At CDS we employ 45 people and have a co-working office space in Borough, in central London although we now operate a hybrid working model, with many of our team working remotely.
We are passionate about employing a team of talented people who share our values.
A list of all staff phone numbers is included below.
Our Senior Management Team
Tom Bremner, Chief Executive
Tom has worked in housing, local government and regeneration for over 25 years. He has chaired a housing association board and had a number of director and senior management positions in councils, ALMOs and housing associations. Before joining CDS he worked independently, helping organisations improve services and build new homes.
020 4551 2953
tom.bremner@cds.coop
Christina Friedenthal, Corporate Services Director
Christina joined CDS as Operations Director in June 2017 and took over as Corporate Services Director in January 2022. She has 16 years of experience in social housing between the US and England, beginning her career working on a range of major regeneration projects where she supported resident involvement and services. After moving to London, she held multiple positions at Notting Hill Housing Trust over her years there, ultimately serving as Regional Head of Housing. As our Corporate Services Director, Christina is responsible for ensuring we have a strong governance environment, statutory and regulatory compliance, and an empowering ‘back office’ service – covering our people strategy, HR, IT and Offices – and also making sure that we have effective performance data and reporting.
020 4551 2975
christina.friedenthal@cds.coop
Shazia Nawaz, Finance Director
Shazia’s background is in finance roles in fast-paced technology industries, which traded in: energy smart meters, property valuations and utility, mobile phone and insurance comparison and switching services. She has extensive experience in running an efficient finance team: leading projects, implementing systems, process improvement, budgeting, reporting and analysis. Shazia also enjoy collaborating and improving processes; and likes to always approach everything with an agile mindset.
020 4551 2969
shazia.nawaz@cds.coop
Kristell Marcantoni, Operations Director
Kristell joined CDS as Project Manager in February 2017 helping with improving services. She has over 15 years experience in social housing and started her career at Notting Hill Housing Trust working in multiple roles over her years there. Kristell is passionate about customer service, building strong communities and Health and Safety compliance.
020 4551 2961
kristell.marcantoni@cds.coop
Levent Kerimol, Community Led Housing Director
Lev is responsible for Community Led Housing London and our work in enabling growth in the sector. He was previously at the GLA establishing the Small Sites x Small Builders programme, contributing to the London Plan, and managing social and economic regeneration projects. He also worked with LB Lewisham on the early stages of the RUSS project. Lev has studied Architecture and Real Estate and taught Design & Planning at London Met.
lev@communityledhousing.london
Nigel Moore, Head of Client Services
Nigel has over 30 years’ experience of managing housing in Local Authorities and Housing Associations, with 15 years at senior management level. In 1997 Nigel set up and led a successful Tenant Management Organisation, taking control of housing services from the Local Authority and handing it to local residents. He is a passionate advocate of co-operative housing and is committed to our mission of helping residents shape what matters to them.
020 4551 2976
nigel.moore@cds.coop
Staff contacts
All numbers below will call both desk and mobile phones. One number can reach us on all devices anywhere we are.
