Sir Peter Dixon (Chair)
Former Chair of Housing Corporation
- Chair of Diabetes UK
- Former Vice Chair Broads Authority
- Former Chair UCL NHS Foundation Trust
Paul Hackett CBE (Chief Executive)
Paul is Chief Executive of Optivo and a member of the Optivo Board.
- Paul is an Honorary Professor at the UCL Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management and a member of the Independent Advisory Board.
- He also sits on the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) ‘Housing Supply Group’. He is a Fellow of the RICS, the Chartered Institute of Building, the Chartered Institute of Housing and is an Academician of the Academy of Urbanism.
- Between 2017-19 Paul was Chair of G15 and a member of the Homes for Londoners Board.
- Paul was awarded a CBE for services to social housing.
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Howard Cresswell (Chair of People, Governance, Remuneration Committee)
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Former senior executive at Circle
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Former Interim Chief Executive of Hornsey Housing Trust
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Former board member at Ascham Homes
Eugenie Turton (Vice Chair)
Former Director General for Housing and Planning (central government)
- Non-Executive Director for Genesis then Notting Hill Genesis (NHG) Housing Group between 2009 and 2018 (Chair of People Committee and Customer Services Committees at Genesis and Chair of Resident Services Committee at NHG)
- Board Associate and Mentor of Critical Eye network for business leaders
- Member of the Advisory Council on the Disposal of Nuclear Waste from December 2017 to date.
Geanna Bray

Geanna has over 20 years’ experience working in the social housing sector
Chris Tinker
Former Interim CEO of Crest Nicholson and long term Chairman of Regeneration and Strategic Partnerships on the Crest Group Board.
- NED of BBS Capital Ltd and Bathurst Developments Ltd.
- Trustee of Yeldall Christian Centres and Kiriath Trust, focussing on the long term rehabilitation needs of drug and alcohol addicts.
- Formerly Chair of the HBF Major Homebuilders sub-committee, Board Director of the Housing Forum, Director of the Enterprise M3 LEP and member of the Home England Design and Sustainability Advisory Board.
Michelle Dovey (Chair of Treasury Committee)
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- Experienced financial risk management executive
- Director of MJD Treasury Solutions Ltd
- Former Chair of Board at Kairos Women Working Together.
Andy Burder
- Currently employed as Financial Controller for a global private equity fund manager.
- Previous roles held include Financial Controller for a Real Estate Investment Manager,
Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser.
Damien Régent (Chair of Audit & Risk Committee)
Damien is a financial analyst by background with significant expertise in credit markets and financial institutions.
He works at board level across sectors.
- Chair of the Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee on the board of Crisis (homelessness)
- Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee at Longhurst (housing association)
- Chair of the Audit Committee at Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Trustee-treasurer at Pro Bono Economics
- Former Non-Executive Director on the board of two software businesses. Former trustee at Médecins Sans Frontières UK (Doctors Without Borders UK) and at Reprieve, the human rights charity.
Grace Alaneme

Grace is an Optivo resident board member.
She is an experienced nurse with extensive knowledge of holistic care as well as the health and social care field.
Grace also has a striking passion for customer service and wellbeing.