Download our Group Development Committee Terms of Reference document:
You can download our Group Development Committee’s Terms of Reference below:
Meet our Group Development Committee members (TBC):
Noel Sharpe
Noel, guiding the way as our CEO since January 2023, draws on many years of executive-level experience in social housing.
Passionate about health, wellbeing, and financial inclusion, Noel drives initiatives that positively impact our customers and communities.
With a background spanning general needs and supported housing, property maintenance and regeneration, Noel is committed to enhancing lives through her strategic leadership.
As CEO, Noel has overall responsibility for compliance with the national standards, including consumer standards, set by the Regulator of Social Housing. Noel joined our Group Development Committee as an Executive Director member in January 2023.
Passionate about health, wellbeing, and financial inclusion, Noel drives initiatives that positively impact our customers and communities.
With a background spanning general needs and supported housing, property maintenance and regeneration, Noel is committed to enhancing lives through her strategic leadership.
As CEO, Noel has overall responsibility for compliance with the national standards, including consumer standards, set by the Regulator of Social Housing. Noel joined our Group Development Committee as an Executive Director member in January 2023.
Charles Dunn
Charles is currently an Associate Director with Leading project management company Turner & Townsend and brings over 30 years’ of leadership experience across the construction and property development sectors, working with major organisations throughout the North of England, the Midlands, and Scotland.
Over the last 12 years, he has specialised in the social housing sector, delivering significant land‑led development programmes and large‑scale asset renewal projects across a range of tenures. His work includes traditional construction, modern methods of construction, and the delivery of sustainable technologies such as solar PV and ground‑source heat pumps.
Alongside his executive career, Charles has extensive non‑executive experience with housing associations including First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO), Yorkshire Housing, and Incommunities.
He currently sits on the Main Board at FCHO, chairs the Investment and Development Committee, and is a Board Director at Yorkshire Housing Residential (YHR), supporting market sale, shared ownership, and PRS activity.
His roles have also included committee membership across Audit and Risk, Investment and Development, and Sustainability and Zero Carbon workstreams. He is passionate about improving outcomes for customers and communities and brings strong strategic insight, commercial acumen, and a commitment to fairness, integrity, and social value.
Motivated by the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution, he is keen to use his wide-ranging experience to support the organisations vision and strategic ambitions.
Charlie was appointed to our Board in October 2025. He is also a member of the Stonecross Homes Board and chairs our Development Committee.
Over the last 12 years, he has specialised in the social housing sector, delivering significant land‑led development programmes and large‑scale asset renewal projects across a range of tenures. His work includes traditional construction, modern methods of construction, and the delivery of sustainable technologies such as solar PV and ground‑source heat pumps.
Alongside his executive career, Charles has extensive non‑executive experience with housing associations including First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO), Yorkshire Housing, and Incommunities.
He currently sits on the Main Board at FCHO, chairs the Investment and Development Committee, and is a Board Director at Yorkshire Housing Residential (YHR), supporting market sale, shared ownership, and PRS activity.
His roles have also included committee membership across Audit and Risk, Investment and Development, and Sustainability and Zero Carbon workstreams. He is passionate about improving outcomes for customers and communities and brings strong strategic insight, commercial acumen, and a commitment to fairness, integrity, and social value.
Motivated by the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution, he is keen to use his wide-ranging experience to support the organisations vision and strategic ambitions.
Charlie was appointed to our Board in October 2025. He is also a member of the Stonecross Homes Board and chairs our Development Committee.
Narvinder Khossa
Narvinder has over 26 years of combined expertise in property management, construction project management, and residential development, and brings a wealth of strategic leadership and operational performance experience to our Board.
She has a motivation for delivery of homes that help create positive social impact, providing homes for all.
Narvinder was appointed to the Board in April 2024 and is also a member of our Group Development Committee.
She has a motivation for delivery of homes that help create positive social impact, providing homes for all.
Narvinder was appointed to the Board in April 2024 and is also a member of our Group Development Committee.
