Our people

Meet the customer services team

Governance (The Board)

Populo Living is run by an executive team, under the overview and scrutiny of a Board of non-executive directors. Populo Homes has its own Board of directors, who bring specific expertise of the affordable housing sector. Newham Council is represented on both boards.


Meet the Populo Living Group Board Members

Populo Living is run by an executive team, under the overview and scrutiny of a Board of non-executive directors.


Meet the Populo Homes Board Members

Populo Homes has a separate board to Populo Living. The Populo Homes board includes directors with specific experience in social housing.

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Recruiting

Board Member

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Recruiting

Board Member


Meet the Executive Team

Populo Living is run by an executive team, you can find out more about the executive team of Populo, below.


Meet the Customer Services Team

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Zubaid Ahmed

Housing Assistant

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Afsana Begum

Head of Housing and Customer Services

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Nasima Begum

Income Officer

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Tich Antoine Chihaka

Building & Compliance Surveyor

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Erica Faria

Housing Officer

Person: 18

Ruben Graca

Customer Services Advisor

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Kerill Heaven

Customer Services Administrator

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Andrew Lay

Housing Operations Consultant

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Yasin Lola

Concierge

Person: 22

Gloria Mavita

Concierge

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Maznu Miah

Concierge

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Taiwo Osinowo

Customer Services Admin

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Zainul Patel

Lettings Manager

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Naseem Salman Rashid

Caretaker

Person: 27

Em Scrivener

Housing Partner Assistant

Person: 28

Kamal Siraj

Property Manager

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Megan Spall

Customer Services Advisor

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Paula Sterling-Lawless

Senior Building Safety and Compliance Manager


Meet our Wider Team

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Gareth Ahier

Senior Construction Manager

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Afolabi Alomaja

Management Accountant

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Pranita Badekar

Finance Accounts Assistant

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Neil Baron

Senior Development Manager

Person: 35

Maria Cristina Barranco Alonso

Transactional Manager

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Olivia Brunt

Executive Assistant

Person: 37

Katherine Castillo

HR Officer

Person: 38

David Chalmers

Senior Development Manager

Person: 39

Nick Clough

Carpenters Project Director

Person: 40

Nikki Cutler

Senior Design Manager

Person: 41

Bhavisha Dabasia

Corporate Finance Manager (Maternity)

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Chris Dancer

Senior Design Manager

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Stefanie Dietrich

Assistant Project Manager

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Denitza Dimitrova

Information Manager

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Jessica Dougan

Development Manager

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Sesen Ghezai

Development Manager

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Sasha Grant

Project Administrator

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Ishan Dutta Gupta

Accounts Payable Officer

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Luke Hamlin

Senior Development Manager

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Duncan Hayes

Senior Communications Officer

Person: 51

Blaise Jennings

Interim Finance Director

Person: 52

Riaz Hooda

Interim Head of Finance (Planning and Treasury)

Person: 53

Hina Kazmi

Assistant Accountant

Person: 54

Eve Ladden Timbers

Senior Planning Programme Manager

Person: 55

Yuanshi Li

Development Manager

Person: 56

Vu Luong

Financial Planning and Investment Analyst

Person: 57

Alastair Neame

Head of Business Intelligence

Person: 58

Mark Nevshehir

Head of Construction

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Amy Parkes

Communications and Engagement Officer

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Guy Powell

Senior Construction Manager

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Anita Sanmugathasan

Financial Controller

Person: 62

Fiona Shankland

Head of Design (Maternity)

Person: 63

Ore Shoyinka

Governance Coordinator

Person: 64

Louise Staples

HR, Governance and Legal Manager

Person: 65

Aftab Syed

Systems Accountant

Person: 66

Lami Teniola

Treasury Analyst

Person: 67

Foysol Uddin

Community Development Officer

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Naomi Wharton

Community Liaison Officer


About Populo

Populo is Newham Council's wholly owned housing company. We are making Newham home for everyone. We are designing and building better homes and places.

Our Offer

Populo Living and our sister company Populo Homes exist to help tackle the shortage of homes in Newham.

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