Board Members Test 2

Pete Andrew

Chair of Corserv

Peter Andrew is deputy chairman of HBF and has a wealth of industry experience and an in-depth understanding of the issues affecting house builders. Peter started life as a trainee QS at George Wimpey and during a career spanning 40 years progressed to become the UK Land and Planning Director - and a board member - at national house-builder Taylor Wimpey UK.

He was also one of the four practitioners who helped draft the National Planning Policy Framework for then Planning Minister Greg Clark. He was awarded an MBE in the 2018 New Year’s Honours for ‘services to construction’ in recognition for this work. Peter is also a Council member of the NHBC, Chairman of Burrington Estates – a West Country developer, Chairman of IT company Rummage 4 and director of Dorchester Group - a housing and Place-making company.

Cath Robinson

Corserv Group Managing Director

With over 30 years’ experience in local government, Cath has recently moved from interim to the permanent role as Corserv’s managing director. Boasting a distinguished career, from apprentice to chief finance officer in Cornwall Council, Cath is a qualified CIPFA accountant as well as holding an MBA from Warwick Business School. In her previous roles, Cath has managed core business functions such as human resources, organisational development, and commercial and legal services. She has also led operational services for the fire service, public protection, libraries, customer services and property. Most recently Cath was the chief operating officer for Cornwall Council and was instrumental in establishing Corserv and the new group company’s structure.

Tim Jeans

Non-Executive Director

A long term aviation professional, Tim has served in many senior positions during his nearly two decades in the industry. As commercial director of Ryanair, Tim played a key role in its European expansion, most notably into Brussels and Frankfurt. He has also served as chairman of Stobart Air Ltd, Monarch Electric Service Company, and he is currently board chairman at Cornwall Airport Newquay.

Mike Hanrahan

Chair of Cornwall Housing

Since the early 1990’s Mike has held executive posts in a number of regional and national housing associations. For 10 years he was Chief Executive of Teign Housing. He has always put quality service delivery and meaningful tenant involvement at the top of his agenda. He has significant Board experience, having served on 3 housing association Boards including an appointment by the Social Housing Regulator. On his appointment as Chair of the Board of Cornwall Housing Limited, Mike said “I am looking forward to working with the team at Cornwall Housing, it is an organisation that is driven to provide quality services for its tenants and local communities and I am particularly excited to play my part in seeing this continue and develop.”

Julia Gregory

Non-Executive Director

Julia has over 29 years’ experience in leading the development and delivery of key infrastructure across the highways, transportation and aviation sectors. Her career has demonstrated a strong focus on driving results to improve commerciality, performance, customer service, quality and safety. Julia is a Fellow and Council Member of the Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation (CIHT), as well as a Trustee for Homestart Hertfordshire. Julia is also currently the Director of Projects at Ebbsfleet Development Corporation (EDC).