Helen Galbraith (nee Driver)

Chair

Helen joined the Board of Orwell Housing Association in March 2019.  Having grown up in Suffolk, Helen is proud of her involvement with Orwell and of its achievements within the community. 

Helen is now Chair of the Board, Chair of the Remuneration and Nominations Committee and a member of the Customer Insight Committee from mid-2022.  Helen is also a member of the Support and Care Working and Tender Group and is the Money Laundering Principal for the group.

With a background in investment analysis and managing UK equity pension funds and portfolios with organisation such as, Aviva Investors and Standard Life Investments, Helen was responsible for financial communications with shareholders and the investment community.  

Helen has since diversified to working in collaboration with a national financial education charity.

Dayle Bayliss

Board Member

Dayle joined the Board of Orwell Housing Association in 2020. Dayle has worked in construction and skills for a number of years and understands first-hand the importance of how skills for life, supporting communities and the homes we live in contribute to our wellbeing, social mobility and thriving communities. Being part of the board enables Dayle to play a part of the Orwell family and having a small part to play in the work Orwell do and the lives they impact.

Dayle is Vice-Chair of the Board, Chair of Orwell Homes Limited, a member of the Audit Committee and is the board nominee for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. She was also a member of the Governance Committee until it was closed.

With a background as a Chartered Surveyor, Dayle has already won national and local business awards, including East Anglian Daily Times Young Business Person of the Year 2012, Project ‘@ TheRec’ Winner of the 2015 East of England RICS Regeneration Award and highly commended accolades for her work.

Dayle’s desire to deliver construction services from a different perspective led her to found Dayle Bayliss Ltd, a Surveying, Design and Project Management Consultancy.  This gave Dayle the freedom to exercise her collaborative approach to construction projects, as well as tackle the challenges of skills and diversity in construction. 

Andrew Ryde

Board Member

Andrew joined the Orwell Board in July 2025 having retired from the City in late 2023 after a long career in Investment Banking.  He finished his career as Head of European Debt Capital Markets for the Canadian Bank CIBC where he was also the long-standing Chair of the CIBC Children's Miracle Foundation.

Andrew is passionate about social mobility and social welfare and believes that everyone has a right to somewhere safe and secure to call home.  As well as his role at Orwell he is an Independent Member of the Audit & Risk and Treasury & Development Committees at Freebridge Community Housing in Kings Lynn and is also on the Board of CHS in Cambridge.

Andrew has lived in East Anglia for over 30 years and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society.

Brett Rennolds

Board Member

Brett joined the Board of Orwell Housing Association in 2020.  Having begun his career as an outreach worker in the community Brett is clear that affordable housing is directly linked to positive life chances and is committed to equalising those opportunities for all.

Brett is Vice Chair of the Remunerations and Nominations Committee, a member of the Audit Committee and a member of the Support and Care Working and Tender Group.

With a background in the voluntary and public sector Brett has a wealth of experience in Business Development, Care & Support.

As a business consultant, Brett works with organisations, groups and individuals to enable development, change and growth, enjoying the challenges associated with change management, co-production and stakeholder engagement, identifying solutions to challenges collaboratively, inclusively and transparently.  Primarily it’s the ‘winning of hearts and minds’ that drives him.

Ian Pinches

Board Member

Ian joined the Board of Orwell Housing Association in March 2020. With a long background in senior roles within social housing, Ian is passionate about the added value that locality-based housing organisations can bring to a sector that is so often (perhaps misleadingly) defined as being dominated by large organisations operating at a national level.

Ian is new Chair of Audit Committee, a member of Remuneration and Nominations Committee and a member of the Support and Care Working and Tender Group

Ian is a qualified accountant (FCCA) with experience in both senior management and Executive Director roles within the Social Housing and Care sector. Ian also brings over a decade of Non-Executive and Committee Chair experience gained across a variety of organisations in Housing, the NHS, and the Emergency Services.

Although now semi-retired, Ian also has a background in establishing and running a multi award-winning business operating in the Hospitality sector.

Ian has been a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts for over a decade.

Lauren Aitchison

Board Member 

Lauren is an experienced Development Director, specialising in residential and since Strategic Land Regional Director at Talyor Wimpey, currently leading land, planning and technical team managing c36,000 plots of strategic land through acquisition and planning promotion.  Experienced in all stages of the property lifecycle, including acquisitions, business plan strategy and execution, asset management and disposals. 

