"The leader seeks to communicate his vision to his followers. He captures their attention with his optimistic intuition of possible solutions to their needs. He influences them by the dynamism of his faith. He demonstrates confidence that the challenge can be met, the need resolved, the crisis overcome.’ John Haggai
Chan Abraham MSc FCIH FCMI FRSPH - Group Chief Executive
Chan Abraham leads Luminus Group, building on a successful public service career since 1974, spanning seven major UK organisations in London, Hampshire, Essex and Cambridgeshire.
He is a passionate advocate of inspirational leadership and widely sought as a public speaker, having successfully led numerous multi-agency initiatives, in health, crime reduction, community development, regeneration, diversity and economic development, while also managing extensive organisational and cultural change. His experience includes being a NHS non-executive director, trustee of various charities, probation board member, school governor and a variety of other voluntary leadership roles, including in the international context as Founder and President of Leadership International. He has been Luminus Group's Chief Executive since leading the successful acquisition of 7,000 homes in 1999-2000.
Under his leadership Luminus has achieved consistently high levels of performance and customer satisfaction and is widely regarded as the housing industry’s flagship. Luminus entered the prestigious ranks of The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For for the first time in 2008 at 16th place, enhancing this excellent performance in 2009 by moving up to 12th position. In 2010, Luminus reached second place, was awarded the Leadership Special Award and was recognised as number one in the country for leadership, work-life balance, and being founded on strong moral principles. In addition, Luminus has won the “Three Stars – Extraordinary” accolade at Best Company 2009 and 2010. Judges emphasised that key messages from these awards included Luminus employees having the highest score for work/life balance and a strong sense of faith in their leaders, all of which contribute to the company’s continuing record of successful service to customers and positive impact in the wider business and resident communities.