Our Boards

About our boards

The focus of our policy and practice is steered by our Main Board. Board members’ expertise provides unrivalled insight into the whole of the housing sector. Membership is drawn from across the sector and member organisations can nominate a senior employee to join when vacancies occur, and can vote. Board meetings take place in January, April, July and November.

The Housing Forum has a Management Board of six, consisting of the company directors who have corresponding legal duties and make key financial and strategic decisions.

The Chair

The current Chair is Jamie Ratcliff, Co-founder of Place Base and the Deputy Chairs are Katie Saunders, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins and Helen Rieman, Business Growth Director, Hill Group

Main Board Members

Developers/Housebuilders and Contractors

Hugh Jeffery, Modular Business Director, Wates Residential

Helen Rieman, Business Growth Director, Hill Group – Deputy Chair of The Housing Forum

Kelly Hillman, Group Director – Public Land and Place, Vistry Group

Housing Associations

Guy Burnett, Executive Director of Development, Metropolitan Thames Valley

Angela Wood, Deputy Executive Director – Development, Peabody  

Joe Marshall, Chief Investment and Development Officer, SNG

Suppliers/Manufacturers

Jason Shingleton, Group Innovation Director, Genuit Group

Tony Silvestri, CEO, Langley

Kirsty Lambert, Business Development Director, Switch2

Katie Saunders, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins – Deputy Chair of The Housing Forum

Paul O’Connor, Head of Residential New Build, Bellrock Consulting

Danny Sutcliffe, Partner, Red Loft

For Profit/Build to Rent

Graham Barnet, Chief Executive, Sigma Capital Group

Board Members Co-Optees

Andrew Little, Partner, Baily Garner

Phoebe Evans-Khan, Senior Technical Co-Ordinator, Bugler Group

Mike De’Ath, Parner, HTA Design

William Cornall, Director of Regeneration & Place, Maidstone Borough Council, – Councils Network Chair

Jamie Ratcliff, Co-founder of Place Base and Chair of The Housing Forum

NHBC Representatives

Mehban Chowdery, Regional Director, London, NHBC

Tim Reid, Customer Relationship Director, NHBC

Observers

Tom Chance, Chief Executive, Community Land Trusts

Stuart Young, Head of Stakeholder Engagement, Department for Business and Trade

David Eardley, Technical Director, Homes England

Jane Owen, Stakeholder Engagement and Market Intelligence, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

Management Board Members

Jamie Ratcliff, Co-founder of Place Base and Chair of The Housing Forum

Katie Saunders, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins – Deputy Chair of The Housing Forum

Helen Rieman, Business Growth Director, The Hill Group – Deputy Chair of The Housing Forum

Mehban Chowdery, Regional Director, London, NHBC

Tim Reid, Customer Relationship Director, NHBC

Alex Notay, Chief Executive, The Housing Forum