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2024 Speakers

Senior leaders across the sector spoke in 2024, including representatives from government, professional bodies, investors, funders master developers and builders and political commentators.

Leadership Symposium speakers

Yẹmí Aládérun

Head of development

Meridian Water

Shamez Alibhai

Managing director and head of community housing

Man Group

Jacque Allen

Chief executive

Your Housing Group

Phil Andrew

Chief executive

Orbit Group

Pete Apps

Contributing editor

Inside Housing

Charlie Ash

Sector lead, housing associations

NHBC

Roli Barker

Chair

Jigsaw Homes

Baljit Basra

Partner

Devonshires Solicitors

Rob Beiley

Partner

Trowers & Hamlins

Gemma Bell

Partner

Devonshires

Natalie Bennett

Green Party member of the House of Lords

Suzanne Benson

Partner and head of real estate

Trowers & Hamlins

Alison Benzimra

Head of research and influence

United St Saviour’s Charity

Brian Berry

Chief executive

Federation of Master Builders

Clive Betts

Former chair

Committee for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC)

Osama Bhutta

Director of campaigns, policy and communications

Shelter

Henrietta Blackmore

National director

Habitat for Humanity GB

James Blakey

Planning and engagement director

Moda Living

Nic Bliss

Campaign director

Stop Social Housing Stigma

David Bogle

Chief executive

Hightown Housing Association and chair, Homes for Cathy

Steve Bolton

Investment manager

L&G

Eamonn Boylan

Chief executive

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Nicholas Boys Smith

Chair of advisory board

Office for Place

Tracy Brabin

Mayor

West Yorkshire

Jack Brayshaw

Head of group technical and innovation

Vistry Group

Emma Briggs

Director of procurement & sustainabilty

Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing

Fiona Brown

Associate

Northeast ADASS

Andy Burnham

Mayor

Greater Manchester

Jenny Buterchi

Partner

PRP

Nicki Butterworth

Corporate director of neighbourhoods and housing

Liverpool City Council

Michael Cameron

Chief executive

Scottish Housing Regulator

Ernest Capener

ASB officer

Barcud

Chris Carr

President

Federation of Master Builders

Mairead Carroll

Senior specialist

RICS

Tom Chance

Chief executive

Community Land Trust Network

Denise Chevin MBE

Editor, writer and policy advisor in the built environment

Shannon Conway

Co-founder

Picture This

Charlotte Cook

Partner

Winckworth Sherwood

Ian Copeman

Business director

HousingLIN

Michael Crick

Broadcaster and journalist

Rachel Cunliffe

Associate political editor

New Statesman

Kate Davies Johnson

Buena.ltd

Jacqueline De-Rose

Chief executive

Progress Housing Group

Manpreet Dillon

Asset management & operations director

Sage Homes

Tom Dobson

Managing director

Quod

Lynne Douglas

Director of membership and consultancy services

TSA

Nathan Downing

Director of membership and consultancy services

TSA

Jo Edwards

Group head of organisation development

Riverside

Sorcha Edwards

Secretary general

Housing Europe

Stuart Edwards

Project delivery manager - EWSC

United Utilities

Alex Ely

Founder

MAE

Mike Emmerich

Former No 10 special adviser, and chair

Torus

Branwen Evans

Group director of sustainability and policy

Places for People

Helen Fadipe

Vice president

RTPI

Paul Fiddaman

Chief executive

Karbon Homes

Ian Fletcher

Director of policy

BPF

Fiona Fletcher Smith

Chair

G15

Fiona Fletcher-Smith

Chair

G15

Kathryn Fox-Rogers

Managing director

Johnnie Johnson Housing Trust

Kate Franklin

Chief executive

Gateway Housing Trust

Elizabeth Froude

Chief executive

Platform Housing Group

Jo Fry

Group HR director

Mears Group

Madeleine Gabriel

Mission director, a sustainable future

Nesta

James Garrett

Policy and strategy advisor

Planning Portal

Chris Gaze

Advisor

Structural Timber Association

John Godfrey

Executive director of housing, property and regeneration

West Midlands Combined Authority

Helene Gosden

Associate director

Arup

Alex Greaves

Head of residential investment

M&G

John Greaves

Chief impact officer

Places for People

Emma Haddad

Chief executive

St Mungo’s

Phineas Harper

Writer on housing and architecture

The Guardian

John Harris

Chair

Cornwall Housing Tenants Forum

Matthew Harrison

Chief executive

Great Places Housing Group

Tracy Harrison

Chief executive

Northern Housing Consortium

Richard Harvey

Partner

Prp (London)

