Longhurst Group | Management |

Longhurst Group has a highly skilled and well experienced senior executive team. This team meets regularly to lead the professional staff teams, to advise the Board and to oversee the implementation of strategy and operations:-

Bob Walder BSc FCIH
Group Chief Executive & Company Secretary

Julie Doyle DMS MBA MCMI
Deputy Chief Executive & Managing Director of Spire Homes

Mike Hardy BA (Hons) FCIH MBA
Managing Director of L&H Homes

Peter Osborne
Longhurst Group Managing Director

Jonathan Driffill BA (Hons) MSc MRTPI ACIH
Managing Director of Friendship Care and Housing

Robert Griffiths FCCA CMS
Group Executive Director of FInancial Services

The Board of Longhurst Group comprises four independent members and one representative from each of the member companies (L&H Homes, Spire Homes, and Friendship Care and Housing). Membership of the Board is as follows:-

David Armes
Chairman
Retired Commercial Manager - East Midlands Electricity

Tina McEwen
Vice Chairperson
Chief Executive, Local Company

Roger Rudd
Independent Member
Chairperson of Group Audit Committee
Retired Public Servant

John Robson
Independent Member
Chief Executive of a Housing Association

Sidney McFarlane MBE
Representative of Longhurst & Havelok Homes
John Farrar
Representative of Spire Homes
Retired Environmental Health Officer