About the Board

The Board is a group of appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of the organisation.

Our Board sets the strategic direction and is accountable to BH customers and other stakeholders for our overall performance in delivering housing and regeneration services to its customers. 

The Board has responsibility for:

  • the overall management of the organisation;
  • the approval of BH’s annual business plan;
  • the approval of BH’s annual report and financial statements (this is also subject to external audit); and
  • for deciding which areas of responsibility are to be delegated to Committees or BH staff.

However, the day to day running of the organisation is delegated to Bolton at Home’s management team. 

Ian Munro (Chair of BH Group Board)

Ian Munro (Chair of BH Group Board)

Ian has a wealth of experience and expertise in housing and environmental health.  He became Director of Housing in Tameside in 1992 and supervised the implementation of one of the Country’s first, and most successful, housing renewal areas, bringing in over £70M private sector investment into one of the boroughs townships.

Ian led the transfer of Tameside’s 16,151 council homes to New Charter Group in March 2000; the first Metropolitan transfer and at the time the biggest in number and valuation [£129M] and first to a new group structure.

Ian has been a Board member at Bolton at Home since 2018, and was appointed Chair of the Group Board in October 2019.

Mike Corfield (Deputy Chair of BH Board)

Mike Corfield (Deputy Chair of BH Board)

Mike, who joined Arcon's Board in 2018, has over 25 years experience in social housing sector, working for both local authorities and housing associations.  Mike has been responsible to a wide range of frontline customer services including repairs, housing management, customer involvement, income collection, welfare benefits and customer contact centres.  Mike is passionate about ensuring services deliver outstanding value for customers and is determined that housing providers do not lose their sense of social purpose.

Mike joined the Group Governance Committee in June 2019, and was appointed to Bolton at Home's Board in January 2020.

Sharon Hanbury

Sharon Hanbury

Sharon brings many years’ experience across a wide range of housing and related areas within Local Authorities and Combined Authorities. This includes 15 years at Head of Service level in two Greater Manchester LAs with responsibility for Strategic Housing, Private Sector Housing, Housing-led Regeneration, Housing Growth and a range of other services and areas. Sharon’s experience at CAs (both Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region) – involving several areas such as Private Sector Housing, Housing Growth and Housing Retrofit - has added further experience as well as different perspectives. Strong partnerships and collaboration with Housing Providers has featured highly in her career and is a considerable strength.

Sharon is highly passionate and committed to making a difference to places and the lives of residents and communities; with her Board and Committee roles presenting significant opportunity in these respects.

Sharon joined Bolton at Home's Board, together with the Group Audit and Risk Committee, Group Development Committee and Operations Committee in April 2022.

Amanda Moat

Amanda Moat

Amanda joined Arcon's Board in March 2018. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, a Member of the Institute of Risk Management and a Volunteer for North West's Change Management Institute with over 12 years delivering Strategic agendas on Executive Boards for Insurance, Financial and Legal Service Sectors. She holds an International Diploma for Risk Management awarded by the IRM. Amanda now works as a consultant specialising in Governance, Risk, Compliance and Transformation.

Amanda joined the Group Audit and Risk Committee in June 2019, was appointed to Bolton at Home Board in January 2020 and is Chair of BH HR Committee. 

 

Emily Mort

Emily Mort

Emily comes from a Financial lines background and is also an elected member of Bolton Council. Emily is heavily involved in Community activities, both in her work as a local Councillor and a Leader of local Brownies and Girl Guides groups.

Emily was appointed to Bolton at Home Board in July 2023. 

Matt Roberts

Matt Roberts

Matt has been Strategic Director of Property and Development with Southway Housing since December 2017 and has worked in social housing asset management for over 25 years, delivering many significant development and improvement programmes throughout his career.

Matt firmly believes in the benefits that investing in new and existing homes can have in maximising the social value of our properties and how, in turn, this can positively impact the lives of residents and the local environment.

Matt has been a co-opted Board member at Bolton at Home since 2018, and became a full Board member in January 2020.

Phil Saxton (Chair of Audit and Risk Committee)

Phil Saxton (Chair of Audit and Risk Committee)

Phil has served in a number of non-executive and trustee roles in the area for almost 20 years, including the Board of Six Town Housing, GMW NHS Mental Health Trust and Bolton & Bury Education Business Partnership, and is currently a trustee and vice-chair of Bury ILD, a small charity supporting people with learning disabilities to live independently.

He has extensive experience of social housing through his work as an executive interim with a large number of providers for 20 years.  He hopes to bring a breadth of perspective on social and business issues to complement those of colleagues at Bolton at Home.

Phil was appointed to the Group Audit and Risk Committee in May 2023, and became Chair of the Committee on 1 February 2024. Phil was also appointed to Bolton at Home Board on 1 February 2024.

Peter Styche

Peter Styche

Peter has spent most of his working life working in the fields of housing and regeneration and developed a number of major policy initiatives crucial to solving North West housing/regeneration issues, including the Market Renewal Programme. Following retirement he has remained active in the housing field through board membership and/or chairmanship of three North West based housing providers, including the biggest social housing providers in St Helens and Central Salford. 

Peter joined the Bolton at Home Board in January 2018.

Mark Wilkinson

Mark Wilkinson

Mark combines his non-executive role with his executive career in the NHS.  Most recently, Mark has been appointed to a place director role within the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board, tasked with delivering joined up health and care services.

By profession, Mark is a chartered accountant and held executive finance roles across Greater Manchester before moving into general management.  Mark is passionate about tackling health inequalities and is keen to explore the broader contribution Bolton at Home can make to supporting flourishing communities.  He has been on the board of Bolton at Home previously in 2018 and was re-appointed to the board in April 2022.

Saeed Atcha

Board member (Co-optee)

Saeed is an inspiring CEO, Leader and Changemaker having worked to make the world a better place for all young people, for a decade. Having grown up in care, Saeed is acutely aware of how young people from disadvantaged backgrounds can be overlooked when it comes to learning valuable life skills and having a voice in their future.

That’s why, at the age of 15, he set up Youth Leads UK which has supported more than 12,500 disadvantaged young Greater Mancunians to access volunteering opportunities and skills development programmes.

Saeed was the youngest person on Her Majesty the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List in 2019 awarded an MBE for services to young people and community in Greater Manchester. Later that year, Saeed went on to becoming the youngest person ever to be appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester, a role he’ll use to connect more young people to the Crown, raise aspirations and support voluntary groups.

Saeed joined Bolton at Home's Board as a Co-optee member in April 2022

Grace Broadhurst

Grace Broadhurst

Grace has had close involvement with various charities and communities across the Bolton Area since 2011, such as Urban Outreach, Bridge Church Bolton, and Bolton Guild of Help.

The Ethos and Culture of Bolton at Home in supporting people and their communities to help them flourish is a vision Grace believes in and is pleased to be a part of.

Grace joined Bolton at Home’s Board as a Co-optee member in May 2023.