Chris Handy

Independent Governor

1st Term of Office

Chris was until recently Group Chief Executive of Accord Housing, a group of housing and care organisations. Accord providing housing and care for people in need. It had a significant annual building programme and also owned its own factory, located in Walsall manufacturing super insulated timber homes. Chris was Deputy Chair of the Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership and was its Acting Chair for a period. He is also heavily involved in the NHS and is Deputy Chair of the Black Country and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group. He is a visiting Professor of Governance Law with Birmingham City University Business School. He has written a number of books on housing and law, the most recent the fifth edition of Housing Association Law, and is deeply interested in the built environment, human rights and social justice issues. Chris received an OBE in 2008 for his services to housing. He is married with two children and enjoys walking and lives locally.