SNG (Sovereign Network Group) has a skilled and experienced non-executive Board providing the leadership, strategic direction and scrutiny to enable us to achieve our social purpose, while growing sustainably.
To provide insight and challenge, the Board is supported by a committee structure with Board members and independent specialists, covering Audit and Risk, Remuneration and Nominations, Treasury, Major Projects and Investment.
We also have a customer Board member who can bring a customer’s perspective to Board decisions.
While the Board is responsible for the effective governance of the business, day to day management is delegated to our Executive Board members.
Paul is a former CEO of energy company RWE Npower, with extensive experience in the energy industry at Board level. He is an active member on the executive committee of both RWE and Centrica/Direct Energy and a non-executive director of Electron.
Ade is a Director of AOA Property Consulting Limited. He has extensive experience of managing services at senior level in local government.
Peter is our Chief Financial Officer and an SNG Board member. He also currently chairs the G15 Chief Financial Officer group.
Prior to his appointment at SNG Peter was Executive Director of Finance at Network Homes which he joined in 2019. Overall, he has nearly two decades worth of senior finance experience in housing, advertising and retail, both public and private.
He has a strong, diverse approach to analysis, financial planning and value addition.
Barbara Brownlee is CEO of Soho Housing Association. Her previous role was as the Westminster City Council’s Executive Director of Growth, Planning and Housing.
Jon is a Chartered Surveyor by profession. He has experience of property investment and development, affordable housing, care and professional services in public and private sectors.
Jon Milward is former Head of Development and equity partner at Deloitte LLP, with over 30 years' expertise leading significant global and UK-wide planning and development projects across the public and private sector.
He has advised on the delivery of many housing-led regeneration schemes including the first legacy sites on the London Olympic Park and is currently a Board Member and Chair of the Development, Investment and Sustainability Committee at Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC).
In his current role as Managing Director of Milward Associates, he acts as trusted advisor to clients including The Crown Estate, Trinity College Dublin, the London Borough of Lambeth, Native Land and the University of Southampton. He is also a Business Ambassador for Centrepoint, a charity for young homeless people.
Gareth brings significant strategic, financial and governance experience to the SNG Board.
A Chartered Accountant, his career has spanned senior roles in a number of large organisations, including as Chief Financial Officer at De Beers Group and Chief Finance & Operations Officer at the Church of England.
He is currently Chief Executive at the Church Commissioners for England.
Bhavin is an experienced senior executive with board proficiency in the private and charity sectors. He combines banking, risk, and transformation experience with a strong understanding of stakeholder engagement and finance.
As well as having a passion for helping reduce the homelessness crisis, Bhavin is a trustee of the Change Ahead Charity, and a governor at The Beacon School.
Mark is the Group Chief Executive Officer of SNG and an SNG Board member.
Prior to his appointment, he was the CEO at Sovereign from 2018 until the merger with Network Homes in 2023. With extensive experience in the housing sector, he has been Chief Financial Officer at Clarion Housing Group and has been Vice Chair of the National Housing Federation (NHF).
Mark is a trustee of Leadership 2025, a charity developing BME leadership in the housing sector.
