We are governed by an elected Board of Management, which has ultimate responsibility for the governance of CDS. The Board’s role is to monitor policy and performance. We have the following sub-committees, made up of members of the Board:
- Services Committee
Responsible for overseeing services to residents and clients - Finance and Audit Committee
Responsible for financial oversight, risk management and audit - Corporate Services Committee
Responsible for central functions like compliance, ICT, HR, Comms - Governance Committee
Responsible for oversight of governance structure and urgency issues - Remuneration Committee
Responsible for oversight of pay for the CE and Board Members
The Board works alongside our senior management team to ensure we remain focused on our strategic goals, follow our purpose and work in line with our values. CDS is also registered with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Our Board is made up of independent members and members drawn from organisations or individuals who experience our services such as clients, tenants or leaseholders.
CDS is a member of the National Housing Federation and the Confederation of Co-operative Housing.
Jayam Dalal, Chair
Jayam Dalal joined as Chair in September 2022. She has over 25 years of experience in the leasehold and social housing sector – as a Lay Member on the Residential Property Tribunal and prior to that was a Board member with Moat Housing Association and Moat Home Ownership, and subsequently founder member of the Group Diversity Board for Places for People Housing Group. From January 2013 till March 2022 she was a Non-Executive Director with the NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (Brighton, Coastal W Sussex and North-East London), taking the lead on Patient & Public Engagement on the Governing Board. She is currently a Public Appointments Advisor with the Ethical Standards Commissioner Scotland, sitting on the recruitment panel for Ministerial Public Appointments to ensure compliance with the Commissioner’s Code. She is also a Trustee of TATTL (Trading Arm of the Third Age Trust Ltd] – a trading arm of the u3a which is a charity, with over 400,000 members in the UK. Jayam is a Graduate of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, and is passionate in diversity and inclusion, listening and engaging with hard-to-reach groups
List of current members of the Board of Management
Tom Bremner – Chair Corporate Services Committee
Rebecca Southern – Chair of Services Committee
Rebecca FitzGerald
The Corporate Services Director acts as Company Secretary
A disclosure of all members’ interests is available on request to the Company Secretary
