Management & Governance

James retired in 2016 after five years as Chief Executive of Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. Prior to that, he served for 27 years in London local government in Brent, Hackney and Hammersmith & Fulham where he held executive positions responsible for social services, housing, community safety and regeneration. Prior to this James worked through his Church in education and community development in the Philippines and Zimbabwe where he grew up.

James is a Non-Executive Director of Derbyshire Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. He is an associate of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services having served on its executive and chaired the London Region for five years. For four years, James was the independent Chair of the Adult Safeguarding Partnership Boards of Camden and Islington Borough Councils. He Chairs the Trustee Safeguarding Committee of the Jesuits in Britain (a Catholic Religious Order). He has served on a number of national and London commissions tasked with recommending improvements to services, their governance and that of the professionals working in them. He has served as a Trustee on a number of charity boards. In these roles, he has exercised a range of board responsibilities.

James is married with two adult children and lives in London.

Andrew is a leading national social care and health policy analyst and improvement specialist. He has been working independently since April 2012 and his recent commissions include work for the Local Government Association in England, the Welsh LGA, the Health and Social Care Information Centre and a range of councils, voluntary and private sector organisations.

Before that, he was strategic adviser on children's services, adult social care and the NHS for the Improvement & Development Agency for local government and the LGA from 2006-12.

He has more than 15 years’ experience as senior manager in local government, 10 as director of social services for Gloucestershire and Leicester City.

He is a former President of the Association of Directors of Social Services. He is Vice President of Carers Trust and Chair of the National Development Team for inclusion.. He was honoured in 2004 for his contribution to social work.

Anne is an experienced Non-Executive Director having served on the Board of Affinity Trust and the Board of Livability from 2011 to May 2022.

From 2014 to April 2022 Anne was Chief Executive of Bristol Charities where she led the development of the charity’s housing and care provision for older people as well as the distribution through grant programmes of the charity’s endowment income, to improve the quality of life for vulnerable individuals, families, and communities in Bristol.

Previous roles include Managing Director of Centra Care - the care and support arm of Circle Anglia (now Clarion Housing) where she had responsibility for the organisations significant supported housing and care services.

Anne is currently undertaking consultancy and interim work for several charities and social enterprises in Bristol. She brings to her role of Trustee at MHA a strong commitment to putting people at the centre of everything we do and a passion for providing quality homes, quality services and developing thriving communities.

Bala is a member of the British Methodist Church in London and has held a number of post across the church including Synod Secretary London District, Co-Chair Inclusive Church Implementation Committee, Vice President of the Methodist Conference 2018/19.

Bala has over 20 years' professional experience in the international telecommunications sector, much of this at executive level at British Telecom, ECI Telecom (VP Global Marketing), CTell Inc (President and CEO) and Interoute Telecommunications Ltd (Chief Technology Officer).

Until 2010 Bala was Chairman of University Hospital Lewisham NHS Trust, a post he held for eight years.

Bala, Chairs, Change Alliance Private Ltd a wholly owned Indian subsidiary of Christian Aid UK.

Is a member of Joint Advisory Committee Ethical Investment to the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church.

Trustee of Wesley House Cambridge, Dalit Solidarity Network UK and  Founder Trustee Well Being SL.

Bala has served on several charitable bodies. These include Christian Aid, London Ecumenical Aids Trust, Age Exchange, Applecart, Methodist Relief and Development Fund.

He served two terms as an elected councillor of the London Borough of Lewisham and represented Lewisham Brough on the Inner London Education Authority.

Denise is a senior HR professional who has worked in a range of HR roles for over 25 years, mostly in the not-for-profit/charity sector in recent years. Her most recent role was Head of People for the Open Data Institute, prior to which she has worked for the Royal College of Physicians, the British Lung Foundation. Denise is a Fellow of the CIPD, has managed several consultancy projects and has spoken at various conferences.

As well as her work in HR, Denise is a trained colour and image consultant and Body Confidence Coach!

Denise is a mum of one, a football fan and loves dining out. She is active in her local Church as an All-Age service leader and member of the Worship Team.

Denise was a Trustee of Langley House Trust for nine years, during which time she sat on both the Audit and People Committees. She currently also sits on the Board of CAYSH and is a Lay Tribunal Member for her HM Courts and Tribunal Service.

Jessica is an experienced senior financial leader with broad experience gained in the housebuilding and property sector.

Jessica was Chief Financial Officer of Barratt Developments plc, the FTSE100 housebuilder, from 2017 to 2021. Prior to this she held other senior financial roles at Barratt for 10 years. Earlier in her career, she held various positions at Wilson Bowden plc and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Jessica qualified as a chartered accountant in 2003 and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS).

Jessica is currently working in private practice providing accountancy and taxation services to a wide range of businesses.

Prior to retirement, Keith spent 18 years with British Gas, leaving them as Director of Finance and Planning in the Power Generation Business Unit. He then spent 18 years in the Charity Sector where his roles included Group Director, Resources of RNIB, and Finance Director of Help the Aged and Chief Executive of the Charity Finance Group.

Keith has served on a number of committees in the Charity Sector, including being a member of the Charity SORP committee for 11 years and the ICAEW Charities Technical Committee for 10 years. He has contributed to a number of publications on Charity pensions and investments and edited a book on the Role of the Charity Finance Director.

Keith is married with two daughters; he is a Methodist and currently Treasurer at his local church. He was a Trustee of Livability between 2008 and 2019 and their Treasurer between 2015 and 2019.

Lisa is a senior public service leader with expertise leading corporate strategy and multidisciplinary teams to make a positive difference for the public.

Lisa has been Ofwat's Chief Operating Officer since 2017 and is an Executive member of Ofwat's Board – leading business improvement, change, corporate strategy and enabling services.

