Henry is MD, Strategy & Corporate Communications at global corporate affairs firm SEC Newgate. He has more than 18 years’ experience in strategic communications with a focus on the property sector and heads up SEC Newgate’s Midlands office as well as leading the company’s activity across the UK regions.
Working primarily with real estate developers, investment firms and consultants, he advises on strategic communications, stakeholder engagement and corporate positioning. His work has helped clients navigate and communicate around key policy and regulatory themes including planning reform, building safety legislation, rental reform, decarbonisation requirements, business rates and wider regulatory change.
Henry regularly contributes to sector thought leadership, is a long-standing judge at Property Week’s RESI Awards and contributed to ‘Promoting Property’, published by Routledge in 2020.
Born and raised in Walsall and now based in the Midlands, Henry has a BA in Modern Languages (French and German) from Durham University and has lived and worked in London, France, Austria and Guadeloupe. He brings particular interest in how housing, planning and decarbonisation policy translate into real‑world delivery and community outcomes across the Midlands.