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Gillian Taylor, Non-Executive Director & Deputy Trust Chair

Gillian Taylor

Non-Executive Director & Deputy Trust Chair

A qualified accountant, and business transformation expert, Gillian is applying her professional skills gained as an executive, in a Non-Executive capacity in the health, and environmental engineering sectors. She has operated at Board level in the utility, social housing and social business sectors, including British Gas and Centrica.

Since 2021, Gillian has been a Non-Executive Director at JBA Group; an environmental, engineering and risk management group. Since 2024, she has been a Trustee Director for JBA’s Employee Ownership Trust – this was established when JBA became an employee-owned organisation.

Gillian was a Board member at Beyond Housing 2019-2025 and in 2022 was appointed the Senior Independent Director; she was 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.

Gillian is the Deputy Chair of the Trust, along with Chairing the Audit Committee, she is a member of the Finance & Performance Committee and the Perinatal Improvement Assurance Committee. She is the NED Champion for Freedom to Speak up.