Prior to that Lisa gained 11 years of senior experience in a range of roles at Coventry City Council including Director of Customer Services and Transformation including responsibility for IT/digital, HR, procurement, communications and major projects finance. She has private sector experience from Deloitte and KPMG.

Lisa is a CIPFA accountant and is a Past President of CIPFA in the Midlands. She has served on CIPFA National Council and as a non-executive Director of SOLACE in Business.

Martin is a Chartered Surveyor with 45 years of experience in all areas of real estate and has worked exclusively in the last 20 years with occupiers in the private and public sectors including Addison Lee, Cable & Wireless, Cobham, ITV, Logica, Remploy, TNS and WPP.

He was founder and CEO of Fulcrum Corporate, the specialist corporate real estate adviser, VP Real Estate EMEA at Johnson Controls and Chairman of Trilogie CRE.

He specialises in providing strategic asset management and operational advice on property assets and is the Non-Executive property lead at MHA.

Now retired, he lives in North Norfolk devoting time to sailing, classic motor cycles, family and travel.

Ruth is a Methodist Minister, now supernumerary (retired) and living in North Wales. From 2013-2014 Ruth was the President of the Methodist Conference and she was the Chair of the Methodist Council from 2015-2018.

More recently she has served as Assistant Secretary of the Conference and as the Ecumenical Officer for the Methodist Church in Britain. From 2008 to 2018 Ruth lived in the north east and was the Chair of the Darlington District of the Methodist Church, she has also been a circuit minister in Bradford and Halifax.

She has always been a committed ecumenist believing that we are enriched by our relationship with others and has served as the Moderator of the Forum of Churches Together in England.

Before her call to ordained ministry Ruth taught religious studies in secondary schools in Oxfordshire and Dorset.

Richard is a GP in Leeds and local preacher in the Leeds North and East Methodist Circuit. He was previously a vice president of the Methodist Conference and a trustee of All We Can, the Methodist Relief and Development charity. He is a nationally elected member of both the British Medical Association (BMA) and Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) councils.

Sam joined MHA as Chief Executive in February 2018. He has extensive experience as a corporate director and senior operational and strategic manager within the Third and Public Sectors, in a career of more than 30 years in social care. Originally a graphic designer, Sam qualified as a social worker in 1988, working for 15 years in local authority social services, prior to joining Action for Children in 2003. In 2006, he moved to Barnardo’s as their Midlands Director and became Corporate Director of Children’s Services in 2013.

Outside work it’s all about family, the dog, the arts and cycling.  Sam is a member of his local Methodist Church, involved in worship and youth leadership, as well as worship for people with dementia and learning disabilities.

As Chief Operating Officer (COO) Dan Ryan has Executive responsibility for the operational management of MHA's care homes and retirement living schemes, as well as our property and estate management functions. Dan joined MHA’s Executive Leadership Team in April 2019 as Director of Operations and stepped into the COO post in December 2022.

Dan’s career began with the Civil Service where he worked at HM Treasury and the Department of Health. For the past 15 years he has worked in the provision of health and social care, primarily in the independent sector. He was drawn to MHA because of its charitable status. Dan wanted to work somewhere with a different approach to the private sector, with a much longer-term strategy and an emphasis on the end-users of the service rather than a more direct focus on profits for the benefit of shareholders.

In addition to his work for MHA, Dan sits on the Board of the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust.

Victoria joined MHA in 2014 to develop the commercial finance function within MHA to provide business support and improve our budgeting and forecasting capabilities. After taking on the Head of Finance role in December 2017, in November 2019 she became Director of Finance, responsible for all aspects of Finance including budgeting and forecasting, statutory accounts and external reporting, operational finance as well as the organisation's financial strategy. 

More recently Victoria has also assumed responsibility for MHA’s IT function, where she is leading a strategic transformation programme delivering significant investment in the organisation's IT capabilities.

Victoria started her accountancy career training as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen. After qualifying, Victoria worked in commercial roles across a variety of well-known retailers such as Marks and Spencer, Argos, Homebase and Wilko’s. Victoria was drawn to MHA because of its charitable status; the opportunity to make a difference within MHA which ultimately enables our residents and scheme users to live later life well.

Anna is responsible for all aspects of our people services including HR, payroll, people development and communications. Prior to joining MHA in 1998, Anna worked for local government, with roles in marketing and project management. Anna holds a BA (Hons) degree in Psychology, Sociology and English.

Anna is also a foster carer providing respite care for children with disabilities.

Jonathan is responsible for leading MHA’s strategy and vision for Collaborative Communities including activity for Communities Operations, Development and Digital Communities. He also leads the teams responsible for Volunteering, Marketing and Fundraising across all MHA services in pursuit of our mission to enable people to live later life well.

Jonathan joined MHA in January 2015 as a consultant with the remit to review MHA’s strategy for community services, subsequently becoming Head of Live at Home and then Head of Communities. He joined the Executive Leadership Team in 2022. Prior to joining MHA Jonathan held marketing strategy and operations roles in retail and social care businesses. He holds a First Class degree in Business & Retail Marketing and a Masters in Strategic Marketing from The University of Birmingham.

Mandy Mottram joined MHA’s Leadership Team on 8 May 2018 as Company Secretary/General Counsel responsible for MHA’s legal matters (reporting to the Chief Executive) and governance (reporting to the Chair). Mandy is a qualified solicitor and barrister with significant commercial, property and legal experience at a senior level as both Company Secretary and Director. She joined us from The Co-operative Group and has previously worked at Eversheds, Trinity (Estates) Property Management and EMIS, who develop software for primary care and community care.

In addition to her work commitments, Mandy has recently been appointed as a Trustee of Pathfinder Schools Academy Trust, which consists of eight Primary and one Secondary School as well as a community sports and fitness centre.