Constance de Montigny is the Operations Manager for the Create Streets Foundation

Toby Lloyd was Shelter’s Head of Policy from 2011 to 2018 and was the Prime Minister’s Special Adviser on housing and local government.

Mary Parsons is Chair of the Town & Country Planning Association and Regeneration and Partnerships Director at Lovell Partnerships.

Miatta Fahnbulleh is Chief Executive of the New Economics Foundation. She has a wealth of experience in developing and delivering policy to empower communities.

Vidhya Alakeson is the founding Chief Executive of Power to Change, an independent trust established in 2015 to support the growth of community businesses across England.

Andre Reid is the founder of Kiondo, a design research studio aiding developers, local authorities & social organisations to design with communities.

Nicky Chance Thompson is CEO of the Piece Hall in Halifax.

Andy Reeve is Director of Regenerative Economics at Civic Square, a research lab focusing on building and investing in civic infrastructure.

Kathryn Eames has 15 years’ experience working in local government in regeneration and development, with particular expertise in community engagement.

Paul Fiddaman is Chief Executive of Karbon Homes.

Jennifer McKevitt is Chief Executive of Back on the Map, a community business with £4.7M of residential, commercial and land assets in Hendon, Sunderland.

Dave Boyle is a consultant specialising in helping community groups raise patient equity capital and has worked with over 50 groups, helping them raise £13M.

Caroline Gore-Booth is Project Manager at Giroscope, a self-help housing project based in Hull.

Melissa Meanis Director of We Can Make at Knowle West Media Centre in Bristol, focused on developing new kinds of citizen-led housing.

Matt Leach is the CEO of place-based funder Local Trust.

Gareth Swarbrick is Chief Executive of Rochdale Boroughwide Housing. He led the transformation of RBH from local authority owned ALMO into the UK’s first tenant and employee owned mutual social landlord.

Rachael Orr is the Director of PlaceShapers, the network for more than 100 community-based social landlords.

Stephen Brien is Director of Policy at the Legatum Institute, a thinktank researching the pathways to lifting all people out of poverty.

Nicholas Boys Smith is founding Director of Create Streets, a think tank and consultancy leading or supporting many urban design and community co-design projects.

Harry Briggs is Managing Partner at OMERS Ventures.

Clare Mirfin is a Legal Director at Pinsent Mason and specialises in development planning advising developers and local authorities on major development.

Robin Edwards is a Chartered Accountant and a Fund Manager with Carbon Plus Capital. He is also director and shareholder in a number of businesses.

Fabian Richter is co-founder of Distributor Due Diligence and was previously a director at Ruffer, Standard Life and McKinsey & Co. 

Catherine is the former founder and CEO of the National CLT Network and has over 17 years experience in advocacy campaigning and housing and regeneration policy and practice.

Rose Grayston has 10 years of experience in providing policy, research and strategic communications services to progressive campaigns and their leaders.

Sian Hansen holds a diverse portfolio of non-executive, advisory and trustee positions including Pacific Assets Trust, the Almeida Theatre, Cerno Capital, Compton Consultants and Onward, a dynamic not-for-profit think tank.

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