Emma Turner
Director of Treasury, Riverside Housing

Emma has worked in the sector now for over five years. Prior to that, she spent 15 years working for Big Four accounting firms providing international tax and treasury consulting to a range of businesses in the UK and abroad, from small family owned SME’s through to FTSE 100 groups. Emma is both a chartered accountant and qualified corporate treasurer. Her team at Riverside recently won a prestigious Deal of the Year Award from the Association of Corporate Treasurers for their sector leading SONIA RCF with Lloyds bank back in March 2020. Emma is passionate about both treasury and the values at the core of social housing. She believes strong treasury foundations are key to running successful businesses, whether for profit or not.

Joe Atkinson
Associate Director, Savills

Uwaila Avan-Nomayo
Corporate Trust Manager - Transaction Team, M&G Investments

Jo Brown
Group Treasury Operations Manager, Riverside

Jo is an ACCA-qualified treasury professional with broad experience across finance, including management accounting, payroll, accounts payable and receivable within both the public and private sectors. Over the past five years at Riverside Housing, Jo has developed a specialist career in treasury, progressing from Treasury Accountant to Group Treasury Operations Manager. In her current role, she leads day-to-day treasury operations, with a focus on cash and liquidity management, forecasting and strong financial control. Jo is passionate about practical, relationship-led cash management and believes effective treasury is about balancing commercial judgement with disciplined stewardship of the organisation’s liquidity. Her motto is that a good treasurer cares for an organisation’s liquidity as if it was their own.

Marc Burns
Head of Affordable Housing UK Residential - Value and Risk Advisory, JLL

Denise Campbell
Head of Treasury, Great Places

Denise is the Head of Treasury at Great Places, a housing association group in the North West of England and Yorkshire with 26,000 homes. She leads the corporate finance, business planning, liquidity and securitisation activities. She is on the Great Places carbon management team, focusing on sustainability. She is on the committee of the nation-wide Treasury Managers’ Group.

Great Places has a significant Homes England Strategic Partnership, being a large developer of new homes, and leads ground-breaking social activities like Greater Manchester’s Housing First scheme that tackles homelessness.

Denise is a chartered accountant (FCA) with seven years’ experience in social housing, having previously worked in external and internal audit in Deloitte Manchester, private sector property, and global banking operations.

Catherine Dixon
Director of Treasury and Insurance, L&Q

Vimal Gaglani
Director of Corporate Finance, Abri

Vimal is a Finance and Treasury professional, with over 20 years’ experience in several sectors including, large listed multinational groups, the non-for-profit sector and audit practices. Vimal Joined Radian Group in 2015, as their Head of Treasury & Finance Risk and following merger, is currently, Director of Treasury and Financial Planning at Abri Group. Vimal is also a board member and member of the Audit, Finance & Risk committee at Ability Housing Association, who specialise in the provision of housing, care and support services to people with physical and learning disabilities with the overall vision to help their customers to live more independently.

Melanie Czarra
Non-Executive Director – Investment Committee / Non-Executive Director – Audit & Risk Committee, Abri / Vectis Housing Association

Karen Doran
Director of Regulatory Engagement, Regulator of Social Housing

Karen is part of the senior leadership team at the Social Housing Regulator. Prior to joining the regulator at the end of 2013, Karen worked at CIH and for the Council of Mortgage Lenders leading work on affordable housing lending as chair to the panel of social housing lenders. With previous experience in housing in a LA and HA context as well as in central and regional government in policy and operational roles, Karen has a range of perspectives and insight into the housing sector.

Lauren Fradgley
Assistant Director of Treasury, Stonewater

Lauren leads the Treasury team at Stonewater and has worked in the housing sector for over eight years. Prior to this she worked in Investment Banking at BNP Paribas, in Mergers & Acquisitions and then Equity Capital Markets. Lauren is passionate about the work she does, building and working with great teams and advisors and always striving to deliver the best possible outcomes. Her team won Team of the Year at the 2023 Housing Heroes Awards. She studied at the University of Nottingham, gaining a Physics degree and then a Masters degree in Banking and Financial Markets.

Peter Hansell
Fund Manager, Thriving Investments

Helen Hunter
Partner, Addleshaw Goddard

Helen is a London based Partner in the Finance team at AG, specialising in Social, Sustainable and Green Finance and Social Housing Finance. She is ranked as a "Next Generation Partner" for social housing finance in the Legal 500. Helen has over 15 years of experience in the social housing sector and extensive experience of acting for all types of private debt funders and investors in the social housing finance market. She regularly