Gillian has been a Board member at Beyond Housing since 2019, and in 2022 was appointed the Senior Independent Director; she is also a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.
During 2023/24, Gillian chaired a Regulatory Task Group which has successfully achieved the highest level Governance and Viability ratings for Beyond Housing. She has also been a member of a Task Group to refinance the business with a £250m sustainability bond. The bond is enabling investment in existing customers’ homes, providing more energy efficient homes, helping move to a carbon zero organisation, and supporting the delivery of an ambitious housing development plan.
Since 2021, Gillian has been a Non Executive Director at JBA Group; an environmental, engineering and risk management group.
Gillian joined the Trust in 2018, and is joint Deputy Trust Chair, Chair of the Trust’s Audit Committee, and with this role observes the monthly Risk Management Committee meetings. She is also the Security Management Champion for Fraud and represents the Trust at the City’s Leeds Health and Wellbeing Board.