Pauline Ford

Title: Chair of the Board
Team: Board

Pauline is an experienced Executive and Non-Executive who has worked with a range of housing organisations and charities for over 28 years, most recently as an Executive Director at Peabody in London and as an independent consultant. She brings experience in charity and not-for-profit sector governance; leading and designing customer services; property and asset management; customer and client engagement and devising and delivering change programmes to improve outcomes for customers/clients and staff teams.

She has a passionate interest in care and support services and has seen the real difference that a safe environment and the right care and support can provide.

In addition to her with work with Southdown, Pauline is Chair of the Care & Support Committee and a Group Board member for Riverside, one of the largest Housing and Care and Support providers in the country.

Pauline joined Southdown in 2019 as a Board Member and was previously Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee. She was appointed Chair of Southdown’s Board in September 2022.