former Human Resources Advisor for HMRC Councillor for Kensington and Fairfield Ward since 2006 Board Member of Kensington Regeneration Member of Merseyside Port Health Authority
Mrs Adrienne Berkson	Member of Customer & Property Services and Human Resources Committees	Board Member since May 2007 Training Provider and Voluntary Advisor Trustee of Chester Women’s Hostel
Mr Bill Best	Chair of Customer & Property Services Committee	Board Member since June 2009 Former Head of Housing at North East Derbyshire District Council
Mrs Beatrice Brady	Member of Finance and Human Resources Committees	Board Member since March 1997 Retired Nurse Member of NHS Strategic Modernisation Committee Non Executive Director of Private Company
Mr Stanley Child	Member of Finance and Human Resources Committees	Board member since March 2009 Former Chairman of Liver Housing Association Retired - Career background in Banking and Finance
Mrs Pauline Cocker	Member of Customer & Property Services, Human Resources and Scrutiny Committees	Board Member since November 1984 Chair of Birkenhead Sixth Form College Member of Wirral Strategic Housing Partnership Member of North West Board Members’ Forum Member of Wirral Race Hate Task Group Volunteer Worker
Mr Raymond Davies	Member of Customer & Property Services and Scrutiny Committees	Tenant Board Member since January 2006 Museum Archive Assistant, Wirral Borough Council Former Shipyard Worker
Mr Jean-Pierre Magloire	Member of Finance and Human Resources Committees	Board Member since January 2006 Photographer covering events for Partnership for Racial Equality Wirral Cultural Diversity Group Wirral African and Caribbean Community Voice Volunteer Worker
Mr Kenneth McDermott	Chair of Finance Committee	Board Member since February 1987 Retired Assistant Director of Social Services, Wirral Borough Council Career covering teaching, prison and probation work
Mr Ian Mitchell	Chair of Scrutiny Committee	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 Mick Roberts	Chair of Human Resources Committee	Board Member since October 2005 Independent Trainer & Consultant Former Inspection and Regulation Officer, Wirral Borough Council Former Principal Training & Development Officer, St Helens Council
Mr Tony Russell		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