Our board members set the strategic direction of our business and monitor the achievement of our vision to ‘create opportunities and change lives’ as we strengthen our inclusive, thriving communities. They scrutinise and evaluate our services to ensure we remain well managed through effective leadership.
Steve has extensive experience within the voluntary sector and as a governor in primary and secondary schools.
Now retired, he acts as the Chair of Pine Court Housing Association’s board, is an elected Secretary of the Liverpool Schools Football Association and is also a volunteer guide for the National Trust at Speke Hall.
Before retirement, Steve worked in senior roles across local authorities and in the housing sector including Area Relationship Director for Knowsley Borough Council addressing issues around education, environment and social inclusion.
He has previous board experience, following his previous role as a Board Member for Age Concern UK.
Roy is a professionally qualified fellow of the Chartered Institute of Housing and has a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA).
Roy is the Chief Executive Officer of The Sovini Group and holds a number of non-executive director positions with external organisations.
He is also on the boards of One Vision Housing and The Sovini Group.
Mike Parkin is an accomplished Chief Executive, currently leading a prominent Northwest housing group. Prior to stepping into the Chief Executive role, Mike served as the group’s Chief Finance Officer, bringing strategic financial leadership to the heart of the organisation. In his current capacity, he holds overarching responsibility for the full breadth of the group’s operations — spanning housing management, asset management, development, finance, HR, IT, performance, governance, risk, and audit — as well as oversight of a thriving commercial subsidiary.
With more than 20 years of Board-level experience, Mike has served on multiple Housing Association Boards, including terms as Chair and Chair of an RP Audit Committee. His governance expertise and strategic insight have consistently added value in both executive and non-executive positions.
Before his move into social housing, Mike held the role of Director of Finance and Resources at North Wales Police, overseeing critical corporate services. His career also includes leadership positions in both the public and private sectors, notably with Wirral Metropolitan College and North Wales Newspapers, demonstrating a versatile skill set and proven ability to drive organisational improvement across diverse industries.
A seasoned leader with a track record of delivering operational excellence, financial resilience, and strong governance, Mike is passionate about making a positive, lasting impact in the communities he serves.
Julia is currently the Managing Director of Maximum Impact Solutions Ltd, a management and information company that specialises in using business intelligence to improve organisational performance.
Since 2001, Julia has led her company to assist a number of public and private sector organisations including the NHS, developing intelligence solutions that provide an insight into areas of service improvement.
Julia has a passion for community projects and is a volunteer for the Kings Trust as well as being a board member of Elevate Education Business Partnership, supporting and advising local, regional and national partners in the field of education business links, employability and skills agendas.
Jim has over 25 years of experience in senior management roles, working across a number of service areas including, manufacturing, sales and marketing, research & development, supply chain, quality, environmental health & safety and facilities management.
For the last 3 and a half years Jim has served as Managing Director for Electrium Sales Ltd, a Siemens Company with turnover of circa £80M and employing approximately 300 people in UK.
He has also previously served as a Board member for the BEAMA Trade Association and still maintains an active role on key committees for low voltage electrical equipment.
Gill is a Chief Executive Officer of Elevate, a leading Education Business Partnership which has grown from a community organisation to a successful not for profit company under her leadership.
With over 10 years’ leadership experience, she has a proven track record leading and delivering projects, managing organisational and cultural change, building productive partnerships across the region and has a clear understanding of the socio-economic environment in which Pine Court Housing Association operates.
Gill is highly skilled in strategic leadership, service planning, partnership development, organisational, project and people management.
Our board is assisted by a Risk and Audit Committee, which provides robust scrutiny, audit and risk monitoring of its activities. The committee is led by our non-executive Chair, Mike Parkin.
The demographics of the current PCHA board are as follows;
In comparison the demographics of PCHA customers is as follows;
In comparison the demographics of Sefton/Liverpool’s population is as follows;
This information is used to inform future Board Member recruitment.
This page was last updated on 29/05/2025
