Chair of Trustees - Wendy Richards Expand Wendy Richards Wendy is an Associate at Atkins, one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies where the Atkins core business is helping clients to plan, design and enable major capital programmes. Wendy's 30 years' experience has seen her undertaking a range of work from community consultation workshops with tenants for Registered Social Landlords to delivering strategic land allocations for volume house builders. Wendy is also currently a front of house volunteer at the Architecture Centre in Bristol.
Vice Chair - Dr Peter Mackie Expand Vice Chair - Dr Peter Mackie Pete is a Lecturer in Housing at Cardiff University and has been a board member at Llamau since 2009. Pete has a particular research interest in the housing experiences and pathways of vulnerable people. Pete has particularly focused his research on youth housing and homelessness, a field in which he has sought to understand the experiences of young people from their perspectives.
Vice Chair - Adrian Peters Expand Adrian Peters Adrian had an academic career for 30 years and was Professor of Microbiology and Dean of Cardiff School of Health Sciences at Cardiff Metropolitan University until 2017. He has considerable experience of strategic planning, business management, governance and performance management. Adrian is passionate about improving public health and health inequality and recognizes the critical role played by the third sector in placing housing at the heart of public health.
Treasurer - Tom Breed Expand Tom Breed Tom Breed is a qualified chartered accountant and is Financial Director at Capital Law. Previously he was Financial Planning & Treasury Manager for Clarion Events Limited. Prior to that, he worked at a metal trading company in the City of London. Tom qualified as a chartered accountant with Bright Grahame Murray and has a BA from the University of Birmingham.
David Blair Expand Vice Chair - David Blair David has worked extensively across the public service within Wales with key roles in the Welsh Government, the National Assembly and the Third Sector. He has also chaired a lottery distribution panel in a voluntary capacity. Areas of keen interest include deprivation, social exclusion and domestic abuse services where David led the Government’s 10,000 Safer Lives programme. David currently works in resource efficiency for the Welsh Government exploring the environmental, economic and social opportunities within a move to a more circular economy.
Cath Doman Expand Cath is the Director of Health and Social Services Integration working with the Cardiff and Vale Health Board, Vale of Glamorgan Council, Cardiff Council and a wide range of third sector organisations to bring health and care services closer together. Prior to moving to South East Wales in 2019, she held similar posts in Doncaster, Harrogate and Bradford, helping to develop partnerships and rebuild health and care services around people rather than organisations. Cath is an occupational therapist by trade, but latterly has many years’ experience in partnerships, commissioning and strategy across health and care systems