Ghazala Mirza - Chair

I have lived in Croydon for over 26 years. I am a professional interpreter/counsellor. I work in courts – immigration, tribunals, magistrates, etc. I also work for Croydon Council in healthcare and social services. I am involved in many voluntary organisations in the borough and trustee for the following: ARCC, BME Forum Croydon, Asian Women’s Organisation and Elmwood Community Centre. I have been a CVA trustee for 7 years. I previously came here from E.Africa and (Nairobi Kenya in 1974). I have worked as an executive officer in London in the Civil Service (manpower services commission) for several years before marrying and going abroad for 10 years. I have 2 sons aged 25 and 32!

I have taught ‘O’ and ‘A’ Level Cheistry and Biology in schools in Nairobi prior to immigrating to the UK.

Ashok Kumar

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Brian Stapleton

I retired from Croydon Council in 2009 where I had been responsible for the Croydon Strategic Partnership and also the voluntary sector grants programme. In the 18 months before retirement I had been seconded as Chief Executive of Croydon Business.
I have a long standing interest and involvement with voluntary sector organsiations, and I am involved with Croydon Young Enterprise as a committee member and a mentor.
I am now able to pursue my interests to an even greater degree than before - so am playing more golf and tennis and watching live sport. I intend to go to the cricket world cup in India in March and am looking forward to watching a variety of Olympic events in 2012.
I am also able to travel more extensively and in the last year had a couple of trips to the states and also visited South Africa

Terry Roberts

Terry Roberts

Terry Roberts, a native of Manchester, spent most of his professional career as a senior manager in the NHS including posts running Westminster Hospital and the Royal Free Hampstead. Terry became a health commissioner in the 1990’s and was director of commissioning for the Camden and Islington Health Authority work which involved close partnerships with voluntary sector organisations as community care arrangements were put in place. For the past decade Terry has combined management consultancy with an active engagement with the voluntary sector in Croydon. A long term CVA trustee, Terry is currently Chair of AgeUK Croydon (formerly Age Concern Croydon) and the Croydon Association for Pastoral Care in Mental Health. Leisure interests include travel and classical music especially opera; Terry has sung for many years in the choir at St John’s Upper Norwood.

Gordon Falconer

Gordon Falconer

I have worked almost all of my working life in the public sector having started as a community worker, working in a variety of partnership based roles and currently working as a senior manager in the area of community safety. Throughout my career, if stumbling around the public sector in a variety of roles is a career, I have been an active volunteer with a range of organisations including, a national community training organisation, as a school governor, HIV/AIDs organisation and as a trustee of CVA and SLCVS. In my free time, not that there is much of it, I am improving my grumpy old man persona while trying to fit in time for some cycling training, running and the occasional walk in the highlands of Scotland.

Carole Parnell

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Guy Pile-Grey

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Isaac Edwards

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Why is the Board important?

CVA’s Board agrees an annual Business Plan. Every five to seven years a new Strategic Plan is drawn up for the organisation, using extensive consultation and involvement at all levels in the organisation, with links to external stakeholders.

The Board oversees this process, with the Chief Executive Steve Phaure reporting to the Board regularly to ensure accountability.

You can download CVA's Strategic Plan for 2011-2014 from below.

CVA Strategic Plan 2011

Further Information

Agendas, Minutes, and Reports from the Board are availble on our Democracy in Action Page

contact details

Carol Mills	Steve Phaure
HR & Governance Manager CVA Resource Centre 82 London Road Croydon CR0 2TB 020 8253 1262 carol.mills@cvalive.org.uk Works Wednesday-Friday	Chief Executive CVA Resource Centre 82 London Road Croydon CR0 2TB 020 8253 1260 steve.phaure@cvalive.org.uk Works Monday-Friday