Our Board
Meet the Soho Housing Board
Andy has extensive experience in customer-centred strategy, digital transformation, and governance across the not-for-profit and private sectors. He previously served as Vice Chair, Chair of the Customer Experience Committee, and a member of the People and Audit & Risk Committees at Wandle Housing. His background includes leadership of multi-functional teams, digital transformation, and financial management..
Andy McWilliams
Flora comes to the role with a passion for good governance and the inclusion of youth voices in housing. Her beliefs and values are set in preserving the unique character of central London, whilst recognising the ongoing housing crisis that affects the affordability of London and its accessibility to people from different social and economic backgrounds. Flora has a breadth of experience spanning sustainability and ESG, local economic development and placemaking, social housing, organisational non-profit strategy and social sector improvement.
Flora Charatan
Anne is a Chartered Accountant (FCCA) and Corporate Treasurer (FCMT) with senior finance, risk, and governance experience across FTSE 250 companies and housing associations. She has extensive technical knowledge of pensions, risk management, and corporate finance.
Anne Costain
Angela is Head of Governance and Legal at the Guinness Partnership and a qualified solicitor with over 30 years' experience in governance and legal matters within the housing and public sectors.
Angela Drum
Tony was born and raised in Soho with family connections going back many generations in the Soho and Covent Garden areas. He is a managing director of a company he founded in 2013, consulting in fruit and sport. He has a strong commercial background and brings business operations, leadership, project management and strategic planning skills and experience.
Tony Ganio
Chair of the Investment and Development Committee, Harry has been delivering complex real estate projects in and around London for over 30 years, and is the Managing Director and founder of SUSD London, a sustainable development company. He has acted as an advisor to the United Reformed Church, successfully completing several joint venture redevelopments, and is an experienced non-executive director with both publicly listed and private companies.
Harry Harris
Arthur Hawkes is a resident Board member with a broad range of professional and life experience. He has a strong interest in effective governance and ensuring that residents' voices are represented in decision-making. Drawing on his experience in the police service, Arthur brings expertise in communication, problem-solving and customer service, together with sound judgement and a commitment to continuous improvement. His contribution supports the Board's effectiveness and diversity of perspective.
Arthur Hawkes
Rachel is a Chartered Surveyor, with extensive experience in joint ventures and strategic partnerships with developers for residential developments across the UK. Rachel has also been a consultant with an operational residential fund, and previously spent 13 years at Grosvenor in a variety of investment and strategic roles, latterly as Head of New Investment.
Rachel Miller
Jonathan Rae is Chief Financial Officer at Grosvenor Property UK, with over 20 years' finance leadership experience across the UK property sector, spanning residential, retail, office, and logistics.
Jonathan Rae
Kath is an economist and planner based at the London School of Economics, where she specialises in housing research. She has advised national and local government, housing associations and international organisations, and has worked in central London on and off for nearly 30 years, with a keen interest in what makes neighbourhoods good places to live.
Kath Scanlon
David is a resident shareholder of one of Soho Housing's older persons schemes and serves on its Resident Services Committee, giving him valuable insight into resident priorities and the Association's governance. He brings a strong understanding of residents' concerns and a clear commitment to ensuring their voices inform strategic decision-making, supporting effective Board oversight and resident-focused governance.
David Gleeson
Our Committees
Audit & Risk Committee
Acts as the Board’s main source of assurance that the organisation’s finances and controls are sound. It oversees both internal and external auditors, maintains the risk framework, reviews the annual report and accounts, and ensures any whistleblowing or confidential concerns raised by staff or board members are properly handled.
People & Governance Committee
Ensures the organisation is well-governed and has the right people in place to lead it. This includes reviewing whether the Board has the right mix of skills and experience, managing succession planning, overseeing the recruitment of senior roles including the Chair and Chief Executive, and monitoring the broader people strategy across the organisation.
Investment & Development Committee
Responsible for ensuring Soho Housing delivers on its development ambitions and manages its property assets effectively. It scrutinises investment decisions, development activity, and associated budgets and risks, providing the Board with advice and assurance that the organisation is achieving value for money and meeting residents’ housing needs.
Resident Services Committee
Focuses on the quality of services delivered to residents, including safety, compliance, and the overall customer experience. A key part of its role is ensuring that resident voices genuinely influence how services are designed and delivered. It sits outside the formal board structure for now, which allows flexibility to recruit a diverse range of residents and shape how the committee operates before it is formally constituted.