Rick Henderson

Chief executive

Homeless Link

Steve Hepworth

Chief executive

Ongo Homes

Alan Heron

Director of procurement

Places For People Group - The

Martin Hilditch

Editor

Inside Housing

Barry Hill

Retrofit contracts manager

The Riverside Group

Zoë Hingston

Head of inclusion

Newcastle United Football Club

Gaby Hinsliff

Columnist and commentator

The Guardian

Holly Holder

Senior evidence manager

Centre for Ageing Better

Andy Hulme

Chief executive officer

Hyde Group

Adam Hunt

Business transformation and technology director

Mears Group

Ibby Ismail

Senior independent director, chair, people & governance committee and customer

MSV

Kai Jackson

Chair of tenant scrutiny panel

Black Country Housing Group

Owen Jarvis

Chief executive officer

UK Cohousing Network

Elaine Johnson

Director of people

Great Places Housing Group

Kate Jones

Non-executive director, Onward Homes and chief information officer

Cadent

Sam Jones

Commercial lead

Nexelec

Michael Keaveney

Director of land & development

Grainger Plc

Mark Keeble

Former RAF Test Pilot, co-founder and director

Risk Flag

Mushtaq Khan

Chief executive

Housing Diversity Network

Rizwan Khan

Head of investment and partnerships

Sage Homes

Suresh Lal

Partner, head of social housing

Odgers Interim

Alice Lamb

Deputy CEO

LandAid

Rob Lamond

Head of strategy & analysis (housing regeneration and development)

West Midlands Combined Authority

Conor Lanigan

Stronger voices manager

Wheatley Group

Mukhtar Latif

Chief executive and chief housing officer

Pomegranate Housing Consultancy - Vancouver, Canada

George Agyekum-Mensah

Head of division of construction, property and surveying

LSBU

Yẹmí Aládérun

Head of development

Meridian Water

Jon-Thorbjorn-QBCTFC Alansbur-W-Macbyrne

Disability consultant and Stockport social housing tenant

Shamez Alibhai

Managing director and head of community housing

Man Group

Jacque Allen

Chief executive

Your Housing Group

Matthew Allen

Head of sales - building finishing

Sika Ltd

Mark Allnutt

Senior managing director

Louise Alter

Head of energy innovation

EQUANS

Paul Ancill

Customer services consultant

Omfax Systems Limited

Kieran Anders

Operations manager

Dad Matters

Phil Andrew

Chief executive

Orbit Group

John Angus

Managing director

Switch Hospitality Management Limited

Pete Apps

Contributing editor

Inside Housing

Charlie Ash

Sector lead, housing associations

NHBC

Samia Badani

Chief executive

The SPACE Health and Wellbeing Hub

Claire Bailey

Head of innovation

Places for People

Janette Ball

Tenant and scrutiny partner

ForHousing

Nigel Banks

Technical director

Octopus

Henri Baptiste

Founder and board member

Pathway Housing Solutions

Roli Barker

Chair

Jigsaw Homes

Edward Barnes

Strategic advisor

Cenergist Ltd.

Peter Barnett

Head of libraries and migration

Coventry City Council

Helen Bartlett

Project manager

Four Million Homes

Baljit Basra

Partner

Devonshires Solicitors

James Batchelor

CEO and Founder

Alertacall

Jacqui Bateson

Managing director

HACT

Gary Beddow

Business development director

Digital Space

Nazmina Begum

Chair

Brunswick Tenant and Residents Association

Rob Beiley

Partner

Trowers & Hamlins

Gemma Bell

Partner

Devonshires

James Bell

Head of data & AI

Waterstons

Natalie Bennett

Green Party member of the House of Lords

Suzanne Benson

Partner and head of real estate

Trowers & Hamlins

Alison Benzimra

Head of research and influence

United St Saviour’s Charity

Brian Berry

Chief executive

Federation of Master Builders

Clive Betts

Former chair

Committee for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC)

