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Homes England board members' register of interests

Updated 26 March 2024

Applies to England

‘Any other interests’ are any other direct or indirect financial and non-financial interests, including those of close family members or people living in the same household.

‘Related parties’ include close members of the family of an individual, who are defined for the purposes of the standard as those family members, or members of the same household, who may be expected to influence, or be influenced by, that person in their dealings with the reporting entity. (Governance Manual 13.6 – March 2020)

Shareholdings are declared that are significant or relevant to the work of Homes England, either in terms of volume, value or the nature and dealings of the business, if the said shareholdings represent 3% or more of the share capital of the company concerned. (Governance Manual 13.4 – March 2020)

Peter Denton: Chief Executive

Term of office due to end ex officio
Company directorships, public and private Investment Committee Member of Eurazeo and unremunerated NED position at Marlborough College
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy nil
Other public appointments nil
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc Chair of the Spitalfields Market Resident Association
Member of Urban Land Institute UK Advisory Board
Shareholding nil
Investment Director of MPAC Management Ltd (pension), non-discretionary partnership interests in historic funds managed by Starwood Capital Group
Any other interests nil

Peter Freeman CBE: Board Chair

Term of office due to end 22 October 2023
Company directorships, public and private Argent King’s Cross GP LLP
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy None
Other public appointments Member of the Board of the United Kingdom Holocaust Memorial Foundation
Chair of Cambridge Delivery Group
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc Trustee of the Holocaust Memorial Charitable Trust
Trustee of the Iris and David Freeman Charitable Trust
Shareholding Argent King’s Cross GP LLP
King’s Cross Central General Partner (KCCGP) Ltd.
Any other interests None

Duncan Sutherland

Term of office due to end 13 December 2024
Company directorships, public and private City Spirit Regeneration (Salford) Ltd
City Spirit Regeneration (non-trading)
Inpartnership CS Ltd
Liverpool Inpartnership 2007 Ltd
Liverpool Inpartnership Ltd
Peronne Ltd
Burrell Inpartnership Ltd
Solihull Inpartnership Ltd
Blackburn Inpartnership Ltd
Inpartnership (LP) Ltd
Sigma Inpartnership Ltd
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy None
Other public appointments Advisory Board, Capital Investment Group, Department for Business and Trade
Chair of the North of Tyne Housing and Land Board
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc Chair, Southbank Sinfonia St John’s Smith Square, Southbank Sinfonia Foundation Trust
Shareholding None
Any other interests None

Mark Rennison: Senior Independent Director (SID)

Term of office due to end 30 August 2025
Company directorships, public and private NatWest - NED
Royal London - NED
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy None
Other public appointments None
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc None
Shareholding None
Any other interests None

Stephen Bell

Term of office due to end 31 March 2024
Company directorships, public and private None
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy Chief Risk and Compliance Officer for The Bank of London
Other public appointments None
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc None
Shareholding Cullaun Capital
Any other interests None

Sadie Morgan

Term of office due to end 30 August 2025
Company directorships, public and private Director of dRMM Architects
Non-Executive Director of Major Projects Association
Director of Rumshott Estate
Underriver Enterprises Limited
Lithgow Investment Company Limited
Chair of the New London Architecture sounding board
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy dRMM Architects
High Speed Two
University of Westminster
Queen’s University Belfast
Sir Arthur Marshall Professorship in Sustainable Urban Design
Other public appointments None
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc Professor of Professional Practice, University of Westminster
Commissioner, National Infrastructure Commission
Design Panel Chair, High Speed Two
Net Zero Buildings Council, Food Farming and Countryside Commission
Shareholding dRMM Architects
Any other interests None

Lord Ian Austin of Dudley

Term of office due to end 23 February 2025
Company directorships, public and private Director, Olive Tree Campaigns and Communications Ltd (member’s own media and strategic consultancy company. Income from the provision of consultancy advice and media work in category 2 is paid through the company)
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy Strategic Consultancy to RCL Partners (investment advisers and managers to the Richardson family)
Chair of Midland Heart Housing Association, effective from September 2023
Occasional journalism and media work for newspapers including the Times, Telegraph, Daily Mail, the Sun and Sun on Sunday
Columnist for The Jewish Chronicle
Adviser to Hineni Capital
Other public appointments Independent member of the House of Lords
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc Corporation Member, Dudley College of Technology
Member of the Advisory Board of Warwick Manufacturing Group
Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Israel
Member, Steering Committee of West Midlands Friends of Israel (grassroots group in the West Midlands promoting links between the UK and Israel)
Member, National Express Foundation (provides grants to charities, community groups and educational bodies in areas where National Express operates)
Honorary President, Holocaust Learning UK (registered charity educating school students about the Holocaust and its impact)
President, West Mercia Scout County
Chair, Aston Villa Benevolent Fund (in which capacity he is occasionally invited to attend football matches)
Shareholding Olive Tree Campaigns and Communications Ltd
Investment nil
Any other interests Lord Austin has a leasehold flat, the freehold of which is owned by Notting Hill Genesis, which is a housing association
Mrs Austin is a Community Housing Officer at Greensquare Accord, which is a housing association
Brother-in-law Nick Bolton is Development Director at SNRG (which provides support to the construction sector on zero carbon) and Director of Electric Corby Community Interest Company

Mark Henderson

Term of office due to end 23 February 2025
Company directorships, public and private nil
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy Chief Executive at Home Group Limited and Member of Home board
Member of Home in Scotland Limited board
Director and Chair of Home Group Developments Limited
Director and Chair of Home Group Repairs Partnership
Director and Chair of North Housing Limited
Other public appointments nil
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc Director and Trustee of Whiteley Homes
Shareholding nil
Investment nil
Any other interests nil

Patricia Ritchie CBE

Term of office due to end 23 February 2025
Company directorships, public and private nil
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy Retired as Chief Executive, Newcastle City Council in October 2021
Chair of Metro Dynamics, an economic consultancy that operates as an employee-owned trust
Other public appointments Chair of Government Property Agency (GPA), sponsored by the Cabinet Office
Deputy Chair of Newcastle University Council
Advisory board member of National Leadership Centre sponsored by the Cabinet Office
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc nil
Shareholding nil
Investment nil
Any other interests nil

Lesley-Ann Nash

Term of office due to end 27 February 2025
Company directorships, public and private Workspace Group plc
St James’s Place plc
London First
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy nil
Other public appointments nil
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc Real Estate Balance Ltd
Shareholding nil
Investment nil
Any other interests nil

Emma Fraser, DLUHC

Term of office due to end 2 October 2025
Company directorships, public and private nil
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy nil
Other public appointments nil
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc Trustee of Centrepoint
Shareholding nil
Investment nil
Any other interests nil

Melanie Montanari, DLUHC

Term of office due to end 2 October 2025
Company directorships, public and private nil
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy nil
Other public appointments nil
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc Non-Executive Director of the Youth Futures Foundation
Shareholding nil
Investment nil
Any other interests nil