Meet The Directors
The five Directors manage Magna Group's affairs on a day-to-day basis, and are accountable to the Board. Authority is devolved to departmental managers.
Graham Colls
Magna Housing Group Chief Executive
(picture: seated front left)
Graham Colls joined Magna in June 1999. He was previously Managing Director of Two Castles Housing Association in Carlisle. His wealth of experience in social housing stretches back 25 years to his beginnings as a graduate trainee in South Tyneside Borough Council's Directorate of Housing. From here he was promoted to Senior Development Officer, before joining Two Castles Housing Association as North East Regional Housing Manager in 1985. Further promotion to North East Regional Director was to follow before he became Managing Director in 1993.
Graham is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Housing. He is married with two children.
Raymond Ardrey
Magna Housing Group Finance Director (picture: seated front right)
Raymond Ardrey joined Magna from Marches Housing Association in Herefordshire in January 2000. Raymond is a qualified Chartered Accountant. As Finance Director he oversaw the financial arrangements when Leominster District Council's housing stock was transferred to Marches Housing Association. Before moving to the housing sector, Raymond worked for one of the big six accountancy firms as an Audit Group Manager.
Debby Wheatley
Magna Housing Group Director of Operations (picture:standing centre)
Debby Wheatley joined Magna in January 2003. Debby's previous position was Director of Housing and Regeneration at Solihull Borough Council, where she started out as a Housing Assistant, collecting rents door-to-door, in 1978. Debby is a graduate of Southampton University and pleased to be back in the south where she grew up. Debby is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Housing and is soon to complete a Master of Public Administration at Warwick Business School.
David Aldwinckle
Director, Magna Housing Association (picture: standing left)
David Aldwinckle joined Magna in September 2006. David Aldwinckle comes to Magna from Pathmeads Housing Association (part of the Genesis Housing Group). Prior to attending university where he graduated with a Biochemistry degree, David worked with single, homeless people for the charity, ‘The Cyrenians’, which gave him a taste for housing. Originally coming from Cornwall, David and his family are pleased to move back to the south coast. David leaves an organisation that has recently been inspected and awarded the much coveted three stars with excellent prospects for improvement from the Audit Commission. It is good to have that experience with Magna.
Tony Murray
Director, Magna West Somerset Housing Association (picture:standing right)
Tony Murray joined Magna West Somerset in August 2002. After leaving London University with a degree in sociology, Tony worked for 14 years for both Local Authorities and Housing Associations in inner London. Before coming to west Somerset, Tony worked for 7 Years as Housing Services Manager at Windsor Housing, a Local Authority stock transfer association. Tony has particular interest in improving the quality of frontline services to tenants and increasing resident involvement in the management of Housing Associations.Tony is a corporate member of the Chartered institute of Housing. He is married with two children and lives in west Somerset.
Last updated 17.04.08 |
