Gillian has been a Board member at Beyond Housing since 2019, and in 2022 was appointed the Senior Independent Director; she is 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.
Since 2021, Gillian has been a Non Executive Director at JBA Group; an environmental, engineering and risk management group.
Gillian joined the Trust in 2018, and is joint Deputy Trust Chair, Chair of the Trust’s Finance and Performance Committee, and is also a member of the Building Development Committee. She represents the Trust at the City’s Leeds Health and Wellbeing Board.