MMHA Board of Management
The Board is made up of four Tenant Board Members, four District Council Nominees and four Independent Board Members.
Their duties include ensuring the Association complies with their values and objectives, approve each year’s accounts and budgets, and appoint or remove the Managing Director.
The Board also ensures the delivery of Major repairs and improvements programmes, and are responsible for policy development in the following areas;
- Neighbourhood and Community Services including Rent Policy;
- Maintenance and Estate Management;
- Care and Support;
- Development and sustainability.
GORDON HODGKISS lives in Market Drayton and is an active member of the Tenant’s Insight Group. Gordon has served on the MMHA Board of Management since its formation as a Shadow Board and was elected as Chairman at an early stage. Gordon was in the Police Force as a Senior Detective Officer until his retirement in 1992.
MIKE PLATT lives in one of the sheltered schemes in Market Drayton and is a Tenant Board Member. Mike has served on the MMHA Board of Management since its formation and is also Chairman of the Repairs and Improvements Committee. Prior to his retirement Mike managed a house refurbishment company for 13 years. He has also served on the Parish and Town Councils.
HEATHER PATTIMORE lives in Baschurch and has been a Tenant Board Member of the MMHA Board since its formation and is a member of the Quality and Design Forum. Heather has been pro-active in the promotion of MMHA’s identity and is also a member of the Consortium of Shropshire Tenants and has acted as secretary in recent years. Heather has previously worked as a industrial Occupational Health and Safety Nurse.
LIN SHERWIN lives in Market Drayton and has been a Tenant Board Member of the MMHA Board of Management since its formation. He is an active member of the Tenants Insight Group and the Quality and Design Forum. Prior to his retirement Lin was a Highway Engineer working on both roads and houses.
NORMAN ALDHOUS lives in Shawbury and is a council nominated member of the MMHA Board of Management. He has been a member of North Shropshire District Council for 10 years. Norman is also Chairman of Governors at Shawbury Primary School. He is retired and was previously an Education Welfare Officer.
DEWI DAVIES lives in Hadnall and is a Council Nominated Member of the MMHA Board of Management. He also serves on NSDC’s Development Control Committee. Before retirement Dewi was employed by British Telecom as Customer Service and Press and Broadcasting Manager for North Wales and the Marches.
BRIAN WILLIAMS has been a council nominated member of the MMHA Board of Management since its formation. Brian is a civil engineer by profession, and spent his working life running his own building company in the Manchester area. He moved to Wem in 2001 and has made a second career in local government, being an elected member of both North Shropshire District Council and Shropshire County Council. Brian is also Vice-Chairman and Speaker of Shropshire County Council.
MICK GOULD lives in Market Drayton and has been a Council Nominated Member of the MMHA Board of Management since its formation. He has worked in a variety of trades, including the licence trade, previously owned the Coach and Horses in Market Drayton.
MERVYN DAVIES
lives in Hadnall and has served on the MMHA Board of Management since its formation. Mervyn is a qualified Accountant, and Secretary to the Boughy Trust in Newport and an active member of the Rotary Club.
MARGUERITE ASHLEY MBE, JP has served as a Board Member since the formation of the MMHA Board of Management. She lives in Ellesmere and is retired but was previously a Civil Servant with the War Pensions Agency, and in latter years a War Pensions Welfare Manager. Marguerite now acts as a Justice of the Peace and also stands on the Patients and Public Forum.
RICHARD JABOOR is a Chartered Architect and lives in Shrewsbury although his own business is located in Wem. Richard has served on the MMHA Board of Management since its formation and is also a member of the Shropshire Preservation Trust. He was previously Chairman of the Wem Chamber Chamber of Commerce and the Wem Rotary Club. He is currently involved in the Shrewsbury Community Choir and the Shropshire Building Preservation Trust.
PAUL TURNER lives in Shrewsbury and has been a member of the MMHA Board of Management since December 2007. Paul has a wealth of experience in Human Resources particularly in developing and delivering HR strategies and business plans.
STEPHEN DONKERSLEY lives in Wem and has been a Co- Opted Board Member of the MMHA Board of Management since December 2007. Stephen is a freelance Social Worker/Social Work Manager.