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
Chairman of the Board of Governors
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.

Irene Addis
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 Vice Chair of school governors and a trustee of a cancer drop-in centre. She became L&Q’s second resident board member in September 1999 and joined Quadrant Community Investment (QCI) committee in 2002.

Ainsley Forbes
Chairman of Tower Homes
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.

Claire Martin

Claire Joined L&Q's Governing 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 and Risk Committee and Quadrant Housing Finance.
The majority of Robert’s career has been spent working as an investment banker. He has also spent a number of years working in industry as finance director. He was appointed to the Governing Board in 2006.

Diane Phillips
Chairman of L&Q’s Project Appraisal Committee
Diane is a retired senior civil servant at the Department of Transport. She is a governor of St George’s College, Weybridge. She joined L&Q in 1998 as a member of L&Q’s South West Thames regional committee and has served on the board since 1999.

Michael Richardson
Deputy Chairman of L&Q
Michael is a senior civil servant in the Department for Work and Pensions. He has worked with L&Q since 1991 and was appointed Deputy Chairman in 2000. Michael is Chairman of L&Q’s Pension Trustees and IS strategy panel.

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