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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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