Our people
Working together to build Bristol’s future.
The team
Chris Arnold
Finance Director
Chris is a chartered accountant and brings his experience of operational, finance and change management to Goram Homes having previously held leadership roles at Orange UK, Alfa Laval Saunders and BAe. Prior to joining Goram Homes, he was director of resources for a housing association where he secured and won long term partnership contracts and doubled their operating size.
Stephen Baker
Managing Director
Stephen is Managing Director of Goram Homes, and joined in 2019.
He was previously director of investment at Alliance Homes Group, where he grew the new homes function tenfold and established two commercial trading subsidiaries. He has run his own business and worked for Architen, fabric structure specialists, on a range of high-profile projects including the Millennium Dome and the British Museum. Stephen was born in Bristol and he lives in the area with his family.
Charlotte Brace
Senior Development Manager
Charlotte joined Goram Homes in July 2023 with a wealth of experience in housing development, local authority housing enabling, and as a consultant development project manager. Most recently, Charlotte was Head of Special Projects for a national housing association. She led the delivery of diverse and complex projects including joint ventures, community-led schemes, and innovative pilot projects, as well as problem solving on complex and stalled sites.
Sinéad Butters, MBE
Non-Executive Director
Sinéad is group chief executive of Aspire Housing, which also comprises Staffordshire’s largest apprenticeship provider PM Training and social regeneration charity Realise. As chair of national housing network, PlaceShapers, Sinéad has been instrumental in uniting members around shared values as a voice for change.In recent years, Sinéad has received an MBE for services to housing, two honorary doctorates for work supporting communities, and saw Aspire receive the Queens Award for Enterprise; a first for the housing sector.
Aman Dalvi, OBE
Chair of Goram Homes Board, Non-Executive Director
Aman Dalvi OBE has over thirty years’ experience in housing and is currently a consultant advisor for two major developers. Prior to this, he was executive director for development & renewal at a London local authority; chief executive of a London housing association and chief executive of an economic development agency. Aman also worked for the Housing Corporation as assistant director of investment. He has served as chair of the Anchor Trust and PA Housing and on the boards of English Partnerships and the Olympic Park Legacy Company.
Mark Hallett
Non-Executive Director
Mark has been a development director and non-executive director for a variety of consultancies, developers, investors, and joint venture companies for over 30 years. His experience encompasses the full range of commercial, residential, retail and leisure projects with responsibility for identifying and unlocking value from major brownfield urban regeneration land holdings with a combined development value in excess of £2 billion. These projects have often been delivered in partnerships between and private sectors with a particular emphasis on socially responsible and sustainable investment.
Daren Hartley
Governance Manager
Darren has over 20 years’ housing sector experience, including as Assistant Chief Executive and Company Secretary of a housing association, Chief Executive of a tenant charity and Director at an international housing consultancy. Darren has expertise in governance and regulation, having completed an extensive number of governance projects for housing clients. He has also sat on several national housing panels and was Chair of the Government’s Resident Working Group for the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety 2018 (“Hackitt Review”).
Courtney Littlechild
Development Assistant
Courtney studied Architecture at the University of Portsmouth and practised as an Architectural Assistant for Chichester-based HNW Architects. During this time, she gained experience in the built environment industry through her involvement in projects across a range of sectors – in particular, residential and mixed-use developments.
Tori Madine
Head of Communications
Tori has over 20 years of communications experience in the built environment. Before joining Goram Homes, she worked agency-side and has supported projects at every stage of the placemaking process from design concept and consultation to project delivery. Her core expertise is distilling complex information into accessible, people-focused stories. A Bristolian born and bred, Tori started her career as a journalist writing for titles including Building Magazine, Inside Housing, and Property Week.
Christiana Makariou
Development Director
Christiana is a development professional and a Chartered Town Planner with the Royal Town Planning Institute with a passion for successful placemaking. She is originally from Cyprus and moved to the UK in 2011. After graduating from UWE, Bristol and with a Masters in Planning and Property Development from Radboud University in the Netherlands, she gained experience in large-scale, mixed-use developments working on the masterplan and detailed design and delivery of Brabazon and the YTL Arena Complex, Bristol (the former Filton Airfield and one of the largest masterplanned developments in the UK).
Andrew Martyn-Johns
Non-Executive Director and Chair of Goram Homes’ Audit and Risk Committee
Andrew is a chartered accountant and has lived in the Bristol area for almost 50 years. Since retiring from Deloitte, he has been a Non-Executive Board member of two housing associations. He is currently Chair of Community Housing Cymru, the trade body for Welsh housing associations, and is a co-opted member of Shelter’s Audit Committee. He has extensive experience of working with Audit Committees, both as a member and as an advisor, and is well versed in risk management and governance.
Elaine Olphert
Technical Director
Elaine joined us from Bristol City Council where she was Head of Housing Delivery. Elaine is passionate about housing and creating neighbourhoods that help people live healthy, sustainable lives. She is a chartered architect with over 20 years’ experience in the construction industry on a wide range of projects, from urban extensions to community infrastructure; complex mixed-use, high-density developments to low-density, edge of settlement projects.
Mark Prosser
Technical Manager
Mark joined us from Vistry Cotswolds, where he was a Project Manager working on large housing estates, mixed use apartment schemes and community centres. Mark has a wealth of knowledge in the housebuilding sector, having previously worked for Bovis Homes, Redrow Homes and Churchill Retirement, as well as Award winning private practice with Yiangou Architects and Roberts Limbrick. Mark is passionate about providing the best quality of housing and the highest standards in responsible construction.
Haseeb Rahman
Financial Controller
Hannah Ransom
Business Support Manager
Hannah has worked as an executive support for many regional and international companies within the construction industry, including Redrow Homes, Crest Nicholson, Pearce Construction, Pearce Group Architects, Interior Services Group and M+W Group, a Global high-tech EPC construction firm. More recently Hannah has worked for Handelsbanken a Swedish bank and brings with her a wealth of knowledge in business administration.
Keith Olgivie-Robb
Finance and B.I. Associate
Keith is an experienced finance manager, with a background in business banking both in London and the South West. He now lives in Wiltshire with his family, following two years launching a cafe business in the Philippines. He’s also an avid supporter of Bath Rugby.
Richard Senior
Technical Manager
Richard joined us from Edenstone Homes, where he was technical manager delivering mixed-use residential developments. This included Net Zero energy homes, community hubs, and commercial units. He has over 20 years’ experience in the industry, beginning as an architectural technologist before moving into the housebuilding sector with Redrow Homes. Richard grew up in Bristol and is is passionate about delivering high quality, energy-efficient developments in his home city.
Cllr David Wilcox
Non-Executive Director
Council Representative
David has been a councillor for Lockleaze since 2021 and has lived in the ward for over 20 years. The experienced Green Party councillor has previously served on the council’s Growth and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee, which covered planning, and is an enthusiastic supporter of sustainable housing.
