Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee
Our Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee is led by our Deputy Chief Executive and chaired by Tim Jackson.
This committee reviews our performance against our plan and objectives, monitors risks to the business and is also responsible for providing additional assurance to the Board that we are being managed effectively.
Members of the Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee
Charlotte Marshall
Chair
Charlotte joined the Group Board in February 2023 and is a serving Non-Executive Director for our specialist facilities management company Centigen. She was appointed as Chair of our Governance & People Committee on 1 April 2024. She was also appointed as Chair of our Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee in July 2025.
Charlotte had been the CEO for Bidvest Noonan until October 2022, who employed 20,000 people in the UK and provided primarily security and cleaning services to national customers.
She previously served in a leadership role with Iron Mountain, a business that delivers physical and digital document storage across the globe, as Senior Vice President, with responsibility for 12 European countries.
Tim Jackson
Tim was co-opted to the Board in November 2017 and became a full member in May 2018. He is a qualified accountant who has worked in commercial, public and not-for-profit sectors. He as held executive director positions in a number of housing associations in roles encompassing IT, HR, governance, corporate services, PR and service transformation. Most recently he was Executive Director of Transformation at Newport City Homes in Wales. Tim also has a non-executive role at Gloucester City Homes and has lived in Gloucestershire for many years and is committed to delivering high quality social housing in the area.
Olubunmi Akinnitire
Independent Committee Member
Bunmi is a Chartered Certified Accountant with more than 15 years’ experience in finance leadership. She has held senior roles including financial planning and analysis, business partnering, statutory reporting and internal audit across a number of sectors including financial services, telecoms and media.
She is the founder of Prime Edge Accountants, advising SMEs and start-ups on financial management, governance, financial sustainability, and compliance and also mentors business leaders on cash flow management and decision-making.
Bunmi is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ACA). She joined our Audit and Risk Committee in January 2025.
Yvonne Leishman
Yvonne will be known in housing circles as former President of the Chartered Institute of Housing and Chair of the performance management and benchmarking business HouseMark, which she was involved in setting up. She received an OBE for services to housing. Yvonne is an experienced managing director, skilled in strategic policy-making, change management, service review and business creation and she has led funding bids for capital regeneration projects. She joined the Board in November 2017 and was Chair from 2018 to 2024. She now serves as a Board member and sits on our Tenants’ Voice Group providing a direct link between tenants and our Group Board.
Anne Marie Millar
Anne Marie Millar has had an extensive career as a Finance Director in both the private and public sectors. In recent years she has worked in the Department of Health, DEFRA, and the Rural Payments Agency helping to turn high-level business objectives into deliverable financial plans.
She is an experienced board member and holds a number of non-executive and trustee roles. Current roles include being a Board Member at the Royal College of Physicians, Trustee of Mental Health Research UK, and is a member of several Audit Committees including the Department of Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ). She joined us in February 2025.
