People

Sean is responsible for the Capital Delivery Service that provides a hub for the best practice delivery of projects within Sheffield City Council, offering a wide range of skills and expertise - particularly around construction, building and capital projects.

The service is the Council's design development and delivery agent for all council-led and procured building and construction projects. It is a fully traded operation with a turnover of £5m and 100 staff, providing the full range of construction disciplines.

Sean is Chair of the SHC board.

Anna is ACA qualified and has over 20 years’ experience working in Housing and Finance - within both the public and private sector.  She currently works for the Housing Growth Delivery Service within SCC which drives, influences and delivers the ambitious housing growth programme in Sheffield. The team focuses on need, tenure, location, type, quality and the environment in line with SCC’s over-arching growth ambition.

Anna has had an active role at SHC since it was established. Within the finance subgroup, she is a key conduit between SHC and SCC. She has been involved in securing a number of external grants and plays a vital role in the management of internal governance for SHC.

Janet has enjoyed a successful housing career, combining the delivery of significant housing investment and estate-based regeneration schemes with a passion for improving the quality and safety of homes regardless of tenure.  

She leads the Council’s delivery of a comprehensive landlord and housing regulatory service; focussing on whole-family support; close-working with tenants and residents to shape services and joint-working with private landlords to improve the quality of rented homes. 

Janet’s priority is developing a new Housing Strategy for Sheffield, ensuring the quality of homes, preventing homelessness, addressing fuel-poverty and creating safe, vibrant, affordable and sustainable Neighbourhood’s for the future.  

Steve has over 25 years’ experience working in the house building industry and his day to day role at Keepmoat is to ensure operational effectiveness in the Yorkshire West Region, working closely with the developers land, build, commercial, technical, sales and customer service teams.

Steve has worked on - or been involved in - the majority of Sheffield Housing Company schemes and is the operational lead between Keepmoat and SHC, from design concept all the way through to handing over the keys to excited new homeowners.

Russell joined Keepmoat Homes in March 2017, as a Regional Accountant for the Yorkshire West region. Since then, he has held the positions of Finance Manager and Senior Finance Manager, before moving up to Financial Controller in April 2021.

As head of the finance function for the Yorkshire West region, Russell is responsible for financial control and operational cash management.  During his five years at Keepmoat Homes, he has worked on the majority of SHC schemes and joined the SHC Board in 2022.

Tim has extensive experience in the housebuilding sector and has worked with Keepmoat for over 25 years, holding a number of key roles within the business.

He established and headed up the developer’s North West operations as regional Managing Director before taking up the position of Financial Director in 2008. He became Group Development Director in 2018.

Helen is responsible for Great Places' £1bn affordable housing development programme and the management of key stakeholder relations including those with Homes England, Combined and Local Authorities and partnerships such as the Sheffield Housing Company. Helen is also responsible for leading other functions within Great Places including Cube Homes (market sale division), Plumlife (sales), Terra Nova (in-house construction), regeneration activity and the Innovation Chain North construction framework.

Helen joined Great Places in 2004 as an Assistant Development Officer, and became Director of Development in 2016, delivering more than 4,000 new homes in that role. Helen became Executive Director of Growth in 2022 and joined the Sheffield Housing Company Board of Directors in late 2023.