Our Board
Our Board comprises of nine members (two of these are co-opted).
One is a tenant and eight are independents. Between them, they contribute a wealth of diverse experience and skills that are of great value to our organisation
They meet five or six times a year as the full Board, and separately in two individual committees.
Yvonne Leishman
Chair
Yvonne will be known in housing circles as former President of the Chartered Institute of Housing and Chair of the performance management and benchmarking business HouseMark, which she was involved in setting up. She received an OBE for services to housing. Yvonne is an experienced managing director, skilled in strategic policy-making, change management, service review and business creation and she has led funding bids for capital regeneration projects. She joined the Board in November 2017, she was made Chair in 2018 and is also a Board Member at Trident Housing Group.
Susan Holmes
Joint Vice Chair
Susan has over 35 years' experience of housing, social care and the voluntary sector. She is committed to helping people remain independent and recognises the important role good quality housing has to play. She has expertise in people management, customer engagement and developing new services. Susan has lived in Gloucestershire for more than 30 years, she is involved in her local community and is currently Chair at the local primary school.
Tim Jackson
Joint Vice Chair
Tim was co-opted to the Board in November 2017 and became a full member in May 2018. He is a qualified accountant who has worked in commercial, public and not-for-profit sectors. He as held executive director positions in a number of housing associations in roles encompassing IT, HR, governance, corporate services, PR and service transformation. Most recently he was Executive Director of Transformation at Newport City Homes in Wales. Tim is now a housing consultant and also has two non executive positions in housing. Tim has lived in Gloucestershire for many years and is committed to delivering high quality social housing in the area.
Rita Jones
Rita originates from Stoke-on-Trent and has followed many varied roles throughout her career, including a ceramic artist and a pub landlady. She now lives in a Two Rivers home in Bream where she enjoys gardening, DIY, cycling and getting involved with as many community activities as she can.
Jonathan Higgs
Jonathan has a wealth of experience in the social housing sector including as Chief Executive at Oxford Citizens Housing Association, and Managing Director Home South at Home Group.
In his current role as Chief Executive of Raven Housing Trust, he leads a team of 300 in the delivery of excellent service to more than 6,000 households in Surrey and Sussex and oversees the delivery of 100 new affordable homes every year. Jonathan is also a Director of PlaceShapers, a membership organisation of over 100 community based social housing landlords.
Charlotte Marshall
Charlotte joined the Group Board in February 2023 and is a serving Non-Executive Director for our specialist facilities management company Centigen.
Charlotte had been the CEO for Bidvest Noonan until October 2022, who employed 20,000 people in the UK and provided primarily security and cleaning services to national customers.
She previously served in a leadership role with Iron Mountain, a business that delivers physical and digital document storage across the globe, as Senior Vice President, with responsibility for 12 European countries.
Tim Sharpe
Tim Sharpe
Co-opted
Tim joined the Group Board in February 2023 and is a Non-Executive Director and the Chair of our specialist facilities management company Centigen.
Tim was formerly Managing Director of a specialist investment and asset management company working in partnership with public organisations in the health, education, and transport infrastructure sectors.
Tim has spent his career managing business in the property, construction and facilities management sectors and continues to provide consultancy advice to infrastructure funds and government bodies on public private partnerships.
Ted Pearce
A founding partner of a business performance improvement consultancy and having held Property Director roles in a number of businesses , Ted is now the Director of Strategic Asset Management at Orbit Homes. He has lived on the border between Gloucestershire and Worcestershire for nearly 30 years now and during this time has supported numerous local community activities.
Ted is a Chartered surveyor with 40 years experience in the property and construction industry, having led the portfolio management activity of some of Europe's biggest businesses. He is a Fellow of RICS as well as RSA and RGS, all organisations that hold thought leadership positions on ESG matters that align to his interests – especially the role of the built environment in the journey to net zero carbon.
Sharon Wilkins
Co-opted
Sharon joined the Group Board as a Non-Executive Director in March 2023.
A member of the Newport City Homes (NCH) leadership team, Sharon is the Director of Homes and Communities. In this role she led on the development of NCH’s Customer Voice Strategy, sponsored the development of its digital systems review and is working on a pilot for a new App that will fully integrate multiple digital systems.
Sharon is a strategic housing professional, with more than 14 years’ experience and significant expertise in the development of customer and engagement strategies.
She has lived in the Forest of Dean for more than 20 years.
Centigen Board
Centigen Facilities Management Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Two Rivers Housing.
Tim Sharpe
Chair
Tim was formerly Managing Director of a specialist investment and asset management company working in partnership with public organisations in the health, education and transport infrastructure sectors.
Tim has spent his career managing business in the property, construction and facilities management sectors and continues to provide consultancy advice to infrastructure funds and government bodies on public private partnerships.
Richard Chappell
Richard Chappell is an experienced CEO within the Facilities Management industry, with a proven track record of successfully transforming and growing businesses in the highly competitive market of Business Support Services.
Richard has worked for a large corporate AIM listed group, where he was responsible for running their support services business and, most recently, Richard spent three years owning, running and growing a London centric cleaning business with a £7 million turnover, which he sold to the minority shareholders in May 2020. He now runs his own consultancy business and holds several Chair and Non Executive Director roles.
Charlotte Marshall
Charlotte had been the CEO for Bidvest Noonan until October 2022, who employed 20,000 people in the UK and provided primarily security and cleaning services to national customers.
She previously served in a leadership role with Iron Mountain, a business that delivers physical and digital document storage across the globe, as Senior Vice President, with responsibility for 12 European countries.
Two Rivers Developments Board
Two Rivers Developments Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Two Rivers Housing.
Ted Pearce
Chair
A founding partner of a business performance improvement consultancy and having held Property Director roles in a number of businesses , Ted is now the Director of Strategic Asset Management at Orbit Homes. He has lived on the border between Gloucestershire and Worcestershire for nearly 30 years now and during this time has supported numerous local community activities.
Ted is a Chartered surveyor with 40 years experience in the property and construction industry, having led the portfolio management activity of some of Europe's biggest businesses. He is a Fellow of RICS as well as RSA and RGS, all organisations that hold thought leadership positions on ESG matters that align to his interests – especially the role of the built environment in the journey to net zero carbon.
Yvonne Leishman
Yvonne will be known in housing circles as former President of the Chartered Institute of Housing and Chair of the performance management and benchmarking business HouseMark, which she was involved in setting up. She received an OBE for services to housing. Yvonne is an experienced managing director, skilled in strategic policy-making, change management, service review and business creation and she has led funding bids for capital regeneration projects. She joined the Board in November 2017, she was made Chair in 2018 and is also a Board Member at Trident Housing Group.
Susan Holmes
Susan has over 35 years' experience of housing, social care and the voluntary sector. She is committed to helping people remain independent and recognises the important role good quality housing has to play. She has expertise in people management, customer engagement and developing new services. Susan has lived in Gloucestershire for more than 30 years, she is involved in her local community and is currently Chair at the local primary school.
