Board of Management |
Find out about the people who run Cartrefi Conwy.
Cartrefi Conwy’s Board of Management consists of five tenants, five Council nominees, five independent people and a co-opted member (who is a resident in Conwy County).
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Board Members |
Pam Lonie, Chair of the Board
Pam lives in Abergele and has worked in the housing field for more than 20 years.
She has a keen interest in the development, refurbishment and sustainability of local communities.
She has been a board member of her local NHS Trust and a transfer housing association.
Pam believes the Board is committed to putting the interests of local people first by working together on the improvements to people’s homes and the local communities it serves.
“We are fully committed to meeting the promises that were made to you during transfer but even more than that we are determined to ensure that Cartrefi Conwy is the kind of organisation that tenants want to have as their landlord and people will want and be proud to work for.”
Brian Horton, Vice-Chair
Brian has been a tenant in Conwy for over 30 years and lives in Kinmel Bay.
He has worked in management and engineering and has been involved in projects including tenant participation on the housing transfer consultation.
He has been a trustee of the Chester Avenue Community House and was the first Chair of Conwy Tenants’ Forum.
Brian aims to continue working for tenants to improve the quality of life on estates and throughout Conwy.
Brian Roberts JP
Brian is a Financial Adviser. He has lived locally for most of his life and has more than 10 years experience of working with housing associations across North Wales.
Brian is a magistrate and was a local school governor for 13 years. He is committed to listening to tenants and working to ensure that the board of Cartrefi Conwy delivers the housing service that meets their needs for generations to come.
Chris Hughes
A former Vice Chair of the Council’s Housing Committee, Councillor Hughes has served on a number of committees and community organisations since being elected as a Councillor for Colwyn Bay in 1995, and County Councillor four years later.
He is a Trustee and Vice-Chairman of the Daniel Cleverley Trust, a founder member of the Colwyn Bay Conservation and Environment Federation and a member of the Colwyn in Bloom management committee, as well as having a range of other roles.
He is also vice chair of Theatr Colwyn Joint Management Committee, serves on the board of Bay of Colwyn Town Management, is a member of the board of the Colwyn Bay regeneration project and is the Governor of two local schools.
Chris is a former Mayor of Colwyn Bay.
Cllr Christine Jones
Llandudno Councillor Christine joins the Board of Management with the hope of supporting Cartrefi Conwy to improve the quality of life for its tenants.
Christine has experience within the housing field having represented Aberconwy Council on the Board of another North Wales housing association. Christine has been a local Government Councillor since 1979 and is a former Chair of the Aberconwy Council Housing Committee, the North Wales Housing and Town Planning Council as well as being a former Chair of Conwy County Borough Council. Christine is also a former Mayor of Llandudno.
Christine has previously worked as an accounts clerk for a large Llandudno hotel before becoming a Chief Clerk for a Hire Purchase Finance Company.
Christine is kept busy with her role as County Councillor and Governor of two local schools but in her spare time she enjoys cryptic crosswords and foreign travel.
Ian Jenkins
Ian was born in Rhuddlan, near Rhyl and brought up in Melin y Coed, near Llanrwst. Ian works closely with the Glanrafon Residents' and Tenants' Association in Llanrwst and has been involved in the transfer proposals from the beginning, recognising the benefits it will bring for the area and the whole of Conwy.
All his adult life he has worked on building sites all over England and Wales as a carpenter and joiner, and working for a short period in British Columbia, Canada. Ian is married to Iona and has 3 children, aged 21 to 30. As a young man Ian played football for Llanrwst, Machno and Dolgarrog in the Vale of Conwy League and became Chair of Llanrwst United FC then Chair of the Vale of Conwy Football League for 9 years until it finished in 2002.
Ian shares with his wife an interest in music and they love to visit the North Wales Theatre to enjoy opera, 60's, Big Bands, Dafydd Iwan and Catatonia (from Llanrwst) together with many other Welsh bands. One of Ian's life goals is to learn to dance the tango and visit Patagonia!
Clifton Robinson
Clifton worked for a local council and a housing association in London before moving to North Wales in 1988 to become housing manager with Clwyd Alyn Housing Association. He left Clwyd Alyn in 1993 to become housing director with North Wales Housing Association where he spent 10 years. During that time, among other responsibilities, he helped to develop the Association’s approach on tenant participation and community development and is certain that this background will be of particular value as a Board Member of Cartrefi Conwy.
Since leaving North Wales Housing Association, Clifton served as Chair of the North Wales Probation Board from 2004 to 2009; was a founding director of Cymru Equality and Diversity Consortiumand since 2007 has been a member of the Statutory Wales Committee of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. In January 2010, he started his new role as Chief Executive of Housing Diversity Network (HDN), a leading equalities training and mentoring services provider for nearly 130 housing associations in England. He is keen to pass on his experience of working in England to Cartrefi Conwy as so many of the issues for housing providers in England are similar to those experienced by providers in Wales.
Clifton was also invited by the Welsh Assembly Government in 2008 to join one of 3 expert panels set up to produce a new National Housing Strategy for Wales and is keen that Cartrefi Conwy should also benefit from this role.
Jason Weyman
Conwy County Council representative on the board of Cartrefi Conwy is Deganwy councillor Jason Weyman.
