Directors Profiles
Ashley Hook, Chief Executive
Ashley was appointed Chief
Executive of mhs homes in July 2009. He has worked for mhs
homes since 2003 as Housing Director. A Chartered Surveyor by
profession, Ashley has a strong background in housing, having
previously worked for a number of local authorities and housing
associations. Prior to joining mhs homes, he was Head of
Housing for Lewisham Council with responsibility for 35,000
properties and all strategic housing services.
Ashley is a member of both the Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors (RICS) and the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIOH). He
is also an external examiner for Southampton Solent University, an
assessor for the RICS and occasionally a visiting lecturer and
contributor to a number of publications and seminars.
Caroline Proverbs Operations Director
Caroline was appointed Operations
Director in September 2009. A Chartered Surveyor by trade and a
member of the CIH, Caroline has over 25 years experience in
housing.
She has worked at Executive team
level for twelve of the past fourteen years as the Housing Director
at Kingfisher Housing Association, Operations Director at Hastoe
Housing Association and then Chief Executive for three years at
Hastoe until November 2007. Caroline then embarked upon a 16 month
career break travelling the world and undertaking voluntary work in
developing countries.
Bruce Shelmerdine, Group Finance Director
Bruce was appointed Finance Director in February 2006. He
qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1991 and became an
associate member of Corporate Treasurers in 2000.
Bruce has worked in the housing
sector since 1992 with a number of Registered Social Landlords
covering many aspects of the Housing Association sector. Previous
to his appointment at mhs homes Bruce was the Finance Director
at Kelsey Housing Association.
Terry
Burton, Administration Director and Secretary
Terry has a BA degree, is a Master of Business
Administration, a qualified member of the Chartered Institute
of Personnel Development, a qualified Member of the Institute
of Management Service and a corporate member of the Institute of
Management.
During the setting up of mhs homes he developed the terms and
conditions of service, established personnel systems, assisted with
designing the organisation structures and fixing staff levels. In
1996 Terry became the Administration Director and Secretary
responsible for personnel, training, payroll, pensions, central
administration, legal and support services as well as
being Secretary to The Board.
Carl Dewey,
Commercial Director
Carl was appointed Commercial Director in March 2006. He has worked
for the mhs homes since 1992 and is a passionate advocate of
personnel development, born out of his own experience with the mhs
homes group. A Chartered Builder by profession, he has a strong
background in Reactive & Planned Maintenance and is a member of
the institute of Building Engineers.
Focusing on Quality and Customer
Service, he leads the private building arm of mhs homes group, mhs
commercial services limited, and provides housing maintenance
services to external customers.