Charis Beverton

Partner

Winckworth Sherwood LLP

Jaimini Bharakhada

Chair and resident

Belgrave Neighbourhood Co-operative Housing Association

Osama Bhutta

Director of campaigns, policy and communications

Shelter

Claire Blacka

Engagement specialist

Tentacles Consultancy

Henrietta Blackmore

National director

Habitat for Humanity GB

James Blakey

Planning and engagement director

Moda Living

Suzanne Blakley-Taylor

Specification manager

Sika Ltd

Andrew Blance

Innovation consultant

Waterstons Ltd

Nic Bliss

Campaign director

Stop Social Housing Stigma

David Bogle

Chief executive

Hightown Housing Association and chair, Homes for Cathy

Yinka Bolaji

Executive director, property and development

Wandle

Steve Bolton

Investment manager

L&G

Alex Bookless

Technical director

Watersons

Dr Alex Boote

Production innovation manager

ARC Building Solutions

Jason Bowden

Technical manager

Sika Ltd

Eamonn Boylan

Chief executive

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Nicholas Boys Smith

Chair of advisory board

Office for Place

Tracy Brabin

Mayor

West Yorkshire

Woodren Brade

Policy officer

Refugee Council

Rod Brasington

Chief executive

Prosper

James Brass

Decarbonisation and environment manager

Wakefield and District Housing

Jack Brayshaw

Head of group technical and innovation

Vistry Group

Maria Brenton

Senior co-housing ambassador

UK Co-housing Network

Emma Briggs

Director of procurement & sustainabilty

Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing

Maureen Bristow

Chair of tenants’ forum

Hull City Council

Richard Brooks

Partner

Anthony Collins Solicitors

Lynne Brosnan

Chair

Stop Social Housing Stigma National Committee

Fiona Brown

Associate

Northeast ADASS

Nicola Brown

Head of account management

Voicescape

Rob Brown

Deputy chair

Arawak Walton

Andrew Buckels

Sector specialist in social housing

Waterstons

Andy Burnham

Mayor

Greater Manchester

Lesley Burrows

Executive director

Regenda Group

Jenny Buterchi

Partner

PRP

Nicki Butterworth

Corporate director of neighbourhoods and housing

Liverpool City Council

Toria Buzza

Head of community and tenant engagement

ForHousing

Michael Cameron

Chief executive

Scottish Housing Regulator

Andy Cameron-Smith

Editorial director

Unlock Net Zero

Olivia Campbell-Cavendish

House of Stonewall ambassador and human rights and civil liberties lawyer

Ernest Capener

ASB officer

Barcud

Andrew Carpenter

Chief executive

Structural Timber Association

Chris Carr

President

Federation of Master Builders

Mairead Carroll

Senior specialist

RICS

Trina Chakravarti

Director

Building Better

Colin Challenger

Product lead

Totalmobile

Tom Chance

Chief executive

Community Land Trust Network

Hayley Charlesworth

Founder

Harry’s Pledge

Earl John Charlton

Support worker and lived experience speaker

Denise Chevin MBE

Editor, writer and policy advisor in the built environment

Anna Clarke

Director of policy and public affairs

The Housing Forum

Nicki Clarke

Senior programmes manager

Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance

Adam Clayton

Service manager

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Isabel Clouting

Customer success manager - housing lead

Esri UK

Shannon Conway

Co-founder

Picture This

Charlotte Cook

Partner

Winckworth Sherwood

Ian Copeman

Business director

HousingLIN

Michael Cottrell

Global product & partnership director

Octopus

Hannah Courtney-Adamson

Strategic housing lead (people)

Rochdale Borough Council

Jonathan Cox

Director of data and business intelligence

Housemark

Jonthan Cox

Director of data and business intelligence

Housemark

Michael Crick

Broadcaster and journalist

Julie Cridland

Helping to create an amazing employee experience at Aster Group UK

Aster Group

Fiona Critchley

Head of Communications

Gerda Security Products - GSP Group

Cian Cronin

Consultant

31ten Consulting

Visitor speakers

George Agyekum-Mensah

Head of division of construction, property and surveying

LSBU

Jon-Thorbjorn-QBCTFC Alansbur-W-Macbyrne

Disability consultant and Stockport social housing tenant

Matthew Allen

Head of sales - building finishing

Sika Ltd

Mark Allnutt

Senior managing director

Louise Alter

Head of energy innovation

EQUANS

Paul Ancill

Customer services consultant

Omfax Systems Limited

Kieran Anders

Operations manager

Dad Matters

John Angus

Managing director

Switch Hospitality Management Limited

Samia Badani

Chief executive

The SPACE Health and Wellbeing Hub

Claire Bailey

Head of innovation

Places for People

Janette Ball

Tenant and scrutiny partner

ForHousing

Nigel Banks

Technical director

Octopus

Henri Baptiste

Founder and board member

Pathway Housing Solutions

Edward Barnes

Strategic advisor

Cenergist Ltd.