The telecommunications expert from Deganwy was elected to the council in May last year and is also a governor of two schools, a parent governor at Ysgol Deganwy and Local Education Authority Governor at Ysgol John Bright.
He was also until recently the Subpostmaster and partner in Deganwy Post Office and Village Stores, in Station Road, Deganwy.
Prior to that he spent 12 years in the Telecommunications Industry and his interests include walking and cycling and he is a keen follower of the fast and furious world of Formula One racing.
He’s even been to Monaco, home of the most glamorous of the Grand Prix and he said: “One of my most interesting experiences in my career in telecommunications was accompanying customers to an exhibition in Monaco.”
He sees his role on the board of Cartrefi Conwy as moving the new company forward in the achievement of its promises.
He added: “I have strong organisation skills and attention for detail and I strive to gain an understanding of the Financial structure of organisations I’m involved in.”
Douglas Leech 
Douglas is currently a director of two private commercial and residential property development companies and has a long history of working in property development and in the construction arena.
In his spare time Douglas enjoys a round of golf, walking and reading. He enjoys meeting and working with people from all walks of life.
His vision for Cartrefi Conwy is to achieve our stated goals in contributing to the sustainable development and maintenance of local people’s homes and communities and in particular to prevent the de-population of rural areas.
Douglas feels that becoming a member of the board of Cartrefi Conwy allows him the opportunity to employ 40 years experience in the construction and property development field to assist Cartrefi Conwy in achieving its goals and to make a significant impact on the local community by improving housing quality and standards.
Mair Jones 
Mair lives in Colwyn Bay. A native of Treuddyn in Flintshire she was a teacher for 30 years. She retired from teaching in 1991 to train for a new career in the Church and, on qualifying, became curate in Llangollen before moving to Llandrillo, near Corwen, and then to be Rector of Llanelian, Betws-yn-Rhos and Trofarth. Later also taking on the parish of Bryn-y-Maen. She moved into Conwy in 2001 and has lived on the Fron Estate in Colwyn Bay since 2008.
Mair has an interest in people and hopes that through her appointment as a board member at Cartrefi Conwy she can make a contribution in particular regarding the interests and needs of older people.
Rob Redhead
Rob lives on the Peulwys estate, Llysfaen and is also Chair of the Peulwys and District Partnership Board. He’s been a community councillor for the Peulwys ward and wants to do his best for the residents in the area. Initially wary of the transfer of housing from Conwy County Borough Council to Cartrefi Conwy, he now wants to help move things forward.
Jenny Hughes
Jenny Hughes was appointed to the Board of Management in April 2011 and is an active member of the Tan Y Lan community in Old Colwyn. Jenny’s efforts to support her community have previously been recognised through the Tenant Participation Advisory Service (TPAS) and the Pride of Conwy awards. Jenny is particularly keen to ensure that the interests of younger tenants are represented at Board level.
Brian Leggett
Brian has been a tenant of Cartrefi Conwy and formally Conwy County Borough Council for 42 years. He lives in Llanfairfechan. Before retiring he worked as a mechanical electrician for the NHS and was a board member for the North West Wales NHS trust for 5 years.
Brian’s vision is to see Cartrefi Conwy develop as a fair and decent landlord and to continue to improve their properties - as they are doing now.
“I like to be of service to people and enjoy being involved”.
Jonathon Cross - Biography & photo to follow
Dave Roberts - Biography & photo to follow
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Executive Team Management |
Andrew Bowden, Chief Executive
Andrew is very pleased to be appointed Cartrefi Conwy’s first Chief Executive and believes he has been given a fantastic opportunity to drive forward the much needed improvements to tenants’ homes that will deliver, by 2012, the Welsh Quality Housing Standard to all of Cartrefi Conwy tenants.
“I am a firm believer in tenant empowerment and will take personal responsibility in ensuring Cartrefi Conwy has tenant aspirations as its heart and that all tenants are given every opportunity to participate in the activities of Cartrefi Conwy.
I would want everyone who considers themselves able to add value to Cartrefi Conwy to feel free to contact me directly to discuss how they can get involved in ensuring this new company is a real success, keeps its promises to tenants and forms a valued partnership with Conwy County Borough Council.”
Tony Deakin, Director of Finance
Tony has worked in social housing for 18 years, most recently as head of finance for Wrekin Housing Trust, another housing transfer organisation established in 1999. Tony has previously been a board member with another large scale voluntary transfer organisation.
He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy’s (CIPFA) registered social landlord panel and has delivered training for Board members and contributed to their newsletters and bulletins.
Tony’s duties with Cartrefi Conwy will be Business Planning, Financial Management & Information Computer Technology.
Gwynne Jones, Director of Operations
Gwynne Jones joined the Cartrefi Conwy team as Operations Director in July 2008, coming from Cymdeithas Tai Clwyd where he had been Director of Housing for the previous 10 years.
My role is to lead and manage the Housing and Property teams to deliver the property improvements and tenant services as promised in the Council’s Housing Transfer Proposal.
I believe that being part of Cartrefi Conwy is an opportunity for making a real difference in peoples lives not just in the fabric of the homes but by building community spirit and ensuring that our estates are places that tenants feel proud of.
It is also an opportunity to empower tenants to take an active part in the direction of a new organisation through creating a real partnership between Cartrefi Conwy and our tenants.
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