Caledonia appoints new Chair
Caledonia appoints new Chair to its Board at this year’s AGM.
Caledonia Housing Association held its seventh Annual General Meeting at McDiarmid Park in Perth on Tuesday 18th September. The well attended AGM reported on Caledonia’s positive performance and achievements for the year, including an overview on the organisations strategic objectives, and saw the resignation of the long-standing Chair of the Management Board, David Grant.
David, an influential member of the Caledonia team, was elected to Perthshire Housing Association’s Committee of Management in August 2010. He served as Chair of Caledonia Audit Committee from September 2011 to September 2013 before becoming Chair of Caledonia’s Management Board on 17 September 2013.
David commented:
“I have very much enjoyed my eight-year involvement with the Association, including the last five years where I have been fortunate to serve and contribute as the Chair of the Management Board.
“We have achieved much over this period and I would like to express my sincere thanks to everyone at Caledonia for all their hard work, enthusiasm and support. I think that the time is right for me to now retire and I am more than satisfied that I am leaving the Association in very safe hands for the future”.
Caledonia paid tribute to David’s valuable contribution to the organisation over the years; thanking him for his dedication to the organisation.
Penny Coburn was later appointed as the new Chair at the Management Board Meeting. Penny is a long-standing member of the Caledonia Management Team, having previously assumed the role of Chair of the Audit Committee as well as Vice Chair of the Management Board.
Penny commented:
“I am delighted to have been appointed to the role of Chair of Caledonia Housing Association and would firstly like to my express my appreciation to David for all that he has achieved over his time as Chair.
“These are exciting times for our Association and the wider Caledonia Group. Through our work we will be focused on transforming customer service, providing 1,000 new homes and ensuring our services represent value for money.
“I have no doubt that there will challenges on the way but I am confident moving forward that we will achieve our aims and continue to be a successful, customer focused housing organisation”.
Caledonia Housing Association is one of Scotland’s leading providers of high quality affordable homes for people in housing need. The association owns and manages around 4,000 homes across Tayside, Fife and the Highlands, with a further 600 owned and managed in West Dunbartonshire by Cordale Housing Association and Bellsmyre Housing Associations – Group partner organisations.