The Board

Tenant Members (8)

Avenues – Mary Ward
Mary has lived on the Avenues Estate for 52 years and has been an active committee member for five years.  She took over as Chair of the TMO in 2005.  She is interested in environmental issues and is a keen gardener.

Burrowes Street - Terry Edis MBE FRSA
Terry is a retired engineer who worked for local companies in both sales and management. He became involved in the tenant management of the estate over 12 years ago, shortly after becoming a tenant. Terry is Chair of Burrowes Street TMO, the Chair of the Local Committee, Chair of the National Federation of Tenant Management Organisations and the WATMOS representative on the local SRB 5 partnership board.

Burrowes Street was the first Tenant Management Organisation in Walsall to work with a Walsall based Registered Social Landlord, Caldmore Area Housing Association. Terry has served as a Board member of Accord Housing Association. He was awarded an MBE in January 2008 for services to the community.

Chuckery - Conrad Baker

Delves East - Michael Greenfield
Michael has lived in the Delves area of Walsall for over 20 years. He has worked with the TMO for 7 years and previously with the Residents Association for 7 years. His areas of interest are housing matters and constitutional issues. He is currently Vice Chair of Walsall Tenants and Residents Federation and Chair of Delves East TMO

Delves West - Val Nicholls
Val has lived in the Delves since the mid sixties when she started her married life and later raised her family on the estate. Until her retirement she worked for a local saddlery company, a trade for which the Walsall area is famous. She is the Chair of Delves West TMO.

Leamore – Position vacant

Sandbank - Peter Westley
Peter has been involved in the work of the Sandbank TMO since January 2000, shortly after moving on to the estate as a tenant. He has worked as a Warehouse Manager for a small family business for 15 years.

Twin Crescents - Position vacant

Independent Members (1 vacancy)

Chris Handy
Chris has been Chief Executive of Accord Housing and its precursors for 13 years, having previously been the Housing Director of COPEC Housing Trust. His experience includes working in local government at Wolverhampton, Telford and Birmingham.

Roy Thomas
Until his retirement, Roy was Director of Financial Services and Company Secretary at Caldmore Area Housing Association, a position he occupied for 13 years. Previously he worked for the Housing Corporation.

Ejikeme Fabian Okoro                                          Fabian is a business consultant with a wide range of expertise in the construction and development industries.  He has a BSc in Quantity Surveying and a MSc in Construction Management.  He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Building, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a member in the Society of Construction Law.

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