Group Board

L&Q's Group Board

The Group Board oversees all aspects of work carried out by the L&Q Group. The board is made up of individuals from a variety of backgrounds.

Meet the members:

Turlogh O'Brien CBE, Hon FCIBSE, FRSA
Chairman of the Group Board

Turlogh works part time for a global design and business consulting firm. He has a background in research and development issues and was made a CBE in 1999 for services to research and innovation in construction. Turlogh is continuing his research interests and will be looking in particular at ways of improving energy efficiency of existing housing stock.

David Montague FCCA
Group Chief Executive

David has been Group Chief Executive since February 2008. Previously he was the Group Finance Director and has been at L&Q since 1989 in a variety of roles.

Irene Addis FGA, RJDIP

Irene has been a resident of L&Q since 1981 and a member of the South West Thames regional committee since September 1998. She is a trustee of a cancer drop-in centre. She became L&Q's second board member who is also a resident in September 1999, and joined Quadrant Community Investment (QCI) committee in 2002.

Ainsley Forbes BSc Hons

Ainsley is a property developer with many years experience as Assistant Director of Social Services with a local authority. He has been with L&Q since 1990. He is chair of the Ujima Foundation and a member of the Audit Committee.

Claire Martin MA, MSc, Fellow CIH, PGDSM

Claire Joined L&Q's Group Board on 31 March 2005. Claire is Head of Supporting People at Kent County Council and has an MSc in Housing, is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Housing, and has a Post Graduate Diploma in Strategic Management

Robert Cooper FCA

Honorary Treasurer of L&Q and Chairman of the Audit Committee and Quadrant Housing Finance.

Robert's career has been spent working as a finance director in industry and as an investment banker. He was appointed to the Group Board in 2006.

Diane Phillips BA, CB

Diane is a retired senior civil servant who worked on housing, regeneration and transport policies. She joined the L&Q Group Board in 1999 and is chair of the Major Ventures Committee.

Michael Richardson CB, MA, Deputy Chairman of L&Q

Michael is a retired civil servant and is currently Chairman of Lewisham NHS Primary Care Trust. He has been involved with L&Q since 1991. He is a member of the Audit Committee.

Brian Caroll MA (Cantab)

Brian is a retired Finance Director of Waitrose. Prior to that he was a senior Treasury civil servant. He is also a church commissioner and a retail Consultant. He is a member of L&Q's Audit Committee.

Frank Chersky BA

A resident of L&Q, Frank was involved in a number of L&Q Committees over the years before his appointment to the Group Board. He is currently Vice Chair of the Resident's Board, a member of the Ujima Foundation and Chair of the North London Neighbourhood Committee. He works for Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust and has been appointed to the Board of the Independent Housing Ombudsman Service as a Tenant Director.

Ron Goodman MCIOB

For the past 20 of his 33 years at the Croudace Homes Group Ltd Ron has been a Director, covering most of the residential development disciplines in order to deliver some 800 new homes to the market each year. His background is surveying and construction but for the past 11 years his principle focus has been the director responsible for land, and in addition over the last 4 years was Managing Director responsible for setting up and managing Croudace Homes in Partnership Ltd, the company in the group which built specifically affordable homes for Housing Associations and now delivers in excess of 200 homes a year. He joined the Board of Tower Homes in 2000, is a past chair of Zest and moved to the L&Q Board late in 2007.

Leona Ahmed

Leona is a real estate partner at Addleshaw Goddard. At AG (top 15 law firm representing FTSE100 clients, including British Airways and Sainsbury's), Leona specialises in institutional property and also has considerable experience across all sectors of the investment market. Leona has worked with clients such as Threadneedle, Legal & General and AXA.