Our Board
Our voluntary Board provides strategic direction for PCHA and monitors our performance to ensure that we are achieving our objectives within our agreed values. Our Board Members bring a wealth of skills and experience to ensure that they can effectively manage PCHA's business.
Please scroll down to the end of this page if you wish to see our Board Members' Declarations of Interest.
Helen Manley - Chair
A qualified chartered accountant (ACA); PwC alumni, Helen is a Chief Financial Officer for Coin Street, made up of a social enterprise, two community-based charities and a Secondary Housing Co-operative, a registered provider of social housing, committed to creating an inspirational neighbourhood on the Southbank of London. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, she heads up their central service support functions including people, finance and information technology, governance, regulation, compliance, and risk management including data protection, health & safety and business continuity. Passionate about her local community, she also sits on the Board of Governors and Chairs the Resources Committee for a Federation of Primary Schools in Lewisham and is Treasurer for a local charity in Sydenham, committed to providing arts for the benefit of the local community. Having been Chair of the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee for her first year, Helen has now become our Chair to continue using her experience to support both the ambition and maintenance of, the impactful work PCHA does in its community, for its residents.
Sandeep Sankoli
Sandeep Sankoli is a seasoned housing professional with over 15 years of experience in both regional government and private practice. He specialises in mixed-use development, private rented sector investment, and urban regeneration and is currently Head of London Land and Partnerships at Hill Residential, and a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Sandeep's career began as a Housing Economist at City Hall, where he provided advice to the Mayor of London on housing supply barriers. He also worked at L&Q, advising on their entry into the private rented sector and
strategic growth planning. Sandeep is a regular contributor to round table discussions and think tanks on private rented sector and placemaking through the British Property Federation and Future of London. Sandeep is also a member of our Finance, Audit and Risk Committee.
Graham Littlewood
Graham has spent 10 years working in housing operations where he has managed mixed tenure portfolios. He also brings experience from the voluntary sector where he is Chair of Trustees of a Legal Advice Charity. Graham currently works as the Regional Head of Rented Housing (South East) at Anchor.
Jed Holloway
Jed is a planning solicitor, running the Planning Voice project at Southwark Law Centre. The project seeks to provide legal advice and strategic support to communities impacted by redevelopment, with a particular focus on maximising delivery of truly affordable housing. Previously, he worked for leading planning firm Town Legal, representing the full spectrum of stakeholders involved in the planning system, including affordable housing providers and local authorities.
Karen Cooper
Appointed as Chief Exec of PCHA in December 2016, Karen has worked at a senior level within the social housing and voluntary sector for over 25 years. Her interest in social housing came from being homeless herself when she was pregnant with her daughter; she realised that having a safe affordable home is an essential building block for life. She started off working in supported housing for people with mental health problems, and then went on to be the Chief Exec of three small community based housing associations. In 2006 she set up her own consultancy business and since then has worked with a range of housing and support providers, offering advice and training to enable them to improve services, successfully engage tenants, and achieve their visions.
Sheryl Martin
Sheryl has over 15 years experience working in the social housing sector at large, medium and small Housing Associations. She has a passion for Community Investment, Resident Engagement and Customer Service, and brings this resident focus to the Board in her first Non Exec role. Sheryl currently works for Hexagon Housing Association as Community Investment and Engagement Manager.
Adéyinka Badmos
Adéy is a qualified property and capital investment professional with more than 20 years’ experience across the housing, public and private sectors.
He has extensive experience in strategic investment, property and asset management, development, regeneration, Building Safety, governance and risk. Adéy has led major capital investment and development programmes, including portfolios of up to £200 million, and has worked closely with Boards, Executive teams, local authorities, Homes England, the GLA, NHS organisations and private-sector partners.
Adéy holds an MBA in Construction & Real Estate, is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) and has received industry recognition for housing development and regeneration projects.
Tanya Srikandan - Chair of Finance, Audit and Risk Committee
Tanya is a Chartered Accountant and currently Deputy Director of Finance at Housing Solutions, with extensive experience in finance leadership, governance, risk management and business transformation across the housing and charitable sectors. She has held a number of executive finance roles and brings a strong track record of leading change, improving efficiency and supporting organisational growth. Alongside her executive career, Tanya is actively involved in the housing sector and governance. She recently served as Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee at Ekaya Housing Association and is Vice Chair of Women in Social Housing (WISH), championing diversity, inclusion and leadership development across the sector. Tanya is passionate about fairness, equality and social inclusion, and is particularly interested in transformation and change management that delivers better outcomes for residents, customers and communities. In her spare time, Tanya enjoys spending time with family and friends, keeping up with her energetic son, and, for her sins, serving as Treasurer of her son's school PTA.
David Westworth
David has over 25 years' experience in senior leadership roles within the housing sector, including having been a Director of Customer Services leading large operational teams and contributing to achieving top regulatory ratings. David is passionate about building inclusive communities and empowering residents and deeply committed to the value of social housing.
Board Member Declarations of Interest
PCHA Board and Committee members are required to make an annual Declaration of Interest. The 2025 Declarations of Interest for all current Board and Committee members are linked below.
Board EDI (equality, diversity and inclusion)
As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we regularly collect data on the diversity of our Board members. The results of our 2025 survey are linked here.