Board Members

Councillor Jayne McCoy (Council nominee)  - Acting Chair

Councillor Jayne McCoy has been a Councillor since 2006 and is the current Councillor for Wallington South and the Vice Chair of the Planning Committee. 

Ade Adebayo (Independent Board Member) — Acting Vice-Chair

Ade Adebayo joined the SHP Board in December 2022 and is also a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.

He is a chartered surveyor and has extensive working experience in both the private and public sectors, including 16 years leading the property and asset management function at Sutton Council.

Ade is also a non-executive director of a housing association. As a consultant, he provides strategic asset management services to public sector organisations.

Rachelle Beltran (Independent Board Member)

Rachelle joined the board in 2021 and is the current Chair of the SHP Audit & Risk Committee.  She is a qualified accountant, who has worked in public, government,  and charity sectors since 2006.

Her most recent roles include Director of Transformation at The Royal Parks, and Senior Consultant in international finance and real estate at Oxford University Press.

Previous positions include Chief Executive, Director of Finance, and Transformation Consultant for a variety of housing associations including Clarion and Wandle.

Rachelle is also a Non-Executive Director at another housing provider. Living in Cheam, Rachelle enjoys the local parks, keeping fit and travelling.

Wendy Clark (Council nominee)

Wendy Clark joined the Board in 2023. 

Jenni Burton (Leasehold Board Member) 

Jenni joined the SHP board as a casual vacancy at the March 2024 meeting. She will be formally appointed at the December 2024 Annual General Meeting. 

Councillor Ed Parsley (Council nominee) 

Councillor Parsley has been a councillor for Sutton Central since 2022 and is the current vice chair of the Housing, Economy and Business committee. Councillor Parsley joined the Board as a casual vacancy at the September 2024 meeting and will be formally appointed at the December 2024 Annual General Meeting. 

Steve Penneck (Council nominee)  

Steve is a statistician, working in the Government Statistical Service until his retirement as Director General and CEO of the Office for National Statistics in 2012.  Since then, he has been active in honorary roles in the Royal Statistical Society and the International Statistical Institute, where he recently served a term as President.

In Sutton, Steve was a local Councillor, from 1983 to 94 and from 2014 to 2022, serving at various times as Chair of the Education Committee, Deputy Leader, Chair of the Liberal Democrat Group and Lead Councillor for the Arts, Libraries and Heritage. 

A long-time resident of Sutton, Steve is also Vice Chair of Sutton Music Festival.  He joined the SHP Board in December 2024.

Denise Fowler (Independent Board Member)

Denise was appointed to the Board at the 2025 SHP Annual General Meeting and is a member of the Performance Committee

Andrea Stevens (Resident Board Member)

Andrea was appointed to the Board at the 2025 SHP Annual General Meeting and is a member of the Performance Committee

Colin Hawkins (Co-opted resident)

Colin Hawkins is a co-opted member of the SHP Board and also the current Chair of the Sutton Federation of Tenants and Resident Associations and member of the SHP Performance Committee.

Beverley Brigden (Co-opted leaseholder)

Beverley Brigden is a co-opted member of the SHP Board and Secretary to the Sutton Leaseholders Association