Brian Gannon, Chief Executive Officer

Brian has been Chief Executive of West of Scotland Housing Association since September 2019.

Brian is a member of the Chartered Institute of Housing and has a Postgraduate Diploma in Housing. He has over 30 years of experience in social housing working at a range of large and small housing associations and a local authority. He has particular experience in stock transfers, community regeneration, digital transformation and carbon reduction strategies.

Jennifer Cairns, Director of Corporate Services 

Jennifer has worked for West of Scotland Housing Association since April 2014, she started in post as Corporate Services Manager and became Director of Corporate Services in May 2020.

Prior to joining WSHA  she worked for 12 years with Turning Point Scotland in various administration roles but latterly as Corporate Services Manager.

She has vast experience in relation to governance, risk management and data management. Her areas of responsibility currently include Risk Management, Procurement, HR, Customer Engagement, Governance and PR & Communications.

Robert Campbell, Director of Housing & Community Services 

Robert is a law graduate and member of the Chartered Institute of Housing. He has worked in housing for over 30 years and has held various roles with both local authorities and the Housing Association sector.

Starting his career with Inverclyde Council he eventually managed an area office looking after all front line services including maintenance, reinvestment, housing management and customer services. Moving to Argyll & Bute Council he became the Assistant Area Manager managing front line services including Homelessness, Welfare Rights and Housing Benefit, Travelling Persons services and Housing Management.

For the last 15 years he has been the Housing Manager with Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association and led, among other things, the Housing Management operations for a £60m, 10 year regeneration project in Anderston, Glasgow. His last role before moving to WSHA was to project manage the transfer of engagements of another Housing Association into Sanctuary Group.

Karen Shaw, Director of Development & Asset Management  

With over 30 years’ experience in the housing sector, Karen began her career at Bearsden & Milngavie District Council as a trainee housing officer before moving to East Dunbartonshire Council where she worked for 20 years in housing management, delivering a stock transfer of council homes to a local RSL, regenerating communities and kick-starting East Dunbartonshire’s new build programme. Over the last 5 years at WSHA she has delivered over 350 new affordable homes for the Association in role as Development Manager.

Valerie Wilson, Director of Finance 

Valerie worked in sales, marketing and general management before specialising in finance.  She worked as a Finance Director in the private and third sectors before joining Atrium Homes and moving into the social housing sector.  

Valerie joins West of Scotland Housing Association from Cloch Housing Association where she was Depute CEO.  She is passionate about the sector and also sits on the Boards of Maryhill Housing Association and GWSF.