Anne Waterhouse. Chief Executive
Anne became Wandle Housing Association’s Chief Executive in April 2023 and is a Co-optee to Wandle’s Board.
Anne joined Wandle from A2Dominion, where she had been for 16 years, holding a variety of senior roles – including as interim CEO in 2021/22, and most recently as Deputy CEO and Executive Director (Central & Financial Services).
Anne has a proven track record within the housing sector and will be responsible for undertaking the delivery of Wandle’s corporate strategic plan to 2025, to ensure that Wandle continues to support people across south London who need a home.
Francis Burrows. Executive Director, Customer and Operational Services
Francis joined Wandle in September 2024. He was previously Director of Support and Service Development at Orbit, leading a portfolio of housing services for older people and supported housing and leading on EDI for customers.
Francis is also the Chair at Pioneer Group in Birmingham, where he has been on the board since 2019
Yinka Bolaji. Executive Director, Property and Development
Yinka joined Wandle in October 2016 as Executive Director of Property and Development. He has over 20 years’ experience in housing and social care sector, lately in senior management roles at Genesis and Anchor Trust.
He is passionate about Wandle’s role as a landlord with a long-term commitment to our communities.
Yinka has successfully developed a wide range of projects and has implemented asset management strategies with significant business and investment planning elements.
Grant Shipley. Executive Director, Finance
Grant is an experienced finance director who has worked in the housing sector for over 30 years in executive, interim and consultancy roles.
He has a clear focus on providing high quality management information and delivering business improvement services for clients, both directly and through his own consultancy company.
He joined Wandle in January 2021.
Matt Spittles. Director, Maintenance
Matt joined Wandle in September 2021; his previous full-time role was as Director of Property & Development with a midlands based registered provider.
He is also a serving Non-Executive Director with two organisations in the housing sector.
With 15 years’ experience in leadership roles, Matt will be focusing on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the repairs and maintenance service with a target of improving customer satisfaction.
Rebecca Escott-New. Executive Director Corporate Services
Rebecca joined Wandle in June 2024 as our new Executive Director of Corporate Services.
Rebecca and her teams are responsible for Governance & Compliance, Digital, IT, Data, Communications, HR, Health & Safety and Facilities.
She has a vast background in strategic planning, risk management, project delivery, business improvement and stakeholder engagement at a senior level and joins us from Crisis UK where she was the Director of Strategy, Planning and Compliance.
Rebecca serves as Wandle’s Health and Safety Lead and is responsible for ensuring compliance with our health and safety obligations towards tenants. Any tenant wishing to contact Rebecca regarding a Health and Safety matter can do so by emailing healthandsafety@wandle.com.