Housing association has appointed Hformer RBH director Hilary Milne as new interim director overseeing its governance and compliance
A2Dominion, which received a non-compliant ‘G3’ rating from the regulator earlier this year, has appointed Hilary Milne as its interim group director of governance and compliance. Milne will start her new role next week.
The 38,000-home housing association said the appointment comes as the housing association continues to work closely with the Regulator of Social Housing on improvement plans to ensure compliance with governance standards.
Milne worked for Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) after it received a non-compliant ‘G3’ rating from the Regulator of Social Housing in December 2022, following the tragic death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak due to damp and mould in his housing association home.
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The housing association said it picked Milne for the role due to her experience of supporting organisations with governance, risk management, internal controls, assurance and regulatory compliance in housing and other sectors.
Milne was director of governance and compliance at One Housing for over four years. Before that, she was the governance and compliance director at Genesis Housing Association, which merged with Notting Hill Genesis in 2018.
In May, A2Dominion appointed Paul Fiddaman, chief executive of Karbon Homes and Emma Palmer, CEO of Eastlight Community Homes, to its board as part of its strategy to help it regain complaince with the governance standard.
Palmer joined the group board and became the new chair of the customer service committee. Fiddaman is also on the group board, and joined the finance committee.
An A2Dominion spokesperson said that Fiddaman and Palmer have been appointed to the board “because they have the specific set of skills that we needed to achieve effective governance and improvements”.
Tracey Barnes, chief finance officer at A2Dominion, said: “I’m so pleased to welcome Hilary to A2Dominion. She brings a wealth of experience and knowledge of the sector to the Group, and I look forward to working closely with her to implement our improvement plans to deliver better results for the group.”
Milne said: “I am delighted to be joining A2Dominion and to be able to support the board, the executive directors and colleagues on the journey back to regulatory compliance.”
She added: “Embedding good governance, regulatory compliance and risk management are central to A2Dominion’s success.”
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