Jana Zacheva

Jana Zacheva is a qualified solicitor, with more than 15 years’ experience of providing specialist legal and governance advice to various commercial companies and not-for-profit organisations. She brings extensive legal, governance and strategic commercial knowledge and experience to the board of BSWA.

In her career Jana lead a number of functions, including Governance, Legal, Data Protection and Policy for one of the largest Social Housing and Care providers in the West Midlands.  She also worked in the governance and commercial team of a highly recognised specialised law firm in Birmingham where she supported major projects such as business growth, joint ventures and collaborations between housing providers, local authorities and developers.

Currently Jana is the principal consultant in Governance and Legal Ltd, a company she founded in 2020, which delivers practical and effective governance, compliance and legal advice to not-for-profit organisations mainly in the social housing, care and charity sectors.  Jana is also a trustee on the Board of Nehemiah Housing Association. She continues to be a registered solicitor with the Law Society in England and Wales and a member of the Association of Corporate Governance Practitioners.