Tom Vaughan
Tom joined the Board in July 2023 and is Vice Board Chair and Chair of the Customer Committee.
Tom holds a portfolio of non-executive roles in a range of sectors including housing, where he is a board member and chair of the Customer Services Committee at LiveWest Homes, a board member at Clevedon Pier and Chair of the Clevedon BID. Prior to this he has been Chair of Flocert GMBH, a global Fairtrade standards licensing company, Vice Chair of Freedom Food (RSPCA) and held board roles at 3 other Housing Associations (Thrive, Aashyana and Knightstone) between 2011 and 2019.
Previously Tom had a successful executive career in customer facing marketing leadership roles in:
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Unilever (UK, Germany and Israel business units) in consumer products with household brands such as Birds Eye Wall’s and Langnese Iglo.
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BP – leading the brand and communication strategies for BP and Castrol globally.
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Affinity Sutton - a 56k homes Housing Association – where he was instrumental in the transformation programme with McKinsey and one of the earliest digital strategy implementations in the sector.
