Introducing our friendly, highly-skilled 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

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

Michelle Robins

Sales & Marketing 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

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”

Josephine Wiggins

EA to CEO

• 6 years experience in professional office in senior personal assistant positions
• Manages administrative duties for the STAH executive team
• Ensures smooth day to day running of the office
• Previously worked in a major Real Estate company

Mandy Hare

Sales & Marketing Administrator

• Over 30 years working in the housebuilding sector
• A background specialising in marketing
• Assisting the sales department with all aspects of the sales & marketing processes

Rebecca Sharp

Sales Advisor

• 25 years experience in residential property sales including low cost home ownership products
• Qualified member of Chartered Institute of Housing since 2011
• Highly focused on delivering exceptional customer care from the moment of first contact through to completion and beyond
• Skilled negotiator with knowledge in all stages of the residential buying processes, including legal and finance

Hayden Belcher

Director of Delivery

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

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

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

Dan Briggs

Customer Care Manager

• Over 11 years of experience working in the house building sector. 

• Specialising in managing projects & customer care teams successfully through the defect liability period and beyond.
• NVQ Level 6 Diploma in Construction Contracting Operations Management obtained via the NHBC.
• A qualified personal trainer that enjoys maintaining a healthy balanced lifestyle.

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.