Team

Yasmin Naqushbandi took over the Chair from Humphrey Percy in January 2019. A retired doctor by profession, she worked for the NHS for 35 years as a Medical Director in two major hospitals.

Yasmin and her family have lived on the NPW estate since it was built and considers NPW a great estate to live in.  Her belief is that it is not only the rights of residents to be happy here, it is also important for nearly 100 staff who work here to want to come to work, because it is a good place to work.  Yasmin treats the staff to a home cooked Christmas lunch every year, a treat for whomever draws the short straw for working on Christmas day.

The Covid-19 Pandemic meant that the NPWLRA had to re-organise themselves quickly.  Key RA Executives provided support in individual buildings where needed to those residents and leaseholders most vulnerable.

In 2021, following the New Providence Wharf fire, a large amount of time was devoted to ensuring the Leaseholders and Residents of Block D were adequately represented and their needs met.  Yasmin also lobbied local MPs and Tower Hamlets about the key issues impacting NPW including the River Wall Repairs.

Humphrey Percy joined the Residents Association Executive in 2016 to serve the interests of Leaseholders and to improve the environment and running standards of NPW. He was nominated as Vice Chair and took over as Chair when Hanesh stood down at the end of 2016. He was subsequently re elected by membership, going on to serve until 2019. 

As Chair, Humphrey brought both business and corporate knowledge to the running of the Executive Group. This involved the introduction of the Major Works and Finance sub-committees. Humphrey tirelessly pursued attaining formal Recognition from Ballymore the freeholder and we became the first and only Ballymore / BAML site to achieve such recognition. This is a major achievement as a Recognised RA has a number of rights enshrined in law. Recognition also increases the value of our investments. 

Under Humphrey’s tenure the Executive membership increased and the RA achieved major successes in aspects of Leisure, garden, the proposed Pier and major works due to the increased involvement of members, many with specialist expertise. Humphrey’s availability at all times and his support to his Executive team was much appreciated by those who worked with him. We are grateful to Humphrey for establishing a good working relationship with BAML, attaining recognition for the RA and for giving his time and expertise for the benefit of the NPWLRA.

Hanesh has lived in NPW since 2004. He was part of the first Residents Association at New Providence Wharf set up in 2008 and was a key player in achieving a reduction in service charges in 2009/2010. In 2015 Hanesh founded the present NPWLRA with two other key executives and became the first Chair of the present RA. Under his leadership a clear constitution was set up and a system of governance established with an executive committee structure. Individual committees were incorporated to deal with various issues such as gardens, leisure etc. 

As Chair he was the person who gave the RA it’s motto “making our home and community a better place”. During his tenure as Chair, Hanesh worked tirelessly to recruit membership, often spending long hours talking to residents and leaseholders raising awareness of the RA and increasing membership. He was instrumental in achieving dialogue with the Managing Agents and Freeholder and brought his extensive knowledge of Estate management and property experience to the RA. 

Hanesh with the support of the Executive committee achieved initial de facto recognition of the NPWLRA from Ballymore.. Hanesh stood down from his role as Chair to focus on personal matters and to commence work on the Isle of Dogs Neighbourhood Forum at the end of 2016. The RA continues to benefit from Hanesh’s measured and wise approach as he continues to serve as a member of the Executive and Finance committee providing a voice of reason and guidance when required. The NPWLRA would like to thank Hanesh for his dedicated efforts and support in ensuring that the RA lives by the motto “making our home and community a better place”