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Meet the staff

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Peter Mercer
Chief Executive

Peter has worked at Warrington Borough Council since January 1989 when he moved from Liverpool CC.  He started as Principal Housing Officer and was promoted to Chief Executive in November 2003.  Peter has led the housing service through Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT), Best Value and the set up of Golden Gates Housing (GGH) as the Council’s Arms Length Management Organisation in February 2004.  In February 2007, GGH were awarded 3 stars excellent prospects by the Audit Commission.  Following an extensive Stock Options study, Peter is now leading the service through the process of transferring the housing stock to GGH Trust which will convert to a Housing Association.

 

Peter is married with 2 grown up daughters.  He enjoys most sports and likes to keep fit in the gym.

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Angela Perry
Director of Property Services

Angela has over 15 year of experience of working in housing.
She joined WBC in 2002 from Harvest Housing Group and was appointed to the post of Commercial Business Manager in GGH in 2004.
Angela is married to Graham and has a baby daughter Laura. In her spare time (when she has any) she enjoys reading, cooking and genealogy.

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Director of Housing Management

Peter has previously worked for 11 local authorities and 2 private sector companies. He has over 20 years experience in Housing and joined Golden Gates Housing from Kendric Ash, a consultancy specialising in public sector performance improvement. Peter has two daughters and is married to Vivien and enjoys reading history, city breaks and watching rugby league.
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Director of Business Services

Allen joined Golden Gates Housing from the Corporate Resources Department of Warrington Borough Council where he was Principal Accountant for Housing and Neighbourhood Services. He has previously worked for Wigan MBC and Knowsley MBC and brings with him 19 years experience within Finance and Accounting. Allen is married to Deb and has three children.  In his spare time is a keen supporter of Liverpool FC.
GGH staff

We directly employ
almost 300 staff to
support a range of
services.

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We also indirectly employ
hundreds of other people
in a wide variety of trades
and businesses.
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