Simon Century
Biography
Simon Century joined Homes England in 2025 as Chief Investment Officer.
He is responsible for leading the agency’s investment strategy and partnerships to accelerate housing delivery nationwide.
Prior to joining, Simon spent 9 years at Legal & General as managing director, where he built and grew multiple housing businesses across social and affordable housing, build to rent, senior living, and build to sale, as well as pioneering platforms for modern methods of construction.
Simon began his career at investment and advisory firm TradeRisks and later at the affordable housing provider bpha, leading corporate strategy and finance.
He is a full member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers, holds a certificate in investment management from the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, and has a psychology degree from the University of Liverpool.
Chief Investment Officer
The Chief Investment Officer is responsible for leading the development and execution of long term strategy of the Investment directorate with a view to delivering government strategy in respect of housing supply. This is enacted through:
- a portfolio of financial instruments (including equity, debt and guarantees)
- developing relationships and structuring opportunities for increased private sector investment in increasing supply of new homes