Diana Briscoe
Born in London, she did her first BA degree at St Clare’s, Oxford (1971), and her second at Birkbeck (2000). She completed her PhD on Stamped Pottery of Fourth Century Britain at the Institute of Archaeology (UCL) in 2015. Diana runs the Archive of Anglian & Saxon Pottery Stamps (a world resource for identifying very early medieval decorated pottery) and the Archive of Roman Stamped Pottery (ditto for the Roman period in Britain).
Now retired, she worked in book publishing for many years, mostly as an editor. In recent years, Diana specialised in children’s books and wrote various titles for backward readers. She is the co-editor of London Archaeologist, a quarterly journal covering archaeology across London.
She lived in Sandwell Mansions (opposite Tesco West End Lane) from 1977, and masterminded its freehold purchase by the residents. She then ran the property for ten years as Director and Company Secretary. She moved to Flat 124 in 1996 and Flat 117 in 2005.
Diana was a Director of Cholmley Gardens Ltd from 2000–08 and Company Secretary from 2004–09. She sings (alto) in the Camden Choir and has been their concert manager for over 30 years. She goes to the theatre, opera or ballet at least once a week.
Keith Moffitt
Keith has lived in West Hampstead since 1977 and has lived in several of the area's mansion blocks – Alexandra Mansions, where he was chairman of the freeholding company for many years, Buckingham Mansions, and since 2008, Cholmley Gardens. He joined the Cholmley board in early 2011, and was its chair between 2016 and 2022.
Keith was a Liberal Democrat councillor for West Hampstead ward from 1994 to 2014 and was Leader of Camden Council from 2006 to 2010; he is currently Co-Chair of the Fortune Green & West Hampstead Neighbourhood Development Forum.
Keith worked in international affairs in the energy industry for 20 years, and is now using his French, German and Portuguese in his work as a freelance translator alongside various non-paid activities including his Cholmley role. He was Chair of the Chartered Institute of Linguists from 2012 to 2016, and was a trustee of its qualifications board until 2022. His partner Valdir is Brazilian and Keith has been a frequent visitor to Brazil over the years.
As light relief from his Cholmley duties, Keith has been studying Classical Greek for the last six years at City Lit, where he was also a governor for eight years.
Tony Penfold
I live in a ground floor flat on the Fortune Green Road side of the estate with my wife, Mariella, and daughter, Isabelle (born in 2009). I have lived in the area since the mid 1970s and here in Cholmley since 2002 and have been a Board member for over 10 years. I am now largely retired but spent nearly all my working life as a freelance Project Manager, a discipline which comes in very handy when managing the Major Projects that Cholmley Gardens undertakes. I am particularly passionate about maintaining the quality of our communal gardens, the jewels in our crown which proved so valuable and were much appreciated by many of our residents during the pandemic.
Will Lashley
Will Lashley and his wife Anna Mazzone are Americans who moved to Cholmley Gardens in November 2010. Will lived in New York for twenty-five years, where he worked in broadcast television, and advertising and corporate communications as a film and video editor, producer and director.
He loves the abundance of London’s cultural offerings and diversity of neighbourhoods, and chose to buy a home in West Hampstead because of the sense of community he and Anna found here. Will joined the board in September of 2012, with the hope of contributing to better communication between board members and the shareholders, and safeguarding the personal and financial investments we share as residents of the freehold.
Faheem Osman
Faheem has lived in Cholmley Gardens since 2019. He and his wife Tasneem have two young children who enjoy spending time outdoors, particularly in the beautiful gardens of the estate.
Faheem has been working in the financial services industry for over 15 years and is a Managing Director at a global investment bank, leading a team responsilble for the development of quantitative algorithmic trading strategies.
Outside of work, Faheem is passionate about property investing / management, collecting and aging rare cigars, and summer gardening
Gaby Nahmias
Lives on Fortune Green Road in a first-floor flat.
Sandeep Bhatia
Lives in a small flat on Mill Lane.
Martin Silk
Lives in a second-floor flat on Fortune Green Road.