About Us
About Harbour Homes
We are a Registered Social Landlord providing thousands of affordable homes in and around Leith. We have award winning developments stretching from Granton to Portobello.
Since 1975 we have provided affordable housing in Leith and north Edinburgh. We have now invested over £210m in the area and over 4,000 people currently call one of our 3,000 properties ‘home’. In addition to providing homes, we are committed to long-term investment in the local community and are engaged in a variety of initiatives.
Our team
Meet the Harbour Homes leadership team.
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Heather Kiteley
Chief Executive
Heather, Chief Executive of Harbour, has an MBA with a specialism in strategic planning and has experience across not-for-profit, charitable and commercial organisations. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Housing, a Chartered Management Accountant and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
“We're Leith's biggest social landlord and are driven to support our tenants in their communities.
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Gordon Cameron
Group Director of Neighbourhoods
Gordon has over 35 years’ experience in housing and postgraduate Diplomas in Housing Studies and Urban Property Appraisal. He is a member of Chartered Institute of Housing. When he’s not working in the built-up environment, Gordon is off cycling in the countryside.
“I'm proud of the thousands of affordable homes we've helped provide in Leith and north Edinburgh.
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Chris Thomson
Group Director of Operations
Chris was born and bred in Edinburgh, albeit the Southside! He has worked in the housing and property sector for over 30 years. Originally serving his time as a joiner, he continued his studies to obtain a BSc Hons. His passion at work is developing internal services, improving processes and generating a “can do “ team spirit. Being a keen DIYer, golfing and walking two dogs take up his spare time.
““Our team is committed to doing the right thing and offering added value to all its customers.”
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Mike Gibson
Director of Group Strategic Finance and Assets
Mike is a Chartered Management Accountant and has been working in finance for over 35 years. He has worked across a range of industries in the private sector, local government in Australia, international development assistance and was previously in the housing sector as Head of Finance at Viewpoint. Mike’s role involves ensuring that our tenants’ homes are the best they can be at a rent that is affordable. Outside of work, his main interests are going to concerts, travel and supporting Hibs.
“I'm particularly interested in ensuring tenants get the best value for the rents they pay.
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Chris Ellis
Director of Group Corporate Services
Originally from West Lothian, Chris has spent a large part of his life living in Leith. Chris has worked in housing for six years helping to modernise services and has experience leading a transformational change programme. Chris also serves on the Board of Scotland’s Housing Network. Outside of work, Chris enjoys travel and is a massive foodie.
“"The best group services functions are the ones you don't really notice, because everything just works: the systems, the policies and the processes."
Our Board
The Board meets regularly to discuss Harbour Homes and guide its overall direction. Our experienced Board Members are from a mix of backgrounds and professions, including economics, housing, customer service, law, architecture and more.
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Campbell Whyte
ChairBoard Member since September 2020. Chair since September 2025.
Campbell is a surveyor who has worked in both the private and public sector dealing with a wide range of commercial and residential property projects. Recent roles include a secondment through Scottish futures Trust to NHS GGC. Previous non executive director roles have been the Queens Hall and Artlink. Campbell enjoys playing a number of sports and restoring classic cars.
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Leigh Eardley
Board MemberBoard Member since September 2021.
Leigh is a tenant of Harbour Homes and has been Paralegal and Personal Assistant in the Legal and Asset Management fields for over 30 years. She has also run her own small plumbing and gas business. In her spare time, Leigh enjoys Crossfit and socialising.
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Jim Sherval
Board MemberBoard Member since September 2022.
Jim is a Consultant in Public Health at NHS Lothian. He has worked on a wide range of health related topics from alcohol licensing to HIV. A graduate of the London School of Economics, he is a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health. Originally from Portsmouth, Jim has lived in Leith with his wife and three now grown up children for the last 20 years plus and can’t imagine not living near to the sea.
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Iain MacPhail
Board MemberBoard Member since September 2022.
Iain, an affordable housing planner and part-time musician, has over 10 years’ experience in the sector. He has worked in property and housing delivery, as well as housing and homelessness support and addictions support, across the public, private and third sectors, from Edinburgh to London, and Sicily to New York.
Having lived here for the last eight years, Iain is passionate about seeing new affordable housing being built in Leith, and to see high quality mixed sustainable communities emerge in the area.
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Chris Stone
Board MemberBoard Member since November 2024.
Chris served in the Royal Navy attaining the rank of Chief Petty Officer Stores Accountant for almost 23 years. Upon discharge he moved to Perth and worked for Kwik Save starting as a customer service assistant and rising to a Store Manager. Then working for each succeeding Supermarket for 18 years.
Chris has been a tenant of Harbour Homes since 2013. In 2016 he was selected along with 11 others to work as tenant adviser to Scottish Housing Regulator. This terminated in 2022 when Covid restrictions lifted.
He loves to bake and experiment with different recipes in his free time.
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Pauline Carter-Lee
Board MemberBoard Member since November 2024.
