Charles Alexander CBE
Charles, Board Chair, is new to the sector and brings a wealth of public, private and third sector experience. His background in the private sector consists of 25 years at Rothschilds and over 10 years with General Electric. With board positions and directorships across a range of globally quoted companies, a number of Non-Executive Director roles in the public and private sector, he is Chair of both Guys and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust and Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and both their Councils of Governors. His knowledge and experience will help us continue to take our organisation forward to achieve our vision of “more homes, bright futures”.
Mark Perry
Mark became Chief Executive of VIVID in April 2017 from his role as Chief Executive of Sentinel and previously as Group Commercial Director at Affinity Sutton, now Clarion. Mark’s well known in the sector with over 25 years of experience in housing and is a key business figure in the region and beyond. He also has a strong commercial background and a master’s degree in business administration. Mark is Chair of the National Housing Federation’s South East Sounding Board, a Non-Executive Director at McCarthy & Stone (Shared Ownership), and Chair of Business South's housing network. Previously, he was the Senior Independent Director at Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Naleena Gururani
Naleena is a strategic HR thought leader with a mindset to deliver and operationalise a company’s strategy, coupled with resilience to drive results. She previously served as Global HR Director at Lebara and Head Talent Acquisition for Infosys. Currently, as Hyperoptic’s Chief People Officer, Naleena is helping the company scale new heights in its growth journey by establishing best practice across culture transformation, talent acquisition, organisational capability and talent management. In her previous non-executive director roles at Reach4 Academy and PurpleBeach she has helped clients from global corporates to small start-ups, across multiple industries and sectors, looking to take on a ‘scary’ transformation journey. She has a successful track record in building the “people agenda” for growth organisations. She has a special affinity for digital and tech/product/telecoms organisations. She is an economist by background, with a Masters in Business Administration.
Sandeep Agarwal
Sandeep is a capital markets professional with over 20 years of experience in investment banking at Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse. In a long career of 17 years in the latter, his last role was that of Chairman of the Debt Capital Market Solutions group, having led an EMEA wide team, specialising in financial institutions and debt finance across global markets. He is currently building OWNR, a prop-tech start-up in the residential real estate market in Germany as its co-founder and CEO. Sandeep graduated as a Chemical Engineer and worked with Unilever for 8 years, prior to doing his MBA (with Distinction) at London Business School.
Anne-Marie Mountifield
Anne-Marie Mountifield is an inspirational leader, having spent more than 20 years of her career in senior roles in Further Education, the Civil Service, Local government and for the past 10 years as Chief Executive at Solent LEP. Her work at Solent LEP has involved leading the delivery of an investment programme worth £1.5 billion to support businesses, people, and the local economy. A Fellow of the Institute of Directors in 2020 Anne-Marie was awarded Chartered Director of the Year for London and the Southeast. She is also a non-executive director of Maritime UK and a member of the National Maritime UK Council and a ‘Women into Maritime Ambassador’.
Duncan Brown
Responsible for maintaining our financial strength and sound governance, Duncan, Chief Finance Officer at VIVID, makes sure our development plans are fully funded and our technology helps us deliver our services and ambitions. Duncan’s a Chartered Accountant with over 15 years’ experience in the housing sector. He previously spent six years with KPMG where he provided financial planning and risk management services to some high-profile clients before moving into the housing sector.
Jo Moran
Jo was appointed to the VIVID board in July 2023. She is also a Non-Executive Director for two Housing Associations. At Moat Homes, based in Kent, she held the office of Senior Independent Director from 2019-2021 and currently chairs the Customer & Community Committee ensuring the voice of residents is heard and acted upon. At Dolphin Housing based in Westminster, Jo brings the voice of the customer to the board discussions. Jo is also a Non-Executive Director for Ofsted, having joined the board in August 2022 to oversee the delivery of a new 5 year strategy to raise standards and improve lives. Jo has over 15 years’ experience of driving Customer Experience improvement in a multi-national and multi-channel environment having been Executive Head of Customer and Service Operations for Marks & Spencer PLC.
Shena Winning
A Chartered Accountant by profession, Shena is Chair of the Stanstead Airport Consultative Committee, and a Non-Executive Director at Guinness Care, a subsidiary of the Guinness Partnership. Prior to this she followed a career in finance, primarily in the retail sector which culminated in being Chief Financial Officer at Carpetright plc where she spent 5 years. Since then she has held a very extensive and varied portfolio of non-executive director and chair roles. This has spanned corporates, the NHS and other not-for-profit organisations.
Ian Playford
Ian has operated on Boards across the UK and in international organisations. He has worked in a diverse range of companies such as Kingfisher Group Plc, private equity companies and the UK Government. As non-executive director, Ian brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience from property development and management, with a focus on customer and business transformation.
Margaret Dodwell
Margaret joined us in October 2023 taking up the role of Chief Operating Officer. As we transform our business for the benefit of our customers, Margaret’s overriding focus is on driving forward our ambitions around delivering the best possible customer service. She has a substantial track record in the social housing sector, most recently as CEO at Lewisham Homes from 2018. She oversees all our customer-facing services including the repairs team, customer experience, neighbourhoods, lettings, tenancy support, place shaping, and is our designated Health and Safety lead. Margaret also has responsibility over our compliance with the consumer standards. Margaret is a qualified accountant and a member of the Chartered Institute of Housing. An influential leader with a proven track record of delivery, Margaret has an absolute commitment to delivering for our customers and engaging teams to achieve organisational goals.
Tristan Samuels
Tristan is our Group Development & New Business Director. Tristan is a Chartered Surveyor, with over 25 years of property experience in both the private and public sectors. For the last 12 years, he’s been delivering mixed-use developments in Westminster and Portsmouth, focusing on housing pipelines and city centre regeneration, managing development, property and planning teams. He has previously held 2 non-executive director roles in the housing sector, for Dolphin Living and Westminster Community Homes. And most recently, Tristan has been active across the Solent region, supporting an economic growth and strategic planning agenda.
Andrew Binnie
A seasoned corporate finance leader with nearly 30 years of experience, from corporate finance, treasury, and capital markets. Andrew is a fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers and the current Group Treasury Director of BT Group plc, playing a pivotal role in funding BT’s transformative capital investment plan to digitise the UK with a fibre optic and 5G mobile network. Andrew has a wealth of experience from mergers and acquisitions, financial planning and analysis, transformation, and financial controlling. He is passionate about supporting VIVID’s mission to provide more affordable homes and aware the impact that this can have on society.