Philip Barnes
Group Land and Planning Director, Barratt Developments

Martin Collett
Operations Director, English Rural

Minnie Dando
Head of Marketing, Hyde New Homes

Minnie is a multi award-winning professional marketer with over ten years of experience in property marketing and sales, both within the private sales and rental and shared ownership sector. She also brings an in-depth understanding of development and construction to the table.

Minnie leads the Hyde New Homes marketing team, ensuring timely, on-budget delivery of quality marketing, measuring return on investment and delivery of consistent communications to enhance the Hyde New Homes brand and facilitate further growth opportunities for the Hyde Group.

Paul Hackett
Chief Executive, Optivo

Paul became CEO of Optivo following the merger of AmicusHorizon and Viridian in 2017. Prior to that he spent eight years as CEO and COO of AmicusHorizon. He has worked in the housing association sector since 1989. Before joining AmicusHorizon, he was Executive Director: Development & New Business for Moat and a Director at L&Q. Paul is Chair of g15, representing London’s largest developing housing associations and is a member of the Homes for Londoners Board, Chaired by the Mayor of London. Paul is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a member of the RICS Housing Supply Working Group. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building and the Chartered Institute of Housing.

Kate Henderson
Chief Executive, National Housing Federation

Kate Henderson is Chief Executive of the National Housing Federation, the voice of housing associations in England. Our members provide 2.7 million homes for nearly six million people and each year they invest in a diverse range of neighbourhood projects that help create strong, vibrant communities.

Prior to joining the Federation in October 2018 Kate was Chief Executive of the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA). During her decade at the TCPA Kate raised the Association’s profile through a range of campaigns and policy initiatives, most notably around Garden Cities, local authority innovation, affordable housing, health, poverty and climate change.

Kate has been involved in a number of government panels and independent commissions including the Lyons Housing Review. She is a visiting professor at the Bartlett School of Planning at University College London, a Board member of the International Federation of Housing & Planning, and has co-authored various books including ‘The Art of Building a Garden City’ published by RIBA Publishing and winner of the National Urban Design Book Award 2018.

Matthew Jupp
Principal, Mortgages, UK Finance

Ulrike Maccariello
Head of Development, Hastoe Housing Association

Amy Nettleton
Assistant Development Director of Sales and Marketing, Aster Group

Amy's been with Aster as Head of Sales since January 2010. When not pushing for sales completions and immersed in anything property related with her fabulous team she pretends she's an equestrian star with her 16'2 Irish Draught, Prince, attempts to train for events such as the Great North Run, and enjoy as much time in Cornwall as possible.

Andrew Peglau
Head of Marketing, Peabody

Andrew is a passionate, results-oriented and award-winning marketing leader with over 10 years' experience in housing. Previously with Notting Hill Housing, Andrew is the Head of Marketing at Peabody, where he leads a team of talented marketeers to deliver innovative, multi-channel campaigns for shared ownership and private sale. Before his career in property marketing, Andrew worked in sports marketing in his native Canada.

Graeme Scott
Development Director, Trafford Housing Trust

Richard Shotton
Author, The Choice Factory

Denise Stewart
Sales and Marketing Director, Legal & General Homes

Zac Worthington
Sales Manager, Trafford Housing Trust