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Experience

Actively involved at the forefront of the Build to Rent (BtR) sector since 2012
and in senior roles in the housing association sector for 16 years.

Build-to-Rent 

Proposition

Developed and evolved BtR propositions and operational delivery strategies/platforms for John Lewis and Apo Group including:
 

  • Design guides

  • Brand standards/specifications

  • Customer service principles

  • Operating platforms

  • Amenity offers

  • House style and home propositions

Development

Led development activities for portfolio of 1,000+ JLP BtR homes and supported development activities for 1,200+ Apo homes including:
 

  • Project management

  • Feasibility studies

  • Design

  • Planning

  • Financial modelling and viability

  • Delivery strategy and structures

  • Risk management

Investment

Integral role in the JLP/Abrdn funding/co-ownership arrangement and in helping to secure forward funding for Apo Group including:
 

  • Investment Memorandum preparation and funder presentations

  • Investment appraisals and returns

  • Legal documentation

  • Review of potential opportunities

  • Relationship management

Affordable housing

Developed structures and strategies for delivering affordable housing, balancing operational, investor and Council aspirations including:
 

  • Affordability assessments

  • Eligibility criteria

  • Nominations

  • Viability  assessment

  • Annual Monitoring Reports

  • Delivery partnerships with key worker employers​

Affordable housing 

Regeneration

Successfully delivered large and complex mixed-tenure/use projects including estate regeneration, Private Finance Initiatives and stock transfer including:
 

  • Bidding, resident engagement and ballots

  • Design, master planning and placemaking

  • Planning, phasing and deliverability

  • Funding and financial viability

  • Complex legal documentation

  • Partnerships and JVs

  • Community creation & curation

Development

Developed social, intermediate and supported housing developments from small infill to larger developments of 1,000+ homes including:
 

  • Design and planning

  • Financial modelling

  • S106 delivery for developers

  • Construction tendering, partnerships and contracting

  • Delivery and handovers

  • Defects management
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Funding/financial

Managed complex financial models and funding mechanisms to ensure viability of long term, multiphase projects, including:

 

  • Complex financial modelling

  • Grant and gap funding

  • Cross subsidy

  • Joint Venture structures

  • PFI and other initiatives

  • Funding covenants and requirements

  • Life cycle analysis

  • Risk analysis
     

Other experience

A range of other experience through working in a senior sector role at a leading Registered Provider for over sixteen years including:

 

  • Setting up new Community Based Housing Association

  • Chair of Scheme Appraisal Panel

  • Chair of Design Review Panel

  • Sustainability Champion

  • Community regeneration

  • Board member of 1,200 home Housing Association
     

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