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People

Sheffield Housing Company Project Team

The team comprises:

Steve Birch, Development Director at Sheffield Housing Company
Steve Birch Development Director[email protected]
Steve Birch, Development Director at Sheffield Housing Company
Steve Birch Development Director[email protected]
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Maura Gallagher, Business Support Officer at Sheffield Housing Company
Maura Gallagher Business Support Officer[email protected]
Maura Gallagher, Business Support Officer at Sheffield Housing Company
Maura Gallagher Business Support Officer[email protected]
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Howard Young, Senior Development Manager at Sheffield Housing Company
Howard Young Senior Development Manager[email protected]
Howard Young, Senior Development Manager at Sheffield Housing Company
Howard Young Senior Development Manager[email protected]
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Alex Best, Development Manager at Sheffield Housing Company
Alex Best Development Manager[email protected]
Alex Best, Development Manager at Sheffield Housing Company
Alex Best Development Manager[email protected]
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Sheffield Housing Company Board of Directors

Sheffield Housing Company is managed by a board of directors, comprising representatives from Sheffield City Council, Keepmoat and Great Places. This board meets monthly to review progress and policy and drive progress.

The current members are:

Sheffield City Council

Sean McClean, Director of Regeneration and Development at Sheffield Housing Company
Sean McClean Director of Regeneration and DevelopmentRead More
Sean McClean, Director of Regeneration and Development at Sheffield Housing Company
Sean McClean Director of Regeneration and Development

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.

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Anna Peysner, Service Manager: Housing Growth Delivery at Sheffield Housing Company
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Anna Peysner, Service Manager: Housing Growth Delivery at Sheffield Housing Company
Anna Peysner Service Manager: Housing Growth Delivery

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.

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Keepmoat Homes

Steve Armitage, Operations Director at Sheffield Housing Company
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Steve Armitage, Operations Director at Sheffield Housing Company
Steve Armitage Operations Director

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.

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Tim Wray, Development Director at Sheffield Housing Company
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Tim Wray, Development Director at Sheffield Housing Company
Tim Wray Development Director

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.

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Chris  Clingo, Regional Managing Director, Yorkshire West at Sheffield Housing Company
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Chris  Clingo, Regional Managing Director, Yorkshire West at Sheffield Housing Company
Chris Clingo Regional Managing Director, Yorkshire West

Chris Clingo, Regional Managing Director at Keepmoat, Yorkshire West, leads the senior leadership team in the region and works with all colleagues to deliver high-quality, affordable housing. Chris’s responsibility is to drive growth and increase Keepmoat’s presence throughout the region. He works very closely with the land team to ensure that all land acquisitions align with the overall business strategy, as well as supporting the technical team to make sure that all build plans adhere to Keepmoat’s quality standards.

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Great Places Housing Group

Helen Spencer, Executive Director of Growth at Sheffield Housing Company
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Helen Spencer, Executive Director of Growth at Sheffield Housing Company
Helen Spencer Executive Director of Growth

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.

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