SEH Board Members

Chris has spent his entire career in the property sector. After selling his own agency to a large plc he grew their leasehold management business into one of the UK's leading managing agents.

He has held several high-profile roles within the sector, running managing agents and being involved with mergers and acquisitions. Chris has particular experience of working with institutional investors and LPA Receivers, both managing leasehold and national residential portfolios. He also acts as a manager appointed by the First-tier Tribunal.

Chris is now part of the senior leadership team of a national managing agent specialising in the leasehold and private rented sectors. Chris is a Chartered Surveyor and Fellow of the Institute of Residential Property Management.

I have lived in Southend since 1974, I have been married for 35 years and have 4 children.   I have lived in a South Essex Homes property for just over 3 years and joined the Board in October 2019. 

I have a varied work experience; I currently work for a large social housing provider as part of a management team developing community projects and building partnerships to support tenants and the wider community.  I also work for a charity in the Rochford district in a communications role. 

Previous roles include, 7 years working as Media and Communications Manager for a large local charity and teaching at South Essex College.  Prior to that I was a Southend taxi driver for 9 years before returning to full-time education. 

I applied to become a Board member to contribute something positive and give a customer’s perspective.  As a tenant it is important that our views are heard, and I will do my best to raise issues and concerns effectively.

I have lived and worked in Southend all my life.  I first starting helping SEH when I was invited to a meeting in January 2006 that was to do with ASB.  I have been a member of groups of residents who help SEH since then, so have 16 years of understanding and working alongside South Essex Homes’ Management and Officers.

My main task as a Board Member is to help and make sure that SEH is the ALMO that looks after us for as long as possible, then my second task is to see that the residents get the correct services that they are due.

I work with SEH officers on a monthly basis to assist with overseeing the contractors that work within our homes.  I work alongside Officers and have an input when they are selecting the contractors who look after our homes for the repairs and gas.  I also meet the contractors along with SEH officers on a monthly basis as a resident representative, keeping an eye on how they are performing.

I was previously on the Board for a 3-year period from March 2016 and was the Chair of the Southend Tenants & Residents Federation from October 2019 to June 2022, where I have made many contacts within the Council. 

I attend residents meetings, focus group meetings and council meetings, so that I understand any concerns that residents may have.  I am approachable and do what I can for our residents, including passing on information to the right places within SEH or the Council.

I have lived in Southend-on-Sea for over 25 years, previously living in South London, West Midlands and Bristol. I am a proud husband of 41 years, a dad of 3 and a grandad of 3. I am worship leader and a deacon at Avenue Baptist Church. I like to write and perform poetry as often as possible.

I have been employed both in industry and community work, my heart however is when working with the vulnerable and often forgotten in our society. I previously set up and managed a charity in South London that ran 10 community day centres across 4 Boroughs, attracting European, Central and Local government funding, as well as funds from trusts and businesses. I am an advocate for diversity, equality and ethicality.

I have a very calm nature and am able to deal with all situations without them turning into a crisis. I believe I have a great rapport with, and am able to build trust with, all that I come into contact with. I have excellent communication skills both written and verbal. I have been interviewed live on radio and television. I have experience in speaking publicly to both small and larger audiences.

Roger is a Chartered Accountant and has worked with all sizes and types of enterprise but spent most of his career in the Insurance Industry mainly working for mutuals in a range of roles including Finance, Audit, Risk and Compliance jobs.

For over 10 years now Roger has held various independent non-executive board roles including the NHS, Social Housing and Social Care organisations. 

Outside of work Roger is married with two grown up children and in his spare time cuts the grass, reads a bit and watches Football when he can. 

David Joyce is our Chair of Audit & Risk Committee and Independent Board member. 

He is currently the Director of Finance at Housing Solutions.  David has had successful 19+ year career within the housing sector having previously worked for a number of large, medium and smaller housing associations.  He has a demonstrable track-record in both finance and treasury with a strong focus on operational excellence and driving value for money initiatives.

Originally from NZ, outside work David enjoys the somewhat pedestrian pursuits of white water kayaking and paragliding.

Sacha is Group Managing Director of a property services and development company providing operational and strategic direction to the group of companies. She is an experienced leader having held a range of Executive and Non-Executive roles in the public and private sectors and brings experience of setting up a subsidiary company within a group structure combined with expertise in delivering complex business change projects.

On retiring as Director of the Cambridge Centre for Housing & Planning Research in December 2017, Professor Michael Oxley was appointed an Emeritus Senior Fellow at the University of Cambridge.  

Previously Professor of Housing at De Montfort University and a Research Fellow at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, he has published widely in the field of housing policy and housing finance, including work on investment in social housing in the UK and internationally. His book Economics, Housing and Planning is used on many university courses, and he is a co-author of 'Bridging the gap between social and market rented housing in six European countries?' 

Michael is a member of the Chartered Institute of Housing. He has been a non-executive director of two NHS trusts, a housing association, and the Nottingham ALMO. He lives in East London with his wife and their miniature schnauzer. Their three grandchildren live nearby. He enjoys travelling, the theatre and following Leicester City.

Brian represents the Conservative party for the St Lukes Ward.

He sits on a number of committees including the People Scrutiny Committee, the Policy and Resources Scrutiny Committee, and he is Vice-Chair of the Appeals Committee A.

Kevin represents the Conservative Party for the Prittlewell Ward.

He is Chair of the Cabinet Committee and also sits on the Traffic Regulations Working Party and the Shareholder Board.

Martin is an Independent representative of the Thorpe Ward, and Cabinet Member for Public Protection.

He is Chair of the Audit Committee, and sits on several other committees such as the Standards Committee and the Place Scrutiny Committee.