Councillor Monroe Palmer OBE BA FCA is Leader of the Liberal Democrat group on Barnet Council. He is one of the council representatives on the board. He was first elected a councillor in 1986 and has lived in Barnet for 45 years. His priorities as a board member are ensuring the company is run efficiently and within financial constraints, and he is committed to Barnet Homes providing a good service for tenants and leaseholders. 

Councillor Ross Houston is the Labour Spokesperson on Housing and Community Safety on Barnet Council. He is one of the council representatives on the board. Ross is deputy head of housing for an affordable housing landlord. He is vice chair of a regeneration partnership, chair of a healthy community project partnership, a board member of a housing association and of a community centre charity. Ross is a governor at two Barnet schools.

Ross’s priorities are to ensure that Barnet Homes continues to deliver it’s Decent Homes plus programme, that Barnet Homes successfully manages it’s tenancies on the regeneration estates working with it's partners, and that Barnet Homes sees continued improvement in its service to tenants and leaseholders.

Councillor Helena Hart is one of the newly appointed Council representatives on the Board. She is currently the Cabinet Member for Public Health, having previously chaired both the Council’s Health & Social Care and the Supporting the Vulnerable Overview & Scrutiny Committees.

Cllr. Hart is notable for her recent work pressing the NHS to improve healthcare for local residents. A Dental Practice Manager for the past 38 years, she also served as Vice Chairman of the Borough's Social Services Committee from 1990-1994 and on Barnet Community Health Council. As a life long Barnet resident, with many family members and friends involved in healthcare and through daily contact with local residents both as patients and Ward constituents,  Cllr. Hart believes she is well placed to make a meaningful contribution to the Board of Barnet Homes and the future well being of  both tenants and leaseholders alike.

Charmaine was nominated by Barnet Council to the Board in September 2007.

She originally trained in Building Construction and has worked for nearly 40 years in Urban Regeneration and Housing. Her early career involved over 15 years in Local Government for Birmingham City Council and then Sheffield City Council where she was Assistant Director of Housing.

Charmaine has got to know Barnet over the last 5 years and has contributed to the Colindale area framework, which incorporates the Grahame Park Estate area, as well as a major development, Beaufort Park which is being undertaken by the company she works for  St George Plc.

For many years she has provided policy comment for Local, Regional and National Government, as well as advice to the Audit Commission for their Housing Steering Group, the Mayor’s Housing Commission, the Housing Corporation Taskforce on home ownership, as well as Masterclasses for the Academy of Sustainable Communities.  In 2003 she was awarded a CBE for her work in Urban Regeneration.