Peter Barnett

Head of libraries and migration

Coventry City Council

Helen Bartlett

Project manager

Four Million Homes

James Batchelor

CEO and Founder

Alertacall

Jacqui Bateson

Managing director

HACT

Gary Beddow

Business development director

Digital Space

Nazmina Begum

Chair

Brunswick Tenant and Residents Association

James Bell

Head of data & AI

Waterstons

Charis Beverton

Partner

Winckworth Sherwood LLP

Jaimini Bharakhada

Chair and resident

Belgrave Neighbourhood Co-operative Housing Association

Claire Blacka

Engagement specialist

Tentacles Consultancy

Suzanne Blakley-Taylor

Specification manager

Sika Ltd

Andrew Blance

Innovation consultant

Waterstons Ltd

Yinka Bolaji

Executive director, property and development

Wandle

Alex Bookless

Technical director

Watersons

Dr Alex Boote

Production innovation manager

ARC Building Solutions

Jason Bowden

Technical manager

Sika Ltd

Woodren Brade

Policy officer

Refugee Council

Rod Brasington

Chief executive

Prosper

James Brass

Decarbonisation and environment manager

Wakefield and District Housing

Maria Brenton

Senior co-housing ambassador

UK Co-housing Network

Maureen Bristow

Chair of tenants’ forum

Hull City Council

Richard Brooks

Partner

Anthony Collins Solicitors

Lynne Brosnan

Chair

Stop Social Housing Stigma National Committee

Nicola Brown

Head of account management

Voicescape

Rob Brown

Deputy chair

Arawak Walton

Andrew Buckels

Sector specialist in social housing

Waterstons

Lesley Burrows

Executive director

Regenda Group

Toria Buzza

Head of community and tenant engagement

ForHousing

Andy Cameron-Smith

Editorial director

Unlock Net Zero

Olivia Campbell-Cavendish

House of Stonewall ambassador and human rights and civil liberties lawyer

Andrew Carpenter

Chief executive

Structural Timber Association

Trina Chakravarti

Director

Building Better

Colin Challenger

Product lead

Totalmobile

Hayley Charlesworth

Founder

Harry’s Pledge

Earl John Charlton

Support worker and lived experience speaker

Nicki Clarke

Senior programmes manager

Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance

Adam Clayton

Service manager

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Isabel Clouting

Customer success manager - housing lead

Esri UK

Michael Cottrell

Global product & partnership director

Octopus

Hannah Courtney-Adamson

Strategic housing lead (people)

Rochdale Borough Council

Jonathan Cox

Director of data and business intelligence

Housemark

Jonthan Cox

Director of data and business intelligence

Housemark

Julie Cridland

Helping to create an amazing employee experience at Aster Group UK

Aster Group

Fiona Critchley

Head of Communications

Gerda Security Products - GSP Group

Cian Cronin

Consultant

31ten Consulting

Luke Cross

Director

Social

Robert Csondor

Managing director

RCA Regeneration Limited

Deepak Dagar

Chief technology officer

Neo Technology

Tanique Daley

Resident engagement officer

Mosscare St Vincent's Housing

Connor Dalton

Director of ESG & sustainability

City Electrical Factors

George Danzey-Smith

Director of commercial & technical

ARC Building Solutions

Stuart Darroch

Director of communications and marketing

The Wheatley Group

Liz Davenport

Property sustainability director

Anchor

Kara Davies

Peer researcher

Partnership for Young London

Kieran Davies

Business manager of domestic abuse, sexual violence and prevention hub

Wigan Council

Rob Davies

Head of customer accounts & money advice

Onward

Pete Daykin

Chief executive

Wordnerds

Sasha Deepwell

Chief executive

Irwell Valley Housing Association

Stephen Delahunty

News editor

Inside Housing

Arturo Dell

Associate consultant

Convene ESG

Dr Mercy Denedo

Associate professor in accounting and co-author of 'Challenging and tackling social housing stigma'

University of Durham

Joseph De-Ville

Chair

A Voice for Tenants Steering Group

Stephen Devine

Director of assets and sustainability

Wheatley Group

Mike Doherty

Head of product

allpay

Ailsa Dunn

Executive director of insight and group services

Prima Group

James Ealey

Executive Director

Northern Housing Consortium

Ben Earl

Head of sustainability

Abri

Paul Earnden

Managing director

Fuelius

Aileen Edmunds

CEO

Longleigh Foundation

Debra Edwards

Resident and co-production champion

Haringey

Hazel Edwards

Head of Customer Voice and Value

Wrekin Housing Group

Marc Edwards

Director of assets and sustainability

Gentoo Group

Professor Amanze Ejiogu

Professor of accounting, society and accountability and co-author of 'Challenging and tackling social housing stigma'

Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University

Austin Entonu

Head of energy

Greater London Authorith

Sherelle Fairweather

Digital strategy lead

Manchester city council

John Fisher

Chief executive

CHIC

Heidi Flack

Director of Compliance & Building Safety

Anchor Hanover Group

Chris Fleck

CT&PO

Mobysoft

Emma Fletcher

Low carbon housing director

Octopus Energy

Jonathan Fletcher

Director of property services

Karbon Homes

Martin Fletcher

Senior research fellow

Leeds Sustainability Institute

Matt Foreman

Executive director of customer service

L&Q

Kathryn Fox Rogers

Managing director

Johnnie Johnson housing

Hannah Francis

Executive data and analytics consultant

Waterstons

Darryn Frost

Co-founder

Own Merit CIC

Steve Gallant

Author of "The Road to London Bridge" and co-founder

Own Merit CIC