Rachael Fullwood- Chief Executive

Chief Executive of the Association since 2021.

Hugh Unwin - Board Member and Operations Committee Member

Former Head of ICT & Customer Services, and member of the Senior Management Team, at Victory Housing Trust. Subsequently worked as a consultant leading Customer Services at Saffron Housing Trust, and then leading significant ICT projects for Yorkshire Housing.

Nicholas Doyle - Board Member

Over thirty years experience in the social housing sector in a wide range of positions. An experienced Non-Executive Director,  first appointment in 2007 : since then, has worked with a number of organisations including a successful start-up, a national charity and an organisation that had been in operation for 30 years.

Alex Fury - Board Member and Audit & Risk Committee Chair

Leads and manages the Assets & Growth Team and has substantial experience within the sector and its associated delivery functions having worked in Housing Management, Development and a senior Leadership capacity. Experience includes working within Social Housing, Private Developer and Local Authority.

Chris Rennison - Board Member

Currently Executive Director for a UK health charity, responsible for overseeing all aspects of the charity’s people activities, including human resources, equality diversity & inclusion, workforce development and Internal Communications. Leads major cultural change programmes and have executive responsibility for estate and facility management and oversight of business continuity planning and crisis management.

Kevin Hornsby - Board Chair

Leads a directorate of 180 colleagues and a key member of the executive team managing 10,000 homes across North Lincolnshire. Responsible for Customer Services and all landlord services including income, lettings, tenancy support and tenancy management.

Christine Paxton - Board Deputy Chair and Operations Committee Member

Member of the Leadership Team at Karbon Homes, a housing association based in the North East of England. Responsible for brand, reputation management, strategic internal and external communications, transformation and culture change projects alongside growth, innovation, and business development.

John Baker - Board Member and Audit & Risk Committee Member

Has worked in global audit and accountancy firms, leading fraud & corruption prevention and investigation teams. Working with a variety of housing clients including London boroughs (Lambeth, Westminster and Southwark), plus many registered social landlords and property maintenance & management companies.

Clare Harrington - Board Member & Operations Committee Chair

Simon Hatchman - Board Member and Audit & Risk Committee Member

Simon joined LRHA in April 2025, initially as a committee member, and then joined the main Board in January 2026. Simon is currently Executive Director of Resources at PA Housing, with responsibility for finance, treasury, IT and data, and complaints and business improvement. Simon has worked in social housing since 1995, holding senior positions across several housing associations, worked as a regulator, and for a specialist sector lending intermediary. He is a qualified member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). In addition to his role at PA Housing, Simon serves as a Trustee at Linkage Community Trust and a Board member at Newlon Housing Trust.