Leadership Team

Prior to Tai Calon, Howard has been Chief Executive for a couple of housing associations in England. He is delighted to now be working in Wales. Howard believes that access to good quality affordable housing is essential for the success of healthy and resilient communities. He passionately believes in putting tenants and residents at the very heart of everything we do.

Andrew has worked for Tai Calon for ten years and is responsible for a wide range of front-line services we deliver to customers. He is very proud of the local partnerships he has helped develop that support our community. He has worked in the social housing sector for 27 years in a range of senior roles for both Local Authorities and Housing Associations. Andrew loves to travel but spends most of his spare time enjoying the outdoors of the beautiful Beacons.

Martyn is an experienced accountant having worked in both the public and private sectors for over 30 years. His experience includes the development and implementation of financial strategies, housing association funding and financial management, while ensuring the delivery of a customer focused service which delivers value for money.

Richard is a qualified Building Surveyor with nearly 30 years of experience in the housing sector. He has a rich history of leading assets and property teams to create customer-focused delivery strategies, enabling them to thrive as a team and embed cultural growth within the organisation. Outside of work, Richard has a passion for Rugby Union and watching his sons play sports.

Elle has worked in HR, organisational development, and L&D for over 18 years, focusing on executive coaching, employee engagement & wellbeing, transformational change and resilience. Elle is passionate about supporting a human-centred people service, an ethos vital to our Corporate Plan for the next five years. Elle is happiest in and around water and can often be found exploring natural areas for the opportunity of a wild swim!

Amie has worked in the housing sector as a Chartered Accountant for 8 Years and is proud to be a member of an organization who is putting the customer at the heart of every decision. Currently Amie is Vice Chair and Treasurer for Hafan Cymru. Amie loves to challenge herself physically and particularly enjoys CrossFit and Skiing – she has taken this love of physical exercise to help raise money for charities, whilst also keeping her heart rate up!

Andrew is a qualified Building Surveyor with twenty years of experience in both the private sector and social housing. His role provides a traditional client function between the strategic asset management, assets delivery and property services teams. Providing a clearly identifiable place where decisions are made about what work will be carried out by which team and when. Spending as much time as possible doing the things that are important to residents. Outside of work Andrew loves sport, live music, travel and encouraging his two children to continually challenge themselves and experience new things.

Ceri is our Head of Income and Support. She is very much a people person and believes in designing and improving effective systems and processes. She has a vast knowledge around welfare benefits, support and advice. Ceri is very proud that we are one of the best performing providers in Wales collecting our rental income whilst at the same time supporting tenants to ensure they can sustain their tenancy successfully.

Mark has a background in business intelligence, process improvement and project management. He has been with Tai Calon for five years. He and also has experience in both the logistics industry and local government, where he worked on several major operational change programmes.

Rachel is an experienced housing professional with over 18 years’ service in the sector.

In her role here at Tai Calon Community Housing she has strategic responsibility for leading tenancy and estate management, lettings, anti-social behaviour, safeguarding and our Green Earth Services.

Rachel has extensive experience in engagement, partnership working and collaboration.  As well as a housing background Rachel also has a background in criminology, counselling, mentoring and coaching.  She is particularly passionate about delivering excellent services to our tenants/customers and stakeholders and has a keen interest in preventing homelessness.

Ross is fortunate to have lots of variety in his role. He is responsible for customer experience, engagement, well-being, and our employment and training services. Outside work he is a family man first, closely followed by being a slightly obsessed garage gym enthusiast.

Vicki is an experienced procurement professional that is dedicated to delivering a high quality service to support achieving organisational objectives. Vicki joined Tai Calon in 2011 and is responsible for procurement, risk management, internal controls, insurance and data protection. Staff at Tai Calon would describe her as hardworking, enthusiastic, supportive and approachable.