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Speakers

Hear from over 500+ senior leaders across the sector including representatives from government, professional bodies, investors, funders master developers and builders and political commentators.

Leadership Symposium speakers

James Agar

Head of real estate origination

PIC Capital

Ruhena Ahmed

Deputy director - social housing quality and residents

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Yẹmí Aládérun

Head of development

Meridian Water, Enfield Council

Shamez Alibhai

Managing director and head of community housing

Man Group

Mario Ambrosi

Chair

Housing and Ageing Alliance

Phil Andrew

Chief executive

Orbit Group

Pete Apps

Contributing editor

Inside Housing

Tom Arey

Director

PfP Thrive

Shalni Arora

OBE, founder trustee and co-chair

Belong

Charlie Ash

Sector lead, housing associations

NHBC

Nick Atkin

Chief executive, chair of the York & North Yorkshire Housing Partnership, and vice chair of both the South Yorkshire Housing Partnership and West Yorkshire Housing Partnership

Yorkshire Housing

John Barnes MBE

Former England and premier league footballer

Mel Barrett

Chief executive

Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing

Baljit Basra

Partner

Devonshires Solicitors

Ben Beadle

Chief executive

National Residential Landlords Association

Liza Begum

Cabinet Member for Housing Services

Westminster City Council

Rob Beiley

Partner

Trowers & Hamlins

Senior Rental Living: Kevin Beirne

Head of retirement living

Octopus Capital

Gemma Bell

Partner

Devonshires

Suzanne Benson

Partner and head of real estate

Trowers & Hamlins

Molly Bishop

Head of implementation

Centre for Homelessness Impact

Henrietta Blackmore

National director

Habitat for Humanity GB

Richard Blakeway

Housing Ombudsman

Edith Blennerhassett

Director - Europe building performance leader

Arup

Nic Bliss

Campaign director

Stop Social Housing Stigma

Eamonn Boylan

Interim chief executive

Homes England

Tom Bremner

Chief Executive

CDS Co-operative Society

Clare Brenlund

Sales and marketing director

L&Q

Paula Broadbent

Managing director

Lovell Later Living

Andy Burnham

Mayor

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Jenny Buƫerchi

Partner

PRP

Lisa Cairns

Business development and improvement manager

Mears

Clare Cameron

Director in the later living team

PRP

Luke Campbell MBE

Mayor

Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority

Jamie Carswell

Director of housing and safer communities

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Jo Causon

Chief executive

The Institute of Customer Service

Fiona Colley

Director of Social Change

Homeless Link

Helen Collins

Principal, national head of affordable housing

Avison Young

Judie Collins

Chair

Greater Manchester Older People’s Network - Housing and Neighbourhoods Working Group

Rob Cooke

Residential investment director

Sigma Capital Group

Oliver Coppard

Mayor

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

Frances Coppola

Financial writer and commentator

Matt Cowen

Partner

Winckworth Sherwood LLP

Laurie Cunningham

Chief technology officer

TerraQuest

Jo Davis

Principal and UK executive and chair

Avison Young and chari, Real Estate Balance

Richard Daw

Director

PRP

Sasha Deepwell

Chief executive

Irwell Valley Housing Association

Paul Dennett

City mayor and deputy mayor

Salford City Council and Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Jacqui De-Rose

Group chief executive

Progress Housing Group

Tanmay Desai

Head of built environment

PIC

DJ Dhannjai

CIO (UK)

