Governance & Legal
Governance & Legal is a consultancy company, which aims to deliver practical, effective, compliant and solution oriented governance and commercial advice to not-for-profit organisations, mainly in the social housing, charity and health and social care sectors.
Our Values
Effective and Empowering
We create solutions which are clear and effective today but also empower our clients to meet their future with confidence
People focused
We spend time to get to know our clients and to understand their reality. We care about the people we work with and the communities they serve and we build enduring relationships based on trust
Professional and Ethical
We adhere to the highest professional and ethical standards in everything we do
Governance Services
We offer a full range of services, which are tailored to the size and complexity of each organisation as we are keen to deliver solutions that are practical, easy to implement and fully compliant with statutory and regulatory requirements. Most of these are listed below but if you don't find what you are looking for, give us a call - we love a good governance chat and will do our very best to help you find a solution.
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Contacts at Governance and Legal
Jana Zacheva
Jana Zacheva, is a qualified solicitor with over 17 years’ experience of working in the not-for-profit sector. In her career she has lead a number of functions, including governance, legal, data protection, risk, internl audit and policy for one of the largest social housing and care providers in the West Midlands and also for several other organisations in different parts of the country. This has provided her with a well-rounded understanding of the range of services required to be in place and working effectively to enable businesses to meet the needs of their customers.
Jana is also a senior consultant for the affordable hosuinng team in Savills.
She worked as an Associate in the Governance and Commercial team in Anthony Collins Solicitors. Her legal experience covers a wide variety of legal work, ranging from housing advice and litigation to a range of commercial contracts work. In more recent years Jana has advised clients on the delivery of major projects such as joint ventures, collaboration arrangements and business growth. Jana continues to be registered as a solicitor of England and Wales and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority
Currently Jana serves as a non-executive director on the Board and Remunerations and Nominations Committee of Nehemiah Housing Association and as a trustee on the board of Birmingham and Solihull Women's Aid.
As a governance practitioner and a non-excutive director of two organisations, Jana has the ability to see the issues from both perspectives - the executive and the non-executive and to find the most effective and workable balance for each of our clients.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Website:
- www.governanceandlegal.com/about-us/
- LinkedIn:
- https://linkedin.com/in/jana-zacheva-llb-hons-2a2a1650
Andrew Foster
Andrew Foster is an associate governance specialist with over 20 years of executive level experience and over 15 years of experience of working in a regulated environment. He is a qualified solicitor whose career started in a large corporate law firm. Andrew has acted in executive leadership roles for a significant period, with direct responsibility and leadership for a broad range of functions including corporate strategy, business planning, governance and company secretarial, risk and audit, legal services, procurement, health and safety, insurance and facilities management.
Following a successful executive level career in IT and housing, Andrew set up as a consultant in 2019 and has so far provided governance advice and support to over 50 organisations from the housing, charity and legal sectors.
Andrew’s work has been varied and includes governance reviews, development of risk frameworks, board and chair appraisals, board training and facilitation, coaching of company secretaries, corporate strategy development support, advise on improvements to governance documents, IDA preparation, governance code compliance reviews and consolidations of group structures to achieve governance efficiency.
Andrew has 12 years experience as a non-executive. He was previously Chair of the Community Housing Group and is currently Deputy Chair of Settle Housing Group.
- Website:
- www.governanceandlegal.com/about-us/