Throughout the WNDC team there are professional staff experienced in all aspects of planning and regeneration led by Chief Executive Peter Mawson and his directors.
Executive team
Peter Mawson
Chief Executive
With over 30 years in the public and private sectors, Peter has wide-ranging management and leadership experience, whilst having maintained a high-level professional advisory role to a number of public organisations.
Roger Mendonca
Deputy Chief Executive
Roger Mendonca currently works at West Northamptonshire Development Corporation, as its Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive. In this combined role, he is responsible for the organisation’s corporate services, including its finance department as well as its marketing and governance functions. Between January and September 2005, Roger was WNDC’s Acting Chief Executive and led the establishment of the organisation.
Prior to joining the Corporation, Roger was a Senior Policy Adviser at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM). He set up three Urban Development Corporations, managed the Department’s physical regeneration programme and sponsored the Regional Development Agencies. He also led on the Department’s contribution to the London 2012 Olympics candidature process.
Before working at the ODPM, Roger worked for the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR). In this role, his diverse responsibilities included the implementation of a new radioactive waste policy and the establishment of the Mayor of London and Greater London Assembly.
Alongside his executive roles, Roger is currently Vice Chair of Care and Repair (Northampton) Ltd, a home improvement agency run as a charitable trust which aims to keep homes warm, safe and secure for the most vulnerable people in the town and other parts of Northamptonshire.
Chris Garden
Director of Regeneration and Development
A senior regeneration professional, who has been leading the delivery of major development projects across the midlands for over 20 years.