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The Jersey Landlords Association is run on behalf of its members to promote & champion an environment in which relationships between responsible landlords & their tenants can thrive.
All of our committee members are landlords and each in turn bring a variety of different skills to the table. As a JLA member, you will benefit from in-depth local industry knowledge provided by seasoned landlords, lawyers, politicians and our rapidly growing membership of informed landlords.
MEET OUR COMMITTEE
Guy Morris
Chair, Training
Guy qualified as an English solicitor and as a Jersey Advocate (although he no longer practices law). He is also a landlord. Guy was originally our Deputy Chair, but stood for Chair at the 2022 AGM.
Rowland Heulin
Vice-Chair
Local landlord Rowland is a valued and long-standing committee member. Clear and to the point he quickly gets it across and has the research to back it up. Previously representing IBM, Oracle and Symantec in the Global Finance Sector, he also served as Deputy for St Peter from 2018 to 2022.
Mark Cummins
Honorary Treasurer
Many of you will recognise Mark as a friendly face at several AGMs and various extraordinary public meetings that impact landlords of late. Mark has been managing domestic and commercial properties for local landlords over the last 20 years and is keen to share his experience to help the committee represent Jersey landlords who provide appropriate housing to good tenants in an evolving and increasingly regulated industry.
Noel Le Fondre
Honorary Secretary
Noel has served on the Committee since 2000. Educated at De La Salle College, he then learned a trade in the marine electrical business. At 21 he moved to Florida and 13 years later returned to Jersey to run the family guest house, which was later converted into a lodging house. Noel is Social Secretary for the Channel Islands Occupation Society and a volunteer for Jersey Heritage. He also likes to travel when he has some spare time.
Matthew Costard
Committee Member
We welcome a new face on our committee, locally born and educated at Victoria College, Matthew is a Director of Spoor & Fisher Jersey – specialists in Intellectual Property. Matthew brings to the table both his business expertise and his experience as a landlord.
Clayton Coates
Committee Member
Clayton is another fresh face within our committee . . . Born in one of the other Channel Islands, Clayton has a Degree in Business Finance & 10 years experience within the Finance Industry. A landlord since 2006, Clayton runs Excel Property Management - a small yet thriving local property management & lettings business.
Leon Pluijmaekers
Committee Member
Leon joined the JLA Committee in 2020.
Robert Weston
President, Membership Liaison, Archivist
Local hotelier and property investor in Jersey for over 50 years. Was a founder member of this Association in 1998. Family man (with very patient and supportive wife – Jenny) and three children (two lawyers and an accountant) plus a dog! Keen to establish, politically, that landlords have rights as well as obligations and that tenants have obligations as well as rights.
Richard Buchanan
Committee Member
Richard spent 40 years working in the finance industry here in Jersey. During his career he held a number of senior positions including Managing Director for the Jersey subsidiary of a major European bank and Head of Sales and Marketing of the offshore arm of a leading UK savings and Mortgage bank. He retired in 2017 from a position of Operations Director of the Jersey arm of an S African Fund management and financial advisory business.
In 2018 Richard was elected to the States as the Constable of St Ouen. He served in the Government as Assistant Chief Minister and Assistant External Relations Minister with particular responsibility for Financial Services. He retired from the States in 2022 for health reasons.
Richard and his wife Marion, herself a past Chair of the JLA, own and run a lodging house in St Helier.
Sandra Genee
Committee Member
Sandra was a police officer for 30 years with the Jersey Police. She has been a private landlord of several properties for over 20 years and is very keen to help the Jersey private landlord industry
Sandra likes outdoor pursuits including sea swimming, participating in motorsports and horses.
THE COMMITTEE AND OUR MEMBERS GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO; –
Peter Lucas
Peter stood down as our Chair in November 2021 after a challenging and eventful 20 months in the role. The remaining Committee members are very sad to see Peter go and would like to express our gratitude for the time, thought and effort that he has put in during his tenure. He will be a much missed presence at Committee meetings.
Sharon Campbell
Sharon stood down from Committee at our 2021 AGM, having held roles as Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer in her 6 years on Committee. Sharon was the first private landlord member to join in 2014 and the Association is grateful for the time and energy she has committed over the years.