The Chairman is Stephen Teagle, Chief Executive at Vistry Partnerships.
The Deputy Chairs are Caroline Compton James, Director of Strategy and Communication at Osborne, and Jamie Ratcliff, Executive Director of Business Performance and Partnerships at Network Homes.
Member vacancies are notified to CEOs in each member organisation in January and a member ballot held in March.
Meetings take place in January, April, July and October.
Current Board Members
Developers/Housebuilders and Contractors
Stephen Teagle, Chief Executive, Partnerships & Regeneration, Vistry Partnerships and Chair, The Housing Forum
Caroline Compton-James, Public Sector Director, Osborne Construction and Deputy Chair, The Housing Forum
Housing Providers
Guy Burnett, Group Development Director, Metropolitan Thames Valley
Bob Heapy, Chief Executive, Town & Country Housing Group
Suppliers/Manufacturers
Mike Fairey, Managing Director, Fusion
Steve Kite, Group Major Accounts Director, Genuit Group
Andrew Carpenter, Chief Executive, Structural Timber Associates
Specialist Consultants
Mike De’Ath, Partner, HTA Design
Katie Saunders, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins
Co-Optees
Andy Tookey, Managing Partner, Baily Garner
Jamie Ratcliff, Executive Director for Business Performance and Partnerships, Network Homes
John East, Interim Strategic Director, Winchester City Council
NHBC Board Representatives
Mehban Chowdery, Regional Director, London, NHBC
Tim Reid, Customer Relationship Director, NHBC
Observers
Mike Melly, Construction and Technical Director, CIOB
Robert Stone Director of Technical Excellence, Homes England
Harriet Danby-Platt, Senior Marketing Engagement Manager, Homes England
Natalie Daniels, Assistant Director for Housing, Greater London Authority
Jane Owen, Senior Strategy and Policy Officer, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Tom Chance, Chief Executive, National CLT Network
What our members say
‘With so much knowledge and experience to draw on, and a clear determination to ‘give something back’, joining The Housing Forum gives us not just a better understanding of the market we work in but an opportunity to channel our passion for quality to the greater good of the industry we serve and to shape it’s future.’
Baily Garner LLP
What our members say
‘We believe our involvement with the Forum will help provide an opportunity to share information and exchange views with a network of leading professionals. We are particularly looking to capitalise on the greater flexibilities available for councils to build again, and in doing so, explore innovative ways to build the homes our citizens need both now and in the future.’
Bristol City Council
What our members say
‘We joined The Housing Forum to contribute to the wide-ranging conversations taking place in the group and the potential benefit this can bring both to ourselves and to the sector.’
Hawkins\Brown
What our members say
‘To join in the conversation with the 150 + established Housing Forum members and to take an active role in the forums which share best practice and address the challenges of the housing sector’
Network Homes