Orbit Group - Group Board Members

Group Board Members

The Rt Hon Tessa Blackstone (Chair)

Organisation:
Orbit Group Limited

Responsibilities:
Chair - Orbit Group Limited
Member - Governance and Membership Committee

Committees:
Governance and Membership Committee

Employment History:
Former Vice Chancellor, University of Greenwich Currently Chair of The British Library and Great Ormond Street Hospital

Fran Beckett

Organisation:
Orbit Group Limited
Orbit South Housing Association Limited

Responsibilities:
Member – Orbit Group Limited
Chair – Orbit South Housing Association Limited
Equality and Diversity Champion for Group Board
Lead on Community and Supporting People

Committees:
Governance and Membership Committee

Employment History:

Chief Executive for Church Urban Fund

Chief Executive for Livability
Board member on London Development Agency

Charity Consultant

Awarded OBE in 2006 for Services for disadvantaged people

Professor Tony Crook (Deputy Chair)

Organisations:
Orbit Group Limited
Orbit Homes (2020) Limited

Responsibilities:

Deputy Chair – Orbit Group Limited

Member - Orbit Homes (2020) Limited
Chair – Governance and Membership Committee
Health and Safety Champion for Group Board

Committees:
Chair – Governance and Membership Committee

Employment History:
Emeritus Professor of Town and Regional Planning at the University of Sheffield

Former Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Sheffield 1999-2008

Previously held a number of senior posts at the University

Chartered Town Planner

Other Current and Recent Non-Executive Director/Public Appointments

Chair, Royal Town Planning Institute Accreditation Board

Trustee and Chair of Shelter

Trustee, Coalfields Regeneration Trust

Independent Board Member, National Tenant Voice

Chair of Sheffield Homes 2004-2009

Council Member, Academy of Social Science

Chris Crook

Organisation:
Orbit Group Limited
Orbit Homes (2020) Limited

Responsibilities:

Member – Orbit Group Limited
Chair – Orbit Homes (2020) Limited

Employment History:

Independent Consultant in the Property Development and House Building Industry

Previously Managing Director with 28 years experience with Countryside Properties

Chartered Surveyor and serving member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Planning and Development Committee

Steve Brown

Organisation:

Orbit Group Limited

Responsibilities:

Member – Orbit Group Limited

Employment History:

Over 25 years experience in various Executive roles within the public and private sector and a wealth of Non-Executive

experience across health, regeneration, construction, social housing & finance.

Jackie Matthews

Organisations:
Orbit Group Limited
Orbit Treasury Limited

Responsibilities:
Member – Orbit Group Limited

Chair – Orbit Treasury Limited
Lead on Resident Scrutiny

Employment History:
Independent Consultant

Previously, Financial Services Director with 30 years' experience with HSBC Group