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Directors Profiles


Ashley Hook

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 2009Caroline 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 2009

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 2009Terry 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 2009Carl 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.