Meet the Team

Finance professional with wide experience in infrastructure, property and construction With over 15 years as Group Treasurer for National Grid plc he is currently the Deputy President of the Association of Corporate Treasurers and holds the following Non - Executive positions:

- Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of Local Pensions Partnership Investments Ltd.
- Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee and Chair of the Remuneration Committee and member of Health, Safety & Operational Risk Committee at Southern Water Services Limited.
- Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Audit Committee at Custodian REIT plc.
- Council (Board) of the Association of Corporate Treasurers
- Deputy President of the Association of Corporate Treasurers

Mike is an experienced housing professional who is also a qualified accountant and holds an MBA. He has been Group Chief Executive of Newlon Housing Trust since 1999, having originally joined as Finance Director in 1993. During this time Newlon has been a significant developer of new housing, including the affordable housing partner of Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur football clubs during the regeneration projects creating their new stadiums. Newlon also created the multi-award winning Hale Village.

Prior to joining Newlon, Mike worked for the Housing Corporation in both regulation and funding roles. His career started in local government.
An experienced non-executive, he is currently a Trustee of the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation

Geraldine is a senior leader in the housing sector in the U.K. She is currently Director and Chair Designate at Together Housing, Chair of the Housing Partnership UK and Ireland and Chair of the International Housing Partnership. She is Director of the CIH Asia Pacific Board and CIH Canada and Executive Chair of the GEM Programme (Centre for Partnership LLP). Geraldine is a Fellow of CIH and a dedicated housing professional with over 40 years experience of social housing.

As a CEO, Chair and Board member she has delivered transformational change, business turnaround, financial restructuring and business start-ups in various organisations. She has been recognised for her achievements with an OBE and an Honorary Doctorate for her services to housing and young people.

Jane is a finance professional and has over 20 years of experience as a Group Treasurer including a recent position at Anglian Water where she led the raising of green and sustainable finance since 2018.

She is currently a member of the Corporate Treasurers Audit Nominations and Risk Committee and an independent non-executive director and Chair of the Risk Committee, and Member of the Assets and Liabilities Committee, at Loughborough Building Society.

Previously she held a similar role on the board of the Cambridge Building Society and was also Chair of the Remuneration Committee.

Anjila Thomas is Head of UK Sectors at ING Bank with over 28 years of Banking experience working in the Retail, Wholesale, and Investment Banking Industry. She is also Board Member of ING ‘s London Branch.

Anjila’ s expertise is working with Clients to deliver Strategic & Transaction Solutions across a variety of banking products; M&A, Lending, Sustainable Finance, Debt Capital Markets, Hedging Solutions, Payments, & Working Capital Solutions.

Prior to joining ING, Anjila was at NatWest Bank covering Retail, Mid-Corporate and Large Corporate Client Relationship Management & Head Office Credit. Anjila has a BSc (Hons) Economics and a BSc Financial Services (ACIB)

Lisa Pinney is currently employed by Trivallis as Executive Director - Resources following her recent long standing position at Pobl Group as Executive Director – Resources.

Lisa has been a qualified accountant for over 25 years and has an MA in Leadership and Management. With a professional background in Housing, Education and Manufacturing, Lisa champions collaboration, value for money, and organisational effectiveness.

A long-time endurance sport enthusiast, Lisa is an avid participant in middle and long distance triathlons.

Gloria is a fellow of ACCA and currently Executive Director of Finance at Moat Homes Limited, and Chair and Board Member of the Audit and Risk Committee at Phoenix Community Housing.

Gloria has held a number of executive, consultancy and non-executive roles in the social housing sector over the last 17 years, including at Origin Housing, Clarion, East Thames, Metropolitan Thames Valley and Wandle.

Patrick Minjauw is currently Group Head of Treasury at Synthomer, having previously held positions as Director of Corporate Finance and Treasury at Orbit and Deputy Treasurer of Clarion Housing Group.

Prior to joining Clarion, Patrick held various corporate treasury positions in Adecco Group in Zurich, Switzerland, and was credit analyst in a bank in Belgium.

Andrew is a qualified chartered accountant with over 30 years’ experience in financial services, firstly in practice with one of the Big Firms followed by a range of different strategic, financial and commercial / business leadership roles with Barclays.

More recently he ran his own advisory business alongside a portfolio of Chair and Non-Executive Director roles, and is currently Vice Chair of Alexandra Palace Trading Limited, Chair of Middlesex FA’s Commercial Advisory Board and Director of Middlesex Community Football Centres Limited.

Alex has a degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Leeds in 2022. He looks forward to putting his degree to use to help improve the social housing sector.

Claire has gained an Executive PA Diploma and has over 20 years administration experience in several different roles.