Our Board Members
John Towers - Chairman
John Towers is a retired senior civil servant whose previous careers included:- land surveyor, mortgage valuer and chief rent officer for Greater Manchester. John lives in Bolton and has a keen interest in amateur dramatics, being the chairman of Bolton Little Theatre.
Ged Drugan - Chair of Business Committee
Consultant at Manchester Business School
Roy Knowles - Chair of Audit Committee
Roy is a qualified chartered accountant and a chartered tax advisor. In 2006 he set up his own consultancy firm, Laurem Consulting which provides VAT and tax advisory services, largely to the housing sector, but also to other not for profit and commercial organisations. Prior to this he was a VAT partner in a large firm of chartered accountants and dealt with many of the countries largest housing associations.
Roy is the chief editor and co-author of the Tottel’s manual VAT for Social Housing, and is an active member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, serving on a number of its technical sub-committees. He is also an associate at Tribal Consulting, the country’s largest private provider of consultancy services to the housing sector.
As Chair of the Audit Committee, Roy is responsible for helping to ensure that St Vincent’s evaluates risks and value for money properly, and maintains an effective system of internal controls.
David McIntyre - Chair of New Business and Regeneration
David McIntyre is a Director at one of the UK’s largest firms of accountants and business advisors. David specialises in the
housing, education and charity sectors. He sits on the vision group for the ‘Young Persons’ Housing Offer’ where his experience in housing and education and his previous voluntary work, as an assistant youth worker, help him to actively contribute.
Sarah Mansfield - Chair of the Operations Committee
Board Member and Chair of the Operations Committee. Age 42 - solicitor specialising in Housing Management Law. Previously a nurse specialising in Intensive Care and Recovery Nursing.
Interests - Music, going to gigs, scuba diving (ideally in tropical places), travel, people
Reason for being a Board Member - In my day job I have to deal with the difficult problems in housing, asb, possession, homelessness etc. As a Board Member I am able to focus on improving people’s lives, making changes to benefit tenants and most importantly being given the opportunity to hear what St Vincent’s tenants want and to be able to provide them with the chance of fulfilling their requirements.
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