Meet the team

Richard Cohen

CEO

• The founder of St Arthur Homes (STAH)
• An experienced Board Director having successfully traded in the property industry for 25 years
• Skilled in team leadership, acquisition, negotiation, real estate, appraisal and development
• Ultimately responsible for steering STAH along a steep growth curve to become one of the most active for-profit providers of affordable housing in the sector

Costa Ghioules

CFO

• Manages new and existing relationships with shareholders and external funders
• Ensuring STAH is appropriately funded to continue its growth plan

Louise Mills

Sales & Marketing Director

• Defining and implementing sales and marketing strategies for shared ownership schemes
• Responsibility for STAH’s overall marketing and branding output
• Reviewing and optimising schemes from the outset to drive forward the STAH aspirational brand by reviewing location, home layouts and specification
• 20 years experience working with national housebuilders and with the largest G15 housing association

Doug Sargeant

Chief Operating Officer

• Assisting in building STAH to work at scale
• Knowledge from across housing management, project management and development
• Experience in the non-profit housing sector, including two years at the UK’s largest for-profit RP

Ronita Karakashi

EA to CEO

• 6 years experience in professional office executive assistant positions
• Manages administrative duties for the STAH executive team
• Ensures smooth day to day running of the office
• Previously worked for a boutique property development company

Ian Berrett

Development Director

• Property industry experience for over 50 years
• Worked for a large housing association and thereafter became a partner in a West End based development agency
• Involved in the acquisition of commercial, residential investments and developments across the North and South of England on behalf of private and public retained clients
• The last 25 years have been spent working for some of the leading housebuilders in both sales and development

Tamara Croud

Head of Governance

• Qualified Company Secretary with over 15 years working in Corporate Governance and Corporate Affairs for various organisations
• Significant experience of working in the highly regulated healthcare sector
• Self-confessed “governance geek”

Michelle Robins

Sales Manager

• Vast experience across housebuilder, estate agency and law firm sectors
• Delivering STAH’s sales targets
• Ensuring STAH’s legal and regulatory obligations are met across all shared ownership sales

Hayden Belcher

Director of Delivery

• Over 10 years of construction consultancy experience
• Vast experience of differing forms of contract varying from £100k to £100m

Cheryl Effiom

Senior Property Manager

• Over 10 years of experience across property and asset management within the non-profit and for-profit sectors.
• Over 6 years of specialist knowledge gained in establishing aftercare services for customers, undertaking root cause analysis for building defects, and quality management.
• Developed effective and collaborative working relationships with Customer Care and After Sales departments in housebuilders across the country.

Scott House

Partnerships & Acquisitions Director

• Involved in property sales, land and development for 25 years
• 15 years within residential development bringing experience from private development, a G15 provider and modular housing
• Large contact base within the industry and strong track record of securing 1000s of home to ensure STAH scale up at pace

Trin Lohu

Sales Advisor

• First point of contact for incoming sales enquiries
• Sales progression and assisting buyers throughout the home purchase process
• Shared ownership guru

Will Manders

Senior Partnerships & Acquisitions Manager

• Experience seeking and acquiring consented and unconsented land opportunities
• Graduated from the University of the West of England with a First Class degree in Property Development and Planning
• Qualified as a Chartered Planning and Development Surveyor

Nikos Tzegka

Financial Accountant

• Accounting work for STAH’s portfolio
• Lead role in the preparation of the audited Financial statements
• Tax returns

Greg Warner-Harris

Non-Executive Director

• Senior Partner of Domus IMH, a consultancy that assists local authorities and housing associations that are new to selling shared ownership homes.
• Worked in the social housing sector for over two decades, leading teams marketing shared ownership and other assisted home ownership tenures.
• Involved in governance and regulation, sitting on a number of housing association and housing company boards in the capacity of Non Executive Director.

Nick Bull

Non-Executive Director

• Oversees investment execution and ongoing management of the operational real estate companies
• Law graduate

Richard Hunt

Non-Executive Director

• Lead in sourcing, evaluation and execution of Matter’s real estate investment across Europe
• BA in Russian and Management

Simon Devitt

Non-Executive Director

• Freelance Housing and Development Consultant specialising in Planning and Project Viability for 12 years.
• Previous experience of Senior and Executive jobs in Local Government and with Registered Providers.
• Non-Executive Roles with RPs and a Mental Health provider for more than 20 years.

Graham Woolfman

Board Chair and Non-Executive Director

• Board member and Committee Chair at large scale housing associations.
• Board Chair and Non-Executive Director of publicly quoted and private companies over 25 year period.
• Extensive experience as a professional adviser focussing on financing, investment, and governance of  growth and regulated businesses.