Amplius Board

Amplius is a Latin word that means to go ‘further’ and do ‘more’ and that resonates perfectly with our vision to be a sector leading housing provider that delivers great services to our customers and our communities.

Emma Killick - Board Chair

Emma is the Chair of the Amplius Board and also sits on the Integration Committee.

Damien Régent – Vice Chair and Chair of the Audit Risk Committee

In addition to chairing the Audit & Risk Committee, Damien sits on the Integration Committee. 

Ashleigh Webber – Board Member

Ashleigh is an Amplius customer and is the member responsible for complaints, providing oversight and challenge to Amplius’ complaint handling and scrutinising our performance against the Housing Ombudsman’s Code.
 

She also sits on the People and Governance Committee and the Customer Experience Committee. 

Brendan Whitworth – Chair of Finance and Treasury Committee, Grand Union Group Funding plc, Libra (Longhurst Group) Treasury plc and Libra (Longhurst Group) Treasury No2 plc

Brendan is chair of the Finance & Treasury Committee and sits on the Development & Asset Investment Committee.

Craig Thornton – Chair of Keystone Developments (LG) Ltd, Grand Union Homes Ltd and GUHG Development Company Ltd

Craig sits on the Audit & Risk Committee.

Elaine Barnes – Chair of Customer Experience Committee

Elaine is the chair of Customer Experience Committee and sits on the People & Governance Committee. 

Julie Doyle – Chief Executive Officer (Executive Director)

Julie has over 30 years of experience in the housing sector, currently working as Chief Executive of Amplius. 

Laila Court – Board Member

Peter Hay CBE – Chair of People and Governance Committee

Peter chairs the People & Governance Committee and sits on the Customer Experience Committee. 

Tony Oakley – Chair of Integration Committee

Tony chairs the Integration Committee and sits on the Finance & Treasury Committee.

Stephen Lodge – Chair of Development and Asset Investment Committee

Stephen chairs the Development & Asset Investment Committee. 

Committee members

Shawna Barnes – Customer Experience Committee (Independent)

Shawna is an Amplius customer and is very passionate about community building and developing young people. 

William Cooper-Pearson – Development and Asset Investment Committee (Independent)

William is currently Head of UK Investments at IMMO Capital and supports Amplius on the Development Committee, where he brings a commercial and strategic rigour to land, development, and partnership activity. 

Tom Paul – Finance and Treasury Committee (Independent)

Tom is an Independent Specialist member of the Finance & Treasury Committee. 

Ted Pearce – Development and Asset Investment Committee (Independent)

Ted is a chartered surveyor with more than 40 years’ experience in the property and construction industry. 

Nannette Sakyi – Development and Asset Investment Committee (Independent)

Nannette is an experienced housing and property professional with over 20 years’ experience across the public sector. 

Chris Tyson – Finance and Treasury Committee and Audit and Risk Committee (Independent)

Chris is a fully qualified corporate treasurer and has worked in senior leadership roles at several large multinational companies in his career spanning more than 30 years. 

Simon Mitchinson – Customer Experience Committee Member (Independent)

Simon has a varied professional background, bringing extensive governance expertise, independent judgement and community insight to his role as a member of Amplius’ Customer Experience Committee. 

Michael Carr – Finance and Treasury Committee Member (Independent)

Michael brings strong financial and strategic skills to Amplius’ Finance and Treasury Committee, with knowledge of the social housing finance sector.