Chartered Institute of Housing Executive Team

The Chartered Institute of Housing’s Executive Team is responsible for the operational management of CIH and to advise the CIH Council. The Executive Team comprises:

SARAH WEBB
CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Sarah took over as CIH's Chief Executive on 1 January 2008 having led its policy and practice directorate for 4 years. Previous roles have included working as a senior civil servant at ODPM, being Head of Strategy at Birmingham City Council and Director of a community-based housing association, academic research and 5 years as a housing and regeneration consultant. Sarah began her career as a housing officer in Glasgow, has worked for the Scottish Council for Single Homeless and is currently a board member for the Black Country Housing Group. She has sat on a number of national advisory groups including the Housing Reform Advisory Panel.

RICHARD CAPIE
DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PRACTICE

Richard Capie is Director of Policy and Practice at CIH. Before joining CIH in 2007 he was Head of Policy at the Housing Corporation. In 2006 he was seconded for 6 months to Communities and Local Government to work on the review of housing and regeneration. Richard has worked for a national housing association and a London local authority. Richard has Master’s degrees from the Australian National University and London School of Economics and was a Freyberg scholar. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, and is a non-executive director of Family Mosaic housing association.

DUNCAN SNOOK
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND CORPORATE SERVICES

Duncan has responsibility for finance, IT, HR and governance. Duncan qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1991 and has been an auditor and adviser in membership organisations, national governing bodies and charities. He is a board member of HouseMark, a performance improvement consultancy.

MARTIN WINN
DIRECTOR OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Martin joined CIH in 1990. Since 2000 he has been responsible for the implementation of education, training and membership strategies. Previously Martin lectured in sociology and achieved his doctorate in 1986. He is a former Chair of Housing Potential (UK) and he is a member of the Council of Asset Skills.

ALAN FERGUSON
DIRECTOR OF CIH SCOTLAND

Alan has been Director of CIH Scotland since 1993. Before life at CIH Alan was a lecturer on the housing courses at Stirling University, a Policy Officer again at CIH Scotland and a development worker with the Strathclyde Campaign for Investment in Council housing for a year. He started off work as a community worker in Glasgow, Cambuslang and Wishaw working for seven years with a range of tenant and community group and federations.

Alan has been a Board member of Scottish Council for Single Homeless, the Link Group, Govanhill Community Development Trust and Cube Housing Association and is currently a Board member of Southside Housing Association.

GRAINIA LONG
DIRECTOR OF CIH NORTHERN IRELAND

Grainia Long is Director of Chartered Institute of Housing in Northern Ireland, and was Principal Adviser to the Commission on the Future for Housing in Northern Ireland. She previously held the post of Director of Policy at the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland and before that worked in Scotland for the housing and homelessness charity, Shelter. She is a member of the Institute of Directors, and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.

KEITH EDWARDS
DIRECTOR OF CIH CYMRU

Director CIH Cymru since 2000. Returning in January 2009 from a two year secondment with the Welsh Assembly Government where he headed up the i2i-inform to involve project. Previously Director of TPAS Cymru. Background in the trade union, co-operative and community development movements