Our Executive Board

Around 500 people work for Paradigm and we all come to work every day to make sure more people can have a home they can afford.

You can find out more about our key decision-makers below.

Matthew Bailes

Chief Executive

Matthew has been our Chief Executive since September 2015, and was previously the Director of Regulation at the Homes and Communities Agency.

Hannah Manyewu

Executive Director - Customer

Hannah leads our customer-facing services and is our 'customer champion', ensuring our customers are at the centre of service delivery.

Justin McCarthy

Executive Director - Property

Justin is in charge of Property Services. His team is responsible for the repairs and maintenance of our homes.

Nicola Ewen

Chief Financial Officer

Nicola leads the finance function for the Group ensuring we have enough money to fund the growth and development of the organisation as well as financial management, controls and accounting for all the financial transactions.

Martyn Jones

Executive Director of Development

Martyn leads the Development team, ensuring we continue to build about 600 good quality, new affordable homes per year for those who need them.

Sarah Nickson

Executive Director Strategy and Business Services

Sarah leads a department delivering Human Resources, Facilities, Communications and General Counsel to the organisation.

Patrick Dawson

Chief Information Officer

Patrick heads our IT function, as well as leading and coordinating our change programme and Business Transformation team.

Ewan Wallace

Director – Legal & Assurance

Ewan leads our governance, legal, risk management, insurance and internal audit functions. He also acts as Company Secretary to the Paradigm Group companies and is our Data Protection Officer.

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