Pauline started her career in Hairdressing achieving a City and Guilds (Distinction) qualification resulting in managing a salon and starting up her own business. Pauline also joined the Signal Corps in the TA before giving most of her adult life to caring for family. When time allowed, Pauline returned to education achieving more qualifications. Pauline has scooped many life experiences and has had the privilege of constant learning. Her research skills landed her an opportunity to chair a new Disability Board within Scottish Parliament and a position with Citizens Advice Bureau. Pauline has been a Harbour Homes tenant for 26 years and has seen many changes in and out with the community.
Pauline enjoys being extremely proactive, especially with her two Sprocker Spaniels. There’s never a dull moment!
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Vendula Tomasova
Board MemberBoard Member since September 2025.
Vendula, originally from the Czech Republic, is an IT Service Delivery Manager and also a Harbour Lettings tenant. Vendula gained an MSc in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde and has lived in Leith since 2017. She is a passionate volunteer who is keen to be involved in redevelopment and local projects. In her spare time she does open water swimming, hillwalking and loves to cook and try new recipes.
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Graham Gillespie
Board MemberBoard Member since January 2026.
Graham is a Chartered Internal Auditor and is currently the Head of Internal Audit at Wbg Services LLP. He has over 20 years of experience working within internal audit, working primarily across the public sector including the social housing sector. Previous non-executive appointments include being a member of the Audit & Risk Committee for the Robertson Trust, being a member of the Management Committee for Easthall Park Housing Co-operative and he also currently serves on the Management Committee of Linthouse Housing Association where he chairs the Audit & Assurance Committee. Graham’s main hobby is lawn bowling where is the Secretary & Treasurer of Lanarkshire Bowling Association. He also enjoys spending family time with his two children and dog.
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Mandy Mungall
Board MemberBoard Member since September 2026
Amanda brings over sixteen years’ experience in technology governance and leading transformation in highly regulated environments, most recently as Global Head of Insurance & Mortgage Core Platforms at Barclays where she held end-to-end accountability for the delivery of transformation portfolios serving millions of customers. Earlier in her career, she built governance and assurance frameworks in digital and data this experience now rests on. Amanda joined the Harbour Homes Board as Trustee to bring this this experience to a mission-led, public- value context. Our communities are brilliant, and Leith is a place she was proud to call home once, with very fond memories of late night trips to Storries Bakery.
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Chris Litwiniuk
Board MemberBoard Member since September 2026
Chris Litwiniuk is an experienced environmental and sustainability leader with 12 years’ experience helping complex organisations turn Net Zero and sustainability ambitions into practical delivery across higher education, NGO and corporate sectors. Chris brings his strengths around climate strategy, carbon reporting, ESG and long-term sustainability planning to the Board.
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Sue Hoole
Board MemberBoard Member since September 2026
Sue Hoole has over 25 years’ experience across corporate banking, alternative lending and real estate debt markets.
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Asif Sheikh
Board MemberBoard Member since September 2026
Asif Sheikh is a long-standing Harbour Homes tenant and active member of the community. Asif is a member of the Scottish Ahlul Bayt Society (SABS) who in partnership with the Hibernian Community Foundation host the “Pitch to Plate” project, which provides multicultural meals to the local community. The events foster inclusivity and cultural unity whilst creating opportunities for social interaction.
Board Minutes
You can find our latest Board Minutes below. For older Board Minutes, please click 'View all'.
Our Board Structure
The Harbour Homes Board is the Parent Board for Harbour. Our other Boards include those of our subsidiaries: Harbour Lettings and Harbour Multi-Trades.
Our Staff Structure
Take a look at the staff structure for Harbour Homes together with Harbour Lettings and Harbour Multi-Trades.
Our partners
We work with partner organisations to improve services and access to our services.
We lease a number of properties (some of them purpose-built) to Leonard Cheshire Disability; Carr Gomm; Visualise; the City of Edinburgh Council; Bethany Christian Trust; Barnardo’s 16+ and the Dean & Cauvin Trust; Freespace and the Richmond Fellowship for the direct provision of support to people with various support needs.
We also lease buildings to the Ripple Project (the “Hub”); The Junction, Dr Bell’s Family Centre and Pilmeny Development Project for use as community facilities.
We have arrangements with other organisations such as the Action Group, CEC’s Health & Social Care team; Health in Mind and SAMH to facilitate access to housing for people with support needs.
Harbour Homes is also a member of the Alliance of Registered Co-operatives and Housing Associations Independent in Edinburgh (ARCHIE).
Funding sources
Harbour Homes received income of £26.4m in 2025/26. This is income from providing affordable high-quality homes and services.
Total expenditure of £24.7m includes includes housing depreciation of £5.5m, housing management and service fees of £6.7m, property maintenance costs of £5.2m, interest payable on loans of £3m, and pension liability remeasurement of £80k.
Community initiatives expenditure amounted to £761k, including expenditure related to salaries and overhead reallocations.
Other expenditure of £3.3m includes fees relating to factored repairs, miscellaneous agency and management services, mid market rent depreciation, and adaptations and salaries.
More information on our income and expenditure is available in our Annual Report.