Danielle Oum set to be formally elected as chair of Tuntum Housing Association later this month

Tuntum Housing Association has announced Danielle Oum will be its new chair pending a vote at its annual general meeting later this month,

The 1,600-home BME association, which is based in Nottingham, said Oum will succeed Junior Hemans, who has been in post since 2015.

Danielle Oum (003)

Oum has formerly chaired Walsall Housing Group in addition to holding several NHS Trust chair roles. She is currently chair of Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board, chair of charity Aquarius, which helps people overcoming addiction, and a board member of social enterprise procurement group Fusion21.

Charmaine Simei, chief executive of Tuntum, said: “It is a pleasure to welcome Danielle to the board.

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“She has a strong leadership background in strategic development, stakeholder engagement and transformational change spanning the public, private and voluntary sectors.”