Dominic Bradley

Dominic is Chief Executive of Lench’s Trust. He is an experienced CEO/ Managing Director in the non-profit , charitable, and housing sector. Skilled in Social Housing, Management, Business Growth Strategies, Community Engagement, and Leadership. He has a Combined Honours Degree in Education Studies and Managing People. Dominic is currently chair of the Birmingham Social Housing […]
Mike Leonard

Mike is CEO of Building Alliance CIC and also a Visiting Professor, Manufacturing and the Built Environment, Birmingham City University. Mike is currently driving many initiatives to achieve our climate change objectives, whilst ensuring resilience in the built environment. A strong believer in the power of collaboration he has built an extensive industry and academic […]
Joanna Lee-Mills

Joanna Lee-Mills is an Equity Partner at UK Top100 law firm, Ward Hadaway LLP, leading the Birmingham office’s Affordable Housing Development Team. As an affordable housing lawyer with nearly 25 years’ experience advising the sector, Joanna has been heavily involved in the strategic growth and direction of social housing teams within various national law firms, […]
Alan Fraser

Alan Fraser has worked for nearly thirty years in the fields of social housing and homelessness, all of it in the West Midlands. He has worked for a charity, a large housing association, a local authority, and a stock transfer housing association before becoming a chief executive within the YMCA federation. He now works as an […]
Liz Williams

Liz Williams is an expert on land acquisition, planning and development having specialized in all forms of housing for over thirty years. Liz is a passionate advocate of the development of truly sustainable and diverse, new build and regenerated communities where every single person is afforded the best opportunities in life. Liz believes in safe, […]
Afzal Hussain DL

Afzal Hussain DL is a regeneration professional having held senior posts in the Community, Local Government and Social Enterprise sectors. He is a passionate advocate of community-led approaches and is on a mission to demonstrate that by working with and alongside our communities we deliver change that is genuinely transformational. Afzal is Chief Officer at Witton […]
Kai Jackson

Kai has a BSc (Honours) Psychology and Counselling degree with a British Psychological Society (BPS) accreditation. Kai has been Chair for her tenant’s scrutiny panel with Black Country Housing Group for over three years. Within her role, Kai has carried out numerous reviews, supported in stage 2 complains, assisted in shaping policies, provided board assurance, […]
Prof. Guy Daly

Professor Guy Daly is an experienced senior leader and manager of higher education as well as an experienced non-executive director in social housing, the NHS, further and primary education, as well as being a past elected member in local government. At the end of August 2024, he will step down from the position of Provost and […]
Dr Yoric Irving-Clarke

Dr Yoric Irving-Clarke is an experienced housing practitioner with over 25 years’ experience working across homelessness, supported housing, housing for older people and general needs provision. He holds a PhD in Social Policy with his thesis looking at the history of supported housing provision in England with a particular focus on evaluating the Supporting People programme […]