Appointments: Nehemiah UCHA; Morris Property
FOUNDER of Birmingham law firm Mayflower Solicitors Jimmy Ogunshakin has become chairman of housing association Nehemiah UCHA.
Mr Ogunshakin has been involved since 2003, when he joined the board of United Churches Housing Association before it merged with Nehemiah Housing Association in 2007. He succeeds Kwadwo Owusu Darko as the organisation’s chairman.
He said: “The challenges ahead as I see it, are about how we build on the successful growth which has been achieved to date and utilise the limited resources we have, given the landscape and the wider economy is shrinking and the direct impact on social housing providers like ourselves.”
Nehemiah UCHA now has 1,100 homes across Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell and Walsall.
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MORRIS PROPERTY has appointed two members of staff to support its continued growth.
Quantity surveyor Richard Akers and site manager Dylan Parker have joined the Shrewsbury developer.
Ian Galliers, chief executive of Morris Property, said: “We are continually growing the breadth of services which we can offer and we are pleased to welcome local talent and new skills into our team to ensure we meet and exceed the exacting needs of our clients.”
Mr Akers, who has previously worked at Metrics Consultants and Pave Aways, will be working on key projects including the Beaufort Ridge housing development on the Mount and renovation of the Belle Vue Methodist Church in Shrewsbury.
Mr Parker’s projects will include overseeing the refurbishment works at Whitehall Cottages in Monkmoor and has been working with Severnside Housing on the Glebe House project in Abbey Foregate.
