Social Housing Finance Conference 2024 | Ocean Media Group Limited | 7 May 2024 | 155 Bishopsgate, 155 Bishopsgate, Broadgate, London EC2M 3TQ, UK

Brought to you by Social Housing, this is respected as the longest-running one-day event for UK affordable housing finance, bringing together over 450 sector leaders and senior finance and treasury professionals from housing associations and local authorities to discuss the strategic, operational, and technical finance matters that matter most to you. It's not possible to control the political and economic uncertainty in the sector but what we can do is come together as financial leaders of the sector to share practical learnings on how to overcome the challenges this difficult period presents in a collegiate environment. At this Conference you can hear how your peers are tackling higher interest rates, changing valuations, increased demand for repairs and maintenance as well as continued demand for new, affordable housing. Join us to leave with practical solutions on how your organisation can emerge from the economic mire in the best financial shape possible, and prepare for the economic and fiscal impacts of anticipated political change.

Key topics include:

• Creating stability in a year of change - macro-economic trends and political scenario planning
• Managing reputational risk
• Incorporating TSM and sustainability data into overall financial reporting
• Attracting new financial and procurement talent - with the skills to manage in complexity
• Elevating the status of housing providers as key partners to government
• Reinforcing boards with new skills sets and agile governance structures
• Supporting tenancy sustainment in practice
• Key regulatory updates and their financial implications
• Creating the conditions to generate optimum results from your procurement process
• Collaborating on creative solutions for rent setting
• Aligning your financial strategy with a strategic asset management approach to fund long-term preventative repair and retrofit

2024 Speakers

Waqar Ahmed
Executive Group Director Finance, L&Q

James Alexander
Chief Executive, UKSIF

Michelle Baker
Customer Influence Committee Chair and Resident, Eastlight Community Homes

Caroline Barr
Sustainability Regulation Advisor, ABN Amro

Gemma Bell
Partner, Devonshires

Peter Benz
Chief Financial Officer, SNG

Clive Betts MP
Chair, Committee for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC)

Eleanor Bowden
Senior Associate, Pineapple Sustainable Partnerships

Emma Briggs
Director of Procurement, Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing

Stephen Bush
Associate Director and Columnist, The Financial Times

Sheron Carter
Chief Executive, Hexagon Housing Association

Matt Cooper
Tax & Treasury Director, Places for People

Luke Cross
Director, Social Invest

Andy D Smith
Director, Savills

Andrew Day
Sustainability Director, Hill Group

Sasha Deepwell
Chief Executive, Irwell Valley Homes

Gurpreet Dehal
Chair, Housing21

Peter Denton
Chief Executive Officer, Homes England

Rachelle Earwaker
Senior Economist, Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Fenella Edge
Board Member and Chair of Group Treasury Committee, The Riverside Group Limited

Paul Eyre
Head of Residential and Housing Finance, NatWest

Rosemary Farrar
Chief Finance Officer, Platform

Guy Flynn
Financial Reporting Director, Hyde Group

Sarah Forster
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, The Good Economy

Agnieszka Gajli
Strategic Procurement Manager, YPO

Andy Garratt
Director, Savills

Mike Gerrard
Chief Financial Officer, Great Places Housing Group

Ruby Giblin
Partner, Winckworth Sherwood

Pete Gladwell
Group Social Impact & Investment Director, Legal and General

Jo Goodman
Senior Manager Income Maximisation, Trussell Trust

Sarah Gordon
Visiting Professor in Practice, Grantham Research Institute on Climate and the Environment, London School of Economics

Steve Hallowell
Director of Treasury and Investor Relations, Home Group

Zebrina Hanley
Head of Environment and Climate Change, Royal Mail

Richard Harral
Interim Chief Executive, CABE

Jane Harrison
Finance Director, Soho Housing and Board Member, Chair of Audit and Risk Committee, Advance Housing and Support

Sue Harvey
Director, Campbell Tickell

Simon Hatchman
Executive Director-Resources, PA Housing

James Heneghan
Tenant Scrutiny Panel Member, Torus

Alan Heron
Director of Procurement, Places For People Group - The

Susan Hickey
Board Member, Saltaire Housing and Lead Expert, Affordable Housing Guarantee Scheme, Igloo Regeneration

Fiona Hollingsworth
Growth and Partnerships Director, CHP

Tariq Kazi
Group Treasurer, Vice President, Peabody, Association of Corporate Treasurers

Isabelle Kirk
Assistant Director Treasury, Stonewater

Miles Lewis
Director of Sustainability, Clarion Housing Group

Audrey Li
Director of Procurement and SRM, The Guinness Partnership

Eleanor Lindsay
Head of Impact, Community and Place, The Hyde Group

Julie Lorraine
Deputy Chief Executive and Section 151 Officer, London Borough Tower Hamlets

Fiona MacGregor
Chief Executive, Regulator of Social Housing

Lindsay Maguire
Deputy Director for Procurement Reform (Implementation), Cabinet Office

Jo Makinson
Chief Financial Officer, Greensquare Accord

Mark Mayler
Group Director of Finance, Selwood Housing

Helen Meehan
Chief Financial Officer, Home Group

Lydia Merry
Impact and Client Engagement Director, Schroders

Imran Mubeen
Director of Treasury, Bromford Group

David Mullen
Finance Director, Eastlight Community Homes

Debra Nott
Resident, Bromford

Chinyelu Oranefo
Director, Sustainability and ESG Finance, Lloyds Banking

Christopher Osborne
Head of Real Estate, London CIV fund

Cara Pacitti
Senior Economist, Resolution Foundation

Janani Paramsothy
Head of ESG and Sustainability, Places for People

Josie Parsons
Chief Executive, Local Space

Parishil Patel KC
Barrister, 39 Essex Chambers

Julian Pearce
Chief Financial Officer, BPHA

Will Perry
Director of Social Housing, Regulator of Social Housing

Richard Petty
Head of UK Residential Valuation, JLL

Arun Poobalasingam
Funding and Marketing Director, The Housing Finance Corporation

Russell Poynter-Brown
Chief Executive, On Pole Limited

Bronwen Rapley
Chief Executive, Onward Homes

Jamie Ratcliff
Chief Communities & Sustainability Officer, SNG

Rebecca Rees
Partner, Trowers & Hamlins

Lorraine Sawyer
Head Of Procurement, Home Group

Sandip Shergill
Director of Procurement, Notting Hill Genesis

Antony Silk
Director of Procurement, Southern Housing

Claire Smart
Director of Group Procurement, Sanctuary

Chloe Stothart
Head of Data and Insight, Social Housing

Lynsey Sweeney
Managing Director, Communities That Work

John Tatham
Finance and Investment Director, Thriving Investments

Gail Teasdale
Chief Executive, Broadacres Housing Association

Howard Toplis
Chief Executive, Tai Calon Community Housing

Stephen Valvona
Director - Private Capital, EMEA, MetLife Investment Management

2024 Sponsors

• Devonshires
• JLL
• Savills Affordable Housing Valuation
• Winckworth Sherwood
• YPO 50