Who we are

Board of Directors

Freya Field-Donovan, extensive management and governance experience in Housing Associations and Tenant Management Organisations (TMOs) and Secretary Rode Housing Co-operative.

Jon Lee, Business Development Specialist at Wrigley’s Solicitors and expert in ethical finance, formerly Business Development Manager at Ecology Building Society and The Co-operative Bank.

Levent Kerimol, Community Led Homes director at CDS Co-operatives, and formerly at the Greater London Authority (GLA) Regeneration team, with expertise in design, planning, and real estate.

Nnenna Urum-Eke, Local Authority Housing & Regeneration Officer and Chair of Elevation Mutual Housing Co-operative.

Gauthier Guerin, Director at Catalyst Collective, specialist in financial strategy and investment for community housing, expert in society law and financial regulations.

Vivian Woodell, CEO of The Phone Co-op Foundation for Co-operative Innovation, vice president of Mid-Counties Co-op and Co-operatives Europe.

We have space to invite significant investors on to the Board.

 

Key Partners

CDS Co-operatives is a Housing Association managing around 3000 properties across London and the South East, with a mission of supporting and establishing housing co-ops. CDS can provide operational and housing management experience to COS where needed.
 
Community Assets for Society and Housing (CASH) is a volunteer run Community Benefit Society founded by people living and working in co-ops, who want to create more co-operative spaces. CASH works with new and established co-ops, supporting them with their vision, operation, and governance, and can raise Community Shares to support the Collective Ownership Society.

 

Members

As a co-operative society we are made up of our members, who are each housing co-operatives in their own right.
See our member co-ops here.