ORBIT CAPITAL PLC
Orbit Group Limited appoints two customer non-executive
directors to its Group Board
06
January 2025
Orbit Group Limited (the "Group") has
announced the appointment of Maxwell Doku and Sayo Ogundayo, both
Orbit customers, as non-executive directors to its Group
Board.
The appointments aim to ensure the
customer is at the heart of all strategic decision making, as Orbit
looks to deliver on its ambition to provide amongst the best
customer experience of any housing association in the
country.
Commenting on the appointments,
Chair of Orbit Group, Stephen Jack, said: "We're delighted to
welcome Maxwell and Sayo to our Board.
"Maxwell and Sayo are both
passionate about the housing sector and
their lived experience as an Orbit
customer, alongside their professional expertise, will enhance our
capability to improve our customer experience and support the
delivery of our 2030
Strategy."
Maxwell Doku is finance business
partner at the Nursing and Midwifery Council, one of the UK's
leading healthcare regulators. Prior to that he held finance roles
at the Hospital of St John and Elizabeth, London, and Olam
International, and was previously a Resident Board Member at Barnet
Homes Ltd, and a member of the Housing and Contract Monitoring and
Scrutiny Committee at London Borough of Barnet.
Sayo Ogundayo has extensive
cross-industry experience in technology, sales, and client
relationship management with organisations such as Amazon Web
Services, Atos IT Services and Worldline. He is also a school
governor and a founding coach at Tangent, a venture capital-backed
start-up in the technology recruitment sector. Prior to this, Sayo
was an advisory board member of Cotta, a technology start-up in the
creative industries.
Maxwell and Sayo join the Board with
immediate effect. In addition, Stephen Howlett, will step down as
non-executive director from the Group Board following a six-year
tenure.
Orbit Group Chief Executive, Phil
Andrew added: "Stephen's experience in the sector,
his focus and expertise have been invaluable, and we would like to
thank him for his significant contribution to Orbit."
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For
further information or to arrange a meeting, please
contact: investors@orbit.org.uk
/ Lisa Astle, Director of Communications and
Brand, lisa.astle@orbit.org.uk 07775 633957
