• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to after header navigation
  • Skip to site footer
  • My account
  • Register
  • About us
  • Contact us
Lewisham Homes

Lewisham Homes

We are a social housing provider, managing homes on behalf of Lewisham Council

  • Your home
    • Paying your rent
      • Struggling to pay your rent?
      • Managing your money
    • Tenancy Services
      • Right to Buy
      • Domestic abuse
      • Moving home
    • Leaseholders
      • Getting started
      • Your service charge bill
      • Safety for leaseholders
    • Repairs
      • Major Works
    • Fire safety
    • Keeping safe at home
  • Your neighbourhood
    • Who does what
      • Taking care of the estate environment
    • Parking
      • Garages
    • Antisocial behaviour
      • Abuse and neglect
  • Your community
  • New Homes
  • Events
  • Careers
  • Shop
You are here: Home / About us / Our structure

Our structure

Meet the team

Our Executive Leadership team is made up of our Chief Executive, Director of Resident Services, Director of Finance & Technology, Director of Property Services and Safety, and Director of Development.

Our Chief Executive reports to the Lewisham Homes Board which sets our strategic direction and uses its expertise to assist in guidance and decision making. The Board takes a close interest in performance, finance and service improvement data.

Margaret Dodwell, CEO

Responsible for:

  • Setting strategy and direction
  • Managing overall operations and resources
  • Stakeholder management
  • Main point of contact for the Board
  • Building and leading the senior executive team
  • Modelling and setting the company’s culture, values, and behaviour
  • People Services and Organisational Development
    Supports and advises managers on employee relations as well as dealing with recruitment, payroll and changes to terms and conditions. Leads on staff development and ensuring we have the right skills in the organisation to deliver excellent services.
  • Communications 
    Delivers a programme of engaging and informative campaigns, supporting residents to influence housing services and access local opportunities.

Rowann Limond, Director of Finance and Technology and Company Secretary

Financial Services
Supports the development of our business plan, provides financial management support, as well as effective performance monitoring to managers across the business enabling us to improve services and deliver value for money.

ICT
Provides up-to-date and effective ICT support to our business. This includes maintaining our core business systems, ICT network and telephony services as well as developing systems that enable us to work more effectively and deliver better services.

Procurement
Provides advice and support on good contract management to deliver value for money through service improvements and cost savings.

Jon Kanareck, Director of Resident Services and Deputy Company Secretary

Housing Management
Works with Lewisham Council to let homes to new tenants, advises on change to tenancies and housing transfers. Enforces Tenancy Agreements and tackles anti-social behaviour.

Customer Services, Income and Welfare Benefits
Provides reception services and integrated call centre to residents. Collects rent and provides advice to residents on benefits and financial management.

Environmental Services
Manages caretakers and gardeners who look after communal areas and green spaces across our estates. Removes bulk refuse and sweeps our estates.

Home Ownership and Independent Living
Provides services to 5,000 leaseholders including consultation for major works, collecting service charges, and processing Right to Buy applications. The Independent Living team provides services to older residents living in our sheltered accommodation.

Mark Newstead, Director of Property Services and Safety

Photo of Mark Newstead, Director of Property Services and SafetyResponsible for leading the property services and safety directorate, navigating the safety agenda, managing our in-house maintenance service and ensuring our stock is well-maintained. This includes the following priorities.

Delivering our safety agenda
We will be particularly focussed on preparing for the requirements of the new building and fire safety acts, and the supporting regulations. This will include setting up a new dedicated building safety team. We will also be continuing our programme of ongoing safety checks and working to deliver our major works programme.

Providing good quality, safe and decent homes
In 2021/22 we are committed to investing £64million in improving our properties, with a focus on safety, particularly fire doors.

Improving our repairs service
We want to make this service simpler and easier for our residents. It is our ambition to consistently deliver an excellent and reliable resident experience.

Lis Rodrigues, Director of Development

New build development
Building the majority of Lewisham Council’s new social housing and supporting the delivery of the Mayor of Lewisham’s new housing plans.

Sidebar

About us

  • About us
  • Our mission and values
  • Our structure
  • Our Board
  • Our Business Plan
  • Our Corporate Plan
  • Our performance
  • Our asset management strategy
  • Service standards
  • Procurement
  • COVID-19 Secure risk assessment
  • Equality and diversity
  • Gender Pay Report
  • Statement on modern slavery
  • Statement on use of glyphosate weedkiller
  • Awards and accreditations
  • Careers
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

About this site

Accessibility
Site map
Privacy notice
Terms and conditions
Cookies

About us

Data Protection Act
Publication scheme
Freedom of Information
Statement on modern slavery
News

Portals

Contact us
Do it online
Jobs
Staff login

Copyright © 2021 · Lewisham Homes · All Rights Reserved

Cookies
This site uses cookies. To find out more, including how to control cookies, see our Cookie Policy By clicking “Accept”, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies.
Cookie settingsACCEPT
Manage consent

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled

Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.

CookieDurationDescription
cookielawinfo-checbox-analytics11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checbox-functional11 monthsThe cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checbox-others11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
viewed_cookie_policy11 monthsThe cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.

Functional

Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.

Performance

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

Analytics

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

Advertisement

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.

Others

Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.

SAVE & ACCEPT