Committee Members

Page last updated on 27 June 2024

OWGRA Committee Members 2024/25

OWGRA is run on behalf of local residents by a Committee of volunteers. This Committee is elected at each Annual General Meeting, which is a public meeting open to the residents of the area.
The Committee Members for the 2024 – 2025 period are shown below.

You can contact us via e-mail on info@owgra.org.uk or via mobile on 07562 385269.

We always welcome offers of help from any other residents, especially for the open positions.

Chairperson

Cliff (Sarbjit) Assi

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Vice Chairperson

Currently vacant

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Secretary

Currently vacant

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Treasurer

Pankaj Malhi

Pankaj has been in Osterley most of his life, and wants to give back, protecting the area from crime, outrageous planning and architecture applications - so we can all live in an enhanced but yet peaceful Osterley.
He has been practising accounting since 2008 and is a qualified accountant. His favourite part of Osterley is Osterley Park - loving the early morning walks

Membership Secretary

Edward Locke

Ed lived in the area on-and-off since the 1950s. Retired Landscape Gardener; previously Assistant Director of Leisure Services, London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames. Trustee of Lampton School; co-chair of the local charity Inspire Hounslow; Secretary of the Temple Trust

Street Rep Coordinator

Kirsty Sewell

Kirsty grew up in Ealing and moved to Osterley in 2015.

She has a keen interest in Architecture and the built environment and keeps a close eye on planning and development.

Kirsty studied Fine Art at Winchester School of Art and is a teacher.

Webmaster

Leo Vermeulen

Originally from the Netherlands, Leo has lived in the Osterley / Brentford area since 2005. An IT professional by trade, he enjoys walking, travelling and reading. He joined OWGRA as a Committee member in mid 2020 after a growing concern about the Tesco/Homebase disproportional development

Committee Member (Ward panel, Crime and ASB)

Colin Hume MCILT

Osterley resident for over 50 years, married with grandchildren. Retired BA Flight Operations manager and previously UK Met Office.

Chair of the Osterley & Spring Grove Ward Panel, Patient Participation Group for Thornbury Road Centre for Health and the Friends of Jersey Gardens.

Campaign Coordinator

Barbara Stryjak

Barbara has Polish origins and was born and went to school in Manchester. She has a background in science and worked on the commercial side in the pharmaceutical sector in the UK and Eastern Europe. She has lived in the area since 1981. She became involved with local issues in 2015 as a Lay Assessor for our ward for Hounslow Highways, because she hates litter and littering. She was instrumental in the rejuvenation of OWGRA from 2016 and led the campaign opposing the Tesco/Homebase development from 2019 to 2023.