| Housing Team | |
| Natalie Edwards Leasehold Services Advisor |
homeownership@cds.coop 020 4551 2958 |
| Kelisha Francis-Derby Housing Admin Assistant |
kelisha.francis-derby@cds.coop 020 4551 2913 |
| Folake Agbaje Housing Services Manager |
folake.agbaje@cds.coop 020 4551 2988 |
| Matthew Reach Estate Caretaker |
matthew.reach@cds.coop 020 4551 2982 |
| Maureen Bello Senior Welfare Benefits Caseworker |
maureen.bello@cds.coop 020 4551 2936 |
| Nkechi Eneh Housing Services Officer |
nkechi.eneh@cds.coop 020 4551 2945 |
| Shannon Driscoll Housing Services Officer |
shannon.driscoll@cds.coop 020 4551 2948 |
| Temi Awolaja Head of Housing Services |
temi.awolaja@cds.coop 020 4551 2992 |
| Vivien Okonkwo Housing Services Officer |
vivien.okonkwo@cds.coop 020 4551 2952 |
| Arrears Team | |
| Eva McCarthy Arrears Control Officer |
eva.mccarthy@cds.coop 020 4551 2926 |
| La’Toya Grant Arrears Control Officer |
latoya.grant@cds.coop 020 4551 2932 |
| Naana Oforiwaa Arrears Control Officer |
naana.oforiwaa@cds.coop 020 4551 2939 |
| Property Services | |
| Erin Forde Head of Property Services |
erin.forde@cds.coop 020 4551 2929 |
| Craig Hallsworth Planned Works Manager |
craig.hallsworth@cds.coop 020 4551 2980 |
| Repairs Team | |
| Claire Deverell Repairs Service Manager |
claire.deverell@cds.coop 020 4551 2922 |
| Beverley Frimpong Repairs Advisor |
beverley.frimpong@cds.coop 020 4551 2934 |
| Emilly Jerome Repairs Advisor |
emilly.jerome@cds.coop 020 4551 2989 |
| Lee Dewis Repairs Advisor |
lee.dewis@cds.coop 020 4551 2920 |
| Viv Sweeney-Collins Repairs Advisor |
viv.sweeney-collins@cds.coop 020 4551 2951 |
| Safety and Compliance | |
| Cathy Aldridge Gas Programme Officer |
cathy.aldridge@cds.coop 020 4551 2974 |
| Reece Cahalane Compliance Manager |
reece.cahalane@cds.coop 020 4551 2977 |
| TyAnna Hall Property Compliance Administrator |
tyanna.hall@cds.coop 020 4551 2968 |
| Client Team | |
| Dennis Frederick Client Relationship Officer |
dennis.frederick@cds.coop 020 4551 2923 |
| Iza O’Shea Client Relationship Officer |
Iza.oshea@cds.coop 020 4551 3004 |
| Sylvia Quansah-George Client Relationship Officer (Sanford) |
sylvia.quansah-george@cds.coop 020 4551 2984 |
| Nigel Moore Head Of Client Services |
nigel.moore@cds.coop 020 4551 2976 |
| Rachel Frost Client Relationship Officer |
rachel.frost@cds.coop 020 4551 2947 |
| Tullia Morris Client Relationship Officer |
tullia.morris@cds.coop 020 4551 2964 |
| Finance Team | |
| Abdul Smith Financial Transactions Officer |
abdul.smith@cds.coop 020 4551 2966 |
| Anna Popovich Financial Transactions Officer |
anna.popovich@cds.coop 020 4551 2891 |
| Alla Coelho Financial Reporting Officer |
alla.coelho@cds.coop 020 4551 2908 |
| Vacant Finance Manager |
@cds.coop 020 4551 2915 |
| Eveline Jonkute Finance Assistant |
eveline.jonkute@cds.coop 020 4551 2957 |
| Francine He Financial Reporting Officer |
francine.he@cds.coop 020 4551 2957 |
| Lara Maskhadova Finance Reporting Officer |
lara.maskhadova@cds.coop 020 4551 2937 |
| Lucinda Edwards Financial Transactions Officer |
lucinda.edwards@cds.coop 020 4551 2979 |
| Natalie Vorobyeva Finance Manager |
natalie.vorobyeva@cds.coop 020 4551 2941 |
| Corporate Services | |
| Kelisha Francis-Derby Executive Administrator Assistant |
kelisha.francis-derby@cds.coop 020 4551 2913 |
| Komal Mor Business Analyst |
komal.mor@cds.coop 020 4551 2994 |
| Melanie Hadaway Executive Administrator |
melanie.hadaway@cds.coop 020 4551 2925 |
| Community Led Housing London | |
| Levent Kerimol Director, Community-Led Housing |
lev@communityledhousing.london |
| Rowan Mackay Senior Project Advisor |
rowan@communityledhousing.london |
