{"id":4046,"date":"2021-03-22T11:21:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T11:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polha.co.uk\/?p=4046"},"modified":"2023-04-18T17:05:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T16:05:14","slug":"meet-our-new-board-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harbour.scot\/homes\/meet-our-new-board-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet our new Board Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Six new Board Members join the Port of Leith Housing Association Group<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Port of Leith Housing Association and two of its subsidiaries have welcomed six new members to its Boards. Three of the new Board Members, who were appointed following a competitive process, are tenants of the organisation.<\/p>\n<p>The new members were sought following the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/strategicplan.polha.co.uk\/\">the Group\u2019s five-year strategy<\/a> last year to sit across three of its Boards including: the housing association Board, the mid market rent Board (Persevere Developments Ltd), and the Board of its social enterprise, Quay Community Improvements.<\/p>\n<div class=\"personnel\">\n<figure class=\"personnel__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4039 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polha.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/nicola-dobson.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Nicola Dobson.\" width=\"126\" height=\"184\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"personnel__content\">\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Nicola Dobson<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Quay Community Improvements Board (Chair)<\/strong><br \/>\nNicola is an experienced programme and project manager, moving into community development in 2013 after many years in the electricity generation industry. She currently works for the Scottish Government as a mental health programme manager and retains her passion for community development.<\/p>\n<p>Nicola lives in Leith, close to two of her three daughters, her third daughter is a global traveller, currently living in Canada. In her spare time, she loves to walk and cycle, exploring the world near and far.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"personnel\">\n<figure class=\"personnel__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4037 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polha.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jim-sherval.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Jim Sherval.\" width=\"126\" height=\"184\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"personnel__content\">\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Jim Sherval<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Quay Community Improvements Board<br \/>\n<\/strong>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\u2019t imagine not living near to the sea. Jim joined the Quay Board in March 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"personnel\">\n<figure class=\"personnel__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4038 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polha.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/leigh-eardley.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Leigh Eardley.\" width=\"126\" height=\"184\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"personnel__content\">\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Leigh Eardley<br \/>\n<strong>PoLHA &amp; Quay Community Improvements Board<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Leigh is a tenant of PoLHA 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"personnel\">\n<figure class=\"personnel__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4040 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polha.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/victoria-hennessy.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Victoria Hennessy.\" width=\"126\" height=\"184\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"personnel__content\">\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Victoria Hennessy<br \/>\n<strong style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Quay Community Improvements Board<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Victoria is an architect based in Edinburgh with experience in the public and private sectors gained in Scotland and Ireland. She runs her own architectural and interiors firm focusing on small residential projects across the central belt. Her professional interests are interior design, building conservation and urban regeneration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"personnel\">\n<figure class=\"personnel__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-358 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polha.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/alan-armstrong-website.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Alan Armstrong.\" width=\"127\" height=\"184\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"personnel__content\">\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Alan Armstrong<\/h4>\n<h4><strong style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">PoLHA &amp; Quay Community Improvements Board<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Alan Armstrong, a tenant of Port of Leith Housing Association, brings extensive experience of the hospitality and care at home sectors to the PoLHA and Quay Community Improvements Boards. Alan is currently a Voluntary Worker with NHS Lothian and his local food bank.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"personnel\">\n<figure class=\"personnel__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-358 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polha.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/vendula-pavlikova.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Vendula Pavlikova.\" width=\"127\" height=\"184\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"personnel__content\">\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Vendula Pavlikova<\/h4>\n<h4><strong style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">PDL &amp; Quay Community Improvements Board<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Vendula Pavlikova, a tenant of Persevere Developments, is an IT Service Delivery Manager in Edinburgh. Vendula, originally from the Czech Republic, moved to Scotland in 2014 and has lived in Leith since 2017. Vendula has joined the Persevere Developments and Quay Community Improvements Boards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Six new Board Members join the Port of Leith Housing Association Group Port of Leith Housing Association and two of its subsidiaries have welcomed six new members to its Boards. 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