Riverside is pleased to announce the appointment of Sara Shanab as Executive Director of Corporate Services and General Counsel from Monday 1 July 2024.

Currently serving as Director of Governance and General Counsel, Sara has made huge improvements to our corporate governance since joining in 2019 and has played an integral part in consolidating its legal structure and, most recently, in successfully steering our organisation through the Regulator of Social Housing’s IDA.

Within the newly created executive role, Sara will retain responsibility for legal and governance, and will now also oversee a comprehensive portfolio encompassing internal audit and risk, strategy and planning, communications and marketing, people services, and public affairs functions. This presents the opportunity to rebalance responsibilities between members of our executive team.

Before joining the organisation, Sara developed extensive legal experience and corporate governance acumen having worked as the General Counsel at The Manchester Metropolitan University between 2014-19 and previously at the Crown Law Office in the Ministry of the Attorney General in Ontario, Canada.

Paul Dolan, Riverside’s Group Chief Executive, said:  

“Sara is an incredible asset to our organisation and embodies the values and ambitions of Riverside in her work. We are confident that her capability as an effective, popular, and highly respected leader will strengthen our executive team and our corporate services.”