Mark has over thirty-five years professional experience working on community engagement, development and empowerment in a wide range of cities, towns and villages across the UK, and specialises in setting up locally managed stewardship Trusts.
He is known for “making things happen”, either through strategic planning and business planning with a range of partners and stakeholders, or through organisational change within voluntary or community organisations.
SallyAnne has over twenty years of experience working in the private, voluntary and local government sector on community related projects ranging from education work for large scale corporates (corporate social responsibility), to a national youth charity and most recently for local government.
Lou’s has over 16 years’ experience as a senior manager and director in the not for profit sector, with his most recent role as Managing Director of Groundwork South until Summer 2017. Whilst at Groundwork, Lou achieved the merger of four charitable trusts to create one larger organisation of 150 staff.
Mark has 30 years experience as a Finance Professional providing public and private sector Directors and Leaders with financial insight. Mark has a broad range of experience covering organisations of all sizes and includes, Local Authority, Property and Charity sectors.
Iona has significant experience, working within deprived communities over the past 15 years, in the voluntary and public sector in Oxford, London and the Caribbean. She also has a vast background working in health improvement and community engagement roles as a social worker, ..
Maureen led on the initial development and activation of a groundbreaking community Trust – Caddington and Slip End (CaSE) – located in Caddington Woods, Central Bedfordshire (near Luton). She developed and implemented a community development strategy ..
Miranda is an MSP-qualified strategic statutory partnership and programme management specialist with a successful twenty-year track record in managing programmes and people, delivering positive outcomes in a range of multi- disciplinary settings..
Claire has over 30 years’ experience of communications in the housing/property sector. After a long career in Corporate Communications with Taylor Woodrow, she set up as a freelancer 20 years ago and works on a wide range of projects for leading housebuilders and developers.
Zoe has extensive knowledge of sustainable projects and regenerative practices. Using a systems view she works across diverse spheres such as farming, food and land use to fibre, fashion and education. Alongside strong project management skills, Zoe uses collaborative co-design,..
Clare has over 20 years’ experience in the voluntary sector working for a regional charity in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight for ten years and then latterly for the last 12 years has led Chichester Community Development trust as CEO. Clare joined the trust in its infancy, which now has a £2.4m turnover and assets of £3.6m.
Since 2004, Dianah has developed a specialism in managing and enabling the transfer of estate management companies from developer to resident control, as part of the handover of sites upon completion, coordinating between surveyors, lawyers, residents, developers and managing agents to get the land parcels approved..
Charlie Fisher specialises in guiding organisations through the formation, finance and design stages of projects, with a focus on community land trusts and co-operatives. Having formally trained as an architect, he is currently a Strategic Designer for Dark Matter Labs working on research and demonstrator projects on the future of real assets.
Katie brings over 12 years of experience as a Deputy Head of Department in secondary education. Her teaching career equipped her with a broad range of transferable skills, which she now applies to developing Community Trusts and Stewardship strategies for large-scale housing projects across the UK.
David works in the governance and commercial team in Birmingham at Anthony Collins and leads their legal work with social businesses, including co-operatives, community organisations (including leading on the relationship with umbrella body Locality) and social enterprises. David also heads up their work developing stewardship solutions in the context of new developments.
Tom has worked in fields connected to the built environment since 2006, including environmental sustainability, planning and housing policy, community-led and self-build development, and community ownership and stewardship. As chief executive of the Community Land Trust Network, Tom has particular strengths and experience both of community development and community led housing.
