Meet the board

Janet Goodison - LA Member and Chair

Janet is now retired, but cares full-time for her disabled husband. Janet represents the District Council on ‘Derbyshire Sport’ where she is Vice Chair of the Executive Board.

Janet has been a District Councillor for 16 years and has been Chairman at Dales Housing both pre transfer and to date.

Alan Foster - Tenant Member

Alan has been a Board Member at Dales Housing since 2005, and participates in several groups within the Company, particularly on the Central Area Tenants’ Panel.

Alan is registered blind and was recently asked to join the Disability Action Group, through which he is able to offer his perspective on various issues. Alan has a guide dog and is a very keen world traveller.

Martin Latham - Independent Member

Martin has worked in financial services for 33 years, including Head of Community Development and Senior Manager, Mortgages at the Derbyshire Building Society. More recently he has worked in commercial lending, including the provision of funding to housing associations.

Martin is a qualified member of the Chartered Institute of Housing, the Chartered Institute of Bankers and I has a BA in Housing Professional Studies and a degree in Law. He is currently responsible for customer services to commercial borrowers at Britannia Building Society

Steve Flitter - LA Member

Steve is a County, District and Town Councillor and has been a member of Dales Housing since inception.

Steve currently works in the retail food business.

John Barnett - Independent Member

Born in Yorkshire sixty three years ago. Educated Penistone Grammar School, Penistone Yorkshire, leaving with ‘A’ levels in 1961. Joined Keelings, Chartered Accountants, Whetstone 1962 and trained as an accountant, and left as Senior Audit Manager in 1974.

Joined Morton Thornton, Chartered Accountants, St Albans in 1974 as ‘P A’ to the Senior Partner. Appointed Partner in 1980. Left the now nine partner firm in 2001 when mergers of Chartered Accountants took place to form Vantis PLC. Continued as a Consultant in the Accountancy profession until 2004. Now actively retired doing a multiplicity of things including the Dales and Acclaim Housing Boards as an Independent Member.

Simon Brister - Independent Member

As a Senior Partner in a Solicitor’s practice in North Nottinghamshire for many years, Simon’s main area of work involved commercial and residential property conveyancing, planning, tax and estate work. Leaving the practice in 1995 to manage his small property business and devote time to the development of his farm and tourism property near to Bakewell, his property business, running under the name of Equity Estates, provided both start up commercial and industrial properties, shop and office accommodation as well as providing affordable homes within the private rented sector. A clear ethical code is the foundation of this business.

Simon joined YHA in 2004 and manages the YHA’s property portfolio of about 120 freehold hostels and 60 leasehold hostels throughout England and Wales. As a Non Executive Director of the Mansfield Building Society, Simon, until recently, served on the advisory body, the Access Forum for the ‘Open Access’ (or Right to Roam), for the Peak District.

Carolyn Lucas - Independent Member

Carolyn is a qualified accountant and a Chartered Surveyor. She is currently working for a local surveying practice, providing property advice to a variety of clients from individuals to national companies. She has held positions including Chief Internal Auditor (P&O Australia), Property Portfolio Manager (Lend Lease and government sector Superannuation Funds in New South Wales), Regular Visiting Lecturer (Sheffield Hallam University) and as a Senior Valuation Surveyor (Chesterfield Borough Council).

Academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Business (Finance) from University of Technology (1982, Australia) and Post Graduate Diploma in Property Valuation and Management from Sheffield Hallam University (1998).

Mike Rose - Tenant Member

Born in Cairo in 1935 and joined the Army in 1953, commissioned to the Royal Military Academy. After 25 years, Mike retired as a Major and went on to become Hire Director of a scaffold manufacturing company. Mike moved to Jordan after 5 years, joining Marconi as a project manager, maintaining fire control equipment for Jordan Army Chieftan Tanks, then back to the UK.

Mike and his partner ran the sub-post office in Brassington until 1998 and has since served on the Parish Council, is currently Chairman of Brassington, Bradbourne and Hognaston British Legion and Secretary/Treasurer of Thurston Dale Trust.

Jacque Bevan - LA Member

Jacque has lived in Hathersage for over 30 years, and has been a District Councillor for the Hathersage area for over 20 years.

She is also a board member of the Peak District National Park Authority and was a County Councillor for 8 years until the boundary changes and is currently a JP.

Barry Fletcher - Tenant Member

Barry was educated at New Mills Grammar School and went on to achieve a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bradford University. Later he gained a Master of Business Administration degree from Sheffield Hallam University. He is also a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. As an employee Barry held positions in production engineering, design, personnel and management.

He became self-employed in 1981 and for 25 years he worked with numerous clients from small to very large public, private and voluntary organisations. His consultancy work focused onto the development of organisations, teams and individuals. He has written two published resource books on the subject of change and along with his brother has written and published a local history book “A Bradwell Man”. He has helped many organisations to face up to the challenges of the future: alongside this he has helped many individuals and teams to acquire the skills and knowledge that are required in a dynamic and changing organisation.

Albert Catt - LA Member

Albert spent his early career in London carrying out a variety of jobs, mainly in Company Secretarial departments, whilst studying for CIS exams. In 1982, he joined the Norwich Building Society and was acting Chief Executive during the successful merger with the Peterborough Building Society, later becoming the Secretary with the Norwich and Peterborough until retirement in 2005.

Albert moved to Derbyshire with his Wife only recently and was elected District Councillor in May, 2007.

Steve Walker - Independent Member

Steve has degrees in Architecture and Art History, and has, in the past, worked for a community arts charity and in Local Government.

He is currently Director of Development and Housing, with Care & Support, for Nottingham Community Housing Association. Steve has been involved with Dales Housing since pre-transfer as a member of the Shadow Board and up to the current day.

Mike Claxton - Tenant Member

Mike originates from Windsor. He set up his own business in 1972 and then moved to the Matlock area in 1988 to become a Director of a franchised business, responsible for business development in the North of England.

Mike, a tenant of Dales Housing in Darley Dale, is now semi-retired.