Tina Barnard - Chief Executive
Tina has been Chief Executive since we were formed in 2007. She is a qualified accountant who has been in the housing sector for 30 years, working as a Finance Director in three housing organisations – CHP, Worthing Homes and New Era – as well as a financial analyst at the Housing Corporation.
Tina has also been a Non-Executive Director for a number of housing and charitable organisations.
As Chief Executive, Tina has overall responsibility for delivering Watford Community Housing’s Business Plan by working closely with directors, managers and staff, including the Marketing and Communications team, who report directly to her.
Graham Oliver - Interim Chief Financial Officer
Graham has over 30 years’ experience as a Chartered Accountant, latterly helping Housing Associations to connect finance function more closely with operations, from planning through processing to reporting and monitoring. He has achieved this through interim and contract assignments, non-executive positions and through consultancy work, working with associations of all sizes from less than 1,000 properties to G15 London associations.
Graham is currently Watford Community Housing's Interim Chief Financial Officer until July 2025.
Penny Metcalf – Group Director of Partnerships and Investment
Penny has 20 years of experience in the affordable housing sector, including just under 13 years at Hightown Housing as Head of Projects and a further four at settle as Executive Director of Development.
As Group Director of Partnerships and Investment, she oversees our development and asset management teams, helping drive sustainable growth through our ongoing partnerships with local councils, construction specialists and other housing associations.
Peter Cogan – Group Director of Operations
Peter has a wealth of experience in identifying and meeting customer needs, in roles across a range of key service industries, including housing.
Most recently, he was in an interim role as Director of Customer Operations at Optivo, having previously been Executive Director of Customer Service at RHP Group, as well as serving as a Group Board member for CHP.
As Group Director of Customer Services, Peter oversees many of our key customer-facing functions, including the Housing, Customer Services, Customer Relations and Community Engagement teams.