 Richard has been Chief Executive of Tuntum since December 1994. Before that he worked as a freelance Management Consultant; a regulator with the Housing Corporation and in race relations at the former Greater London Council. After leaving Leeds University in 1978 with a BA (Hons) in Economics, Richard spent 4 years training as a chartered accountant with a national firm in London.
Richard has held a number of positions within the voluntary housing sector in the past including as Chair of the Federation of Black Housing Organisations (FBHO) for 4 years and as Chair of the Nottinghamshire Social Housing Forum. He was a founder member of PATH (National), the largest positive action organisation in the UK.
At present, Richard is Chair of LABO Housing Association which operates in the East End of London, Vice Chair of PATH (National), an elected member of the Regional Executive Committee of the National Housing Federation and Chair of the recently formed East Midlands Black and Minority Ethnic Housing Group.
In 2005, Richard was awarded the MBE for his services to social housing and the Caribbean community in the East Midlands.
Richard’s hobbies including coaching and playing league cricket, playing table tennis, reading and going to the cinema.
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 Steve White started his housing career with the New Towns Commission in 1979, working for Telford Development Corporation advising them on listing historic buildings. He then took a Masters Degree before joining Anchor Trust where he rose to the position of Regional Manager (Midlands) and undertook published work on managing dementia within sheltered housing. He worked as a management consultant until joining Tuntum in 2003.
His hobbies are chess, literature, vernacular architecture and supporting Hull City and Yorkshire CCC.
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