Boards of Management

Allan Smith

Chairman - Accent Group

Roger Davis

Chairman - Accent Nene

Gwyneth Sarkar

Chairman - Accent Foundation

Paul Heasman

Chairman - Accent Peerless

Paul joined the Accent Peerless Board in January 2009, and was appointed Chairman. He has wide-ranging strategic and operational housing experience which includes the Audit Commission Inspection process.

Paul is currently working as a consultant for the Kurdish Housing Association and serves on the steering committee for the London BME Directors Group.

Carolyn joined Accent in April 2008. Between 1984 and 1999, she worked at Castle Rock Housing Association. Her latter years were spent as housing services director, during which time she gained a Masters in Business Administration. Carolyn then spent three years at Edinvar Housing Association, where she became deputy director. In 2002, Carolyn was appointed to the post of Deputy Scottish Public Services Ombudsman, a position she held for five years. In March 2010, Carolyn was appointed by the Lord Chancellor as a lay member of employment tribunals for Scotland, and she is a member of the Institute of Housing and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She now works as a freelance consultant specialising in dispute prevention, management and resolution. 

A self employed financial consultant since 1997, Roger has worked at a senior level for a number of local authorities and other organisations, preparing financial models for housing stock transfer, best value reviews, PFI procurement and financial plans. He was previously Director of Corporate Services and Director of Finance at Peterborough City Council, and Chair of Age Concern Peterborough. In addition to his roles on each committee and Group Board, Roger sits on the Group Remuneration & Staffing Committee and is Board Champion for board member recruitment and induction.

Tim joined Accent in 2008 as a non executive director of the Group Board. He is now a member of the Accent Nene Board and he chairs the Group Audit Committee. Tim is a non executive director of NHS Direct and the Highways Agency, and a director of Timothy Walton and Associates Limited .Previously, Tim was a non executive director of the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills and Sorcerer Limited. Tim began his career in 1976 at Rolls-Royce Group plc and served in a number of positions in engineering, operations, purchasing, IT and e-Business. He is a former CIO, Director and Group Management Board Member at Arup and he is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the British Computer Society.