Hony Premlal MBA CIHCM Interim Chief Executive Officer
Hony Premlal joined Causeway Irish Housing Association as Interim Chief Executive Officer in January 2026. She is a highly experienced social housing leader with over three decades of experience across the sector, having held senior executive, interim managing director and non-executive positions with housing associations and organisations across the UK. Her extensive experience includes strategic leadership, housing management, governance, regulation, risk management, financial planning, customer services and organisational transformation. Hony is also an experienced housing consultant, executive mentor and coach.
Hony is passionate about supporting diverse customers and communities and creating inclusive organisations where people can thrive. She is Chair of Eldon Housing, former Chair of Women in Social Housing (WISH) London, and Vice Chair of Somerset Co-operative Community Land Trust. Her contribution to housing, inclusion and women’s empowerment has been recognised through awards including Woman of the Year at the Women in Housing Awards 2025. Hony holds an Executive MBA from London Metropolitan University and completed the Organisational Leadership programme at Harvard Business School. She is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH).
“For these are all our children, we will all profit by or pay for what they become.”
