Vistry and Legal & General
Vistry has appointed Catherine Raynsford, a Legal & General (L&G) executive, to head its partnerships business.
Stephen Teagle, who has led the house builder’s partnerships arm for almost seven years, will leave in March.
Ms Raynsford is currently head of major stock acquisitions at L&G’s affordable homes subsidiary. She will join Vistry in January as its group partnerships director and work with Mr Teagle as part of a three-month transition.
Ms Raynsford has spent the past two years at L&G and previously worked for G15 landlord Hyde for nearly five years as its director of stakeholder and investor relations.
Great Places and The Emerson Group
Mike Gerrard will step down as chief financial officer at Great Places Housing Group, three years after taking up the position.
He will join property development and real estate company The Emerson Group in the new year.
Mr Gerrard joined Great Places in November 2023, after four years as executive director of finance at Onward.
Westward Housing Group
Westward Housing Group, which owns almost 8,000 homes across Devon and Cornwall, has appointed Vimal Gaglani, Abri’s director of corporate finance, as its next chief financial officer.
He has over 25 years’ experience in finance and treasury leadership, including the past 11 at Abri. Most recently he has been the group’s director of corporate finance for seven years.
Mr Gaglani started the role on 2 November, taking over from Paul Bryan, who plans to step down in February 2027 after nine years as deputy chief executive and executive director of finance. Mr Bryan intends to work in interim roles, as well as advisory and non-executive director positions.
Habinteg
Habinteg Housing Association, which owns more than 3,300 homes, has hired a new executive director of resources to lead its finance, governance, people services and IT/data teams.
Monika Liskiewicz was previously director of financial resources at Accent Group for four years. Prior to this she was head of financial performance and reporting at Incommunities and before this she was an auditor.
Ms Liskiewicz also brings non-executive director experience from her role on the board of Salix Homes, where she chaired its Governance and Remuneration Committee and served on its Audit and Risk Committee.
Caredig
Swansea-based housing association Caredig has promoted Stephen Evans to chief executive.
Mr Evans has been serving as director for property and assets at the circa 2,900-home group since April this year. He has also served as interim chief executive since September after Marcia Sinfield retired after more than six years in charge.
Mr Evans joined Caredig in April 2020 as head of housing. He also worked as director for customers and communities.
L&Q
Martin Watts, L&Q’s director of treasury – corporate finance, will leave at the end of October after 20 years at the housing association.
He joined the G15 landlord in 2006 as head of treasury before becoming director of treasury in September 2014. After a decade in this role, he took up the position of director of treasury – corporate finance in October 2024.
The Northern Housing Consortium
The Northern Housing Association has appointed Fiona MacGregor, former chief executive of the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH), as a non-executive director to its board.
Ms MacGregor stepped down from the RSH in April after leading the regulator since it was formed in 2018 as a standalone body. In September, she joined the board of housing association Sanctuary.
Riverside Scotland
Riverside Scotland has appointed existing board member Kevin Coyle as chair.
He will take over from Jim Strange, who has stepped down from the board after five years of service.
Mr Coyle, who joined the board in June, brings leadership, transformation and governance experience from a career spanning over 30 years across banking, consultancy and the third sector.
He spent more than 20 years in banking, holding senior leadership and board roles at Halifax Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group. Mr Coyle also currently holds several non-executive roles, including supporting a youth homelessness charity in central Scotland.