Our Board

Jane joined the Board in October 2022 and is a highly experienced Board member and Non-Executive Director. She has held Board and Committee positions in many sectors including further education, hospitality and sport and was previously a Non-Executive Director at housing associations Vivid Homes and First Wessex Housing. Most recently, she was a Non-Executive Director of Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Jane had a long professional career as a Director and Business Leader at IBM, a global technology, services and solutions company. She has broad commercial experience, combining a people-centred focus and transformational attitude with sound governance to deliver strong organisational results.

Elaine joined the Combined Board in November 2016 and specialises in customer experience, contact centre transformation and continuous improvement together with multi-channel selling strategies. She is passionate about continuous improvement of organisations to drive customer centricity, multi-channel strategies and contact centre and sales brilliance. Elaine has lived and worked in the UK, the US, Singapore and Poland and is currently the Chief Customer Officer for Cromwell Group Ltd part of WW Grainger. Elaine also Chairs our Remuneration and Nominations Committee.

Vic joined the business in 2011, the Board of Curo Enterprise in June 2012 and the Combined Board in November 2016. His initial focus was on integrating three housing associations into one, bringing together our culture, governance and strategy. From these foundations, Curo was formed in 2013 as a re-energised commercially-savvy business with a strong social purpose. Today Curo has more than doubled its turnover and has a pipeline of over 2,700 new homes in development. It has established itself as an ambitious business with a regional and national reputation for innovation. Under Vic’s leadership, Curo has become an Investors In People ‘Gold’ employer, has been ranked 27th Best 100 Not for Profit Company to work for in the UK by the Sunday Times and has won many awards for our services and our new homes and regeneration activities. Vic is Chair of Homes for the South West – a collaboration between housing associations working together to increase affordable housing supply in our region. Together these organisations can deliver 16,000 new homes between 2019 and 2024. Vic is also a Governor of Bath College, one of our local partners, sits on the National Housing Federation’s Diversity, Equalities & Inclusion group and is active on the Bath Chamber of Commerce where he sits on the economic development sub-committee. In 2019, Vic won Business Insider South West Property Personality of the year and the Vistage Life Time Achievement Award.

Simon is Executive Director of Finance and Strategy at Curo. He joined the business in November 2013, the Combined Board in February 2017 and the Board of Curo Enterprise in September 2019. He brings a wealth of commercial experience to the company. Since joining Curo Simon has led the fund-raising activities and business transformation programme resulting in substantial improvements in performance. He has also been heavily involved in establishing Curo’s commercial house-builder business.

Jerry joined us in 2018. He is a co-opted member of Curo’s Audit & Assurance Committee and its Remuneration and Nominations Committee. He has over 20 years’ experience of working with boards of directors and audit committees. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. He has a solid background in strategic and organisational planning having experienced and led the start-up and development of companies, and established appropriate corporate governance structures. Jerry has led a number of successful projects, including establishing two banks, the implementation of new systems as well as leading a project to outsource operations and IT. Jerry also has a strong commitment and interest in personal development and is a member of various boards including two educational establishments and a national youth homelessness organisation. Jerry also has a strong commitment and interest in personal development and is a member of various boards including two educational establishments and a national youth homelessness organisation.

Mike, a chartered civil engineer by profession, is a monitor and former director of the Considerate Constructors Scheme and Managing Director of a construction management consultancy business. Mike holds non-executive positions at the House of Commons: chairing a Construction Safety Assurance panel for Strategic Estates and as a member of the Parliamentary Safety Assurance Board. Mike also chairs a Stakeholder Advisory Panel for Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks. He has held executive and non-executive board positions within construction, housing and healthcare organisations.

Jamie is a Chartered Surveyor, Chartered Construction Manager and Trustee of the Chartered Institute of Building. Experienced in leading Development programmes across the Private and Public sector. Jamie is currently Head of Programme, Cost and Procurement at Marks & Spencer and brings experience in Governance, Construction, Financial viability modelling and Strategic Programme Management.

Joe joined the Combined Board in June 2022, bring experience working in financial services. Joe is currently also the CFO & COO at Brunel Pension Partnership Limited, an investment management company which invests the Local Government Pension Scheme Assets for the South West of England and the Environment Agency. Joe is from the South West, has a young family and is proud to be part of Curo’s mission to serve and support people in the area.