Kelly is a senior land and development professional with a public and private sector background, including local government, central government and PLC housebuilding. She has extensive experience in delivering complex residential, mixed use and regeneration projects, in particular through working in partnership. Kelly was formerly a Head of Land Acquisitions at Homes England and is now Group Director – Public Land and Place at Vistry Group, the largest PLC housebuilder in England by volume. At Vistry, she oversees public land acquisition and delivery as well as sitting on a number of joint venture boards, including PlacePoint, a £150m equity JV with Homes England.
Although a qualified planner and a member of the RTPI and RICS, Kelly started her career in a community development role and her passion is now delivering homes that are special to those that that live in them, recognising that creating quality places is different to many people.