Lauren joined Orwell’s Board in June 2025 and is on our Audit & Risk Committee.  She also sits on the Orwell Housing Limited Board.

Jo has worked in social housing for 30 years both within housing groups and as a consultant, in both development and governance roles. She is very pleased upon her retirement to be appointment as a member of Orwell Housing Association’s Board and the Audit Committee from March 2024.

Jo was a Chartered Surveyor and her early career at Norwich Union involved in developing retail parks and offices transitioned to social housing development within a few years. Project management of housing schemes for Flagship Housing Group then led to managing inspections there, before a further transition to Circle Anglia Group (now Clarion) to do the same, then a move into a senior leadership governance role. Finally, she moved into consultancy working for two of the leading national firms - Altair and Housing Quality Network - supporting more than 120 providers across the country. 

Jo is keen to continue to use the experience and knowledge gained in her last roles as well as to learn from Orwell as a leading community housing, care and support provider. Since both her parents came from Suffolk and she has lived in Norfolk most of her life, Jo has a strong understanding and love for the counties Orwell serves.

Pamhi Mulambo

Board Member

Pamhi strongly believes that everyone should have a safe, secure place to call their own and is passionate about supporting the social housing sector to achieve this.

Pamhi is a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Information Systems Auditor with a background in auditing and accounting. She started her career with Deloitte in external audit covering entities in the banking, financial services and manufacturing sectors before moving into internal audit covering payments operations at a major bank.

Pamhi is currently a Director in Internal Audit covering Technology at a major bank.

Tom Brown

Board Member

Tom is the CEO at Sotterley Estate in Suffolk, having joined them in 2023 as part of an eclectic and varied career that has spanned the commercial, educational and third sectors. With each linking to his strong values for the environment and social equity. Tom is the current Chair of Orwell’s Customer Insight Committee and has a keen interest in supporting our journey to net zero. In addition to his work with Sotterley Estate, he consults within the third sector. Specialising in supporting organisations to maximise their impact and access funding to support their purpose.

Tracey Spencer  

Board Member

Tracey joined the Orwell Board in June 2025, bringing a wealth of experience and knowledge from a career across the social housing sector. 

An established leader, Tracey has held various senior and executive roles with local, regional, and national housing associations for over 30 years.  With experience across housing,  development and regeneration, strategic and commercial partnering, and customer insights and engagement, Tracey is also a member of our Customer Insights Committee.

Tracey believes passionately that everyone deserves a safe and secure place of which they are proud and call home. She is dedicated to ensuring customers and communities are empowered and supported to thrive, and has extensive experience of working with stakeholders to innovate and improve services and outcomes for customers.

Having lived in East Anglia all her life, Tracey is delighted to be able to contribute locally to the work of Orwell.

Stuart Appleby

Board Member

Stuart joined the Board of Orwell Housing Association in March 2021 and is a former tenant of the Association and is now a shared owner of an Orwell property. Stuart is a passionate advocator for social housing and a firm believer in the socio-economic benefits that it provides to individuals and the wider community.

Stuart is a board member of the Orwell Homes Limited, a member of the Customer Insight Committee from mid-2022 and is a Tenant Engagement representative for Board.  He was also a member of the Governance Committee until it was closed.

For the past ten years, Stuart has been involved in Orwell Housing’s Resident Steering Group, giving him a critical lens through which to view the inner workings of Orwell as it has developed and evolved.

Stuart is the Director of HE Operations within the department of University Studies at West Suffolk College and has previously held the positions of Head of Health & Human Sciences and lecturer in Humanities and Business Management.

Amy Dalton-Leader

Independent Board Member - Orwell Homes

Amy Dalton-Leader is a Chartered Building Surveyor and Project Manager. Amy is the founder and director of Iceni Consultants Limited which is based in Bury St Edmunds. Amy is also a trustee for Lionheart, the Benevolent fund for the RICS. Amy believes that the built environment plays a big part in the well being of its occupants and is passionate about delivering high quality buildings that allow their occupants to thrive. Amy is a believer in paying it forward and supports a number of training surveyors in their career journey to becoming chartered.