Edmond de Rothchild

Marek Dobrowolski

Partner, place, regeneration and housing

BERWICK PARTNERS / ODGERS BERNDTSON

Kate Dodsworth

Chief of regulatory engagement

Regulator of Social Housing

Gillian Douglas

Executive director of housing

London Borough of Lewisham

Candida Dutiro

Chair of resident representative team

Red Kite Community Housing

Jim Dyer

Director of built environment

SNG

Chinedu Ekechukwu

Research associate, housing and communities

Centre for the New Midlands

Natalie Elphicke Ross OBE

Director and head of housing delivery and chair

Housing & Finance Institute and Defence Housing Strategy Review Team

Kane Emerson

Head of housing research

YIMBY Alliance

Helen Fadipe MBE

President

Royal Town Planning Institute

Paul Fiddaman

Chief executive

Karbon Homes

Katie Finch

Director of assurance and business services

Citizen

Shaun Flook

Assistant Director Housing Needs and Tenancy

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Shelagh Fogarty

Presenter, journalist

LBC

Laura Morgan Forster

Innovation lead - net zero heat programme

Innovate UK

Jo Fry

Group HR director

Mears Group

Susan Fulton

Executive director of customer, people and engagement

Gentoo

Amanda Garrard

Chief executive

Berneslai Homes

Rob Gilham

Corporate director of strategy, assets and transformation

Whg

Lisa Gledhill

Managing director of national partnerships

Muse

Carly Glover

Head of operations

Mears Group

Rose Grayston

Independent consultant, currently Expert Adviser to the Minister for Housing and Planning, speaking in a personal capacity

David Hampton

Tenant board member, Southway Housing Trust and board member

Tpas

Olivia Harris

Chief executive

Dolphin Living

Tracy Harrison

Chief executive

Northern Housing Consortium

Hannah Harvey

Executive group director customer service

Housing Choices Australia

Leann Hearne

Goup chief executive

Livv Housing Group

Tim Heatley

Co-founder

Capital and Centric

Steven Henderson

Chief executive

Wheatley Group

Warren Heppolette

Chief officer for strategy, innovation and population health

NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care

Daniel Hewitt

Investigations editor

ITV

Paula Higgins

Founder, board member

Home Owners Alliance, Shared Ownership Council

Martin Hilditch

Editor

Inside Housing

Gaby Hinsliff

Columnist and commentator

The Guardian

Kevin Hollinrake MP

Shadow secretary of state

Housing, Communities and Local Government

Shahi Islam

Director of affordable housing

Homes England

Ibby Ismail

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

MSV

Mohammad Jamei

Director of economic policy

Confederation of British Industry

Rebecca Jason

Partner

Winckworth Sherwood LLP

Kate Josephs CB

Chief executive

Sheffield City Council

Suki Kalirai

Chair

PA Housing

Chan Kataria OBE

Chief executive

EMH Group

Sukhvinder Kaur-Stubbs

Chair of independent challenge group

Thames Water

Jack Kelly

Director of talent and corporate affairs

Midland Heart

Sean Keyes

Chief executive officer

Sutcliffe

Vivienne King

Founder

Impactful Places

Paul Kitson

Corporate director - inclusive economy, housing and culture

Newham Council (Populo living)

Lindsay Lauder

Director of development and regeneration

Wheatley Group

Melanie Leech

Chief executive

British Property Federation

Martina Lees

Senior property writer

The Times

George Agyekum-Mensah

Head of division of construction, property and surveying

LSBU

Yẹmí Aládérun

Head of development

Meridian Water, Enfield Council

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

MP for Sheffield South East and former chair Commons Select Committee on Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities

Charis Beverton

Partner

Winckworth Sherwood LLP

Jaimini Bharakhada

Chair

Belgrave Neighbourhood Co-operative Housing Association (BNCHA)

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

Interim chief executive

Homes England

Nicholas Boys Smith

Chair of advisory board

Office for Place

Tracy Brabin

Mayor

West Yorkshire Combined Authority

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

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 lead - social housing

Waterstons

Andy Burnham

Mayor

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Lesley Burrows

Executive director

Regenda Group

Jenny Buƫerchi

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

Belgrave Neighbourhood Co-operative Housing Association (BNCHA)

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

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 lead - 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

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

Ailsa Dunn

Group director of insight and group services

Prima Group Housing

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

Chair of Haringey’s Supported Housing Continuous Improvement Group

London Borough of Haringey

Hazel Edwards

Head of Customer Voice and Value

Wrekin Housing Group

Marc Edwards

Director of assets and sustainability

Gentoo Group

Professor Amanze Ejiogu

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

Chief technology and product officer

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 & AI consultant

Waterstons

Darryn Frost

Co-founder

Own Merit CIC

Steve Gallant

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

Own Merit CIC

George Garrad

Associate director of strategy

Look Ahead Care & Support

Mike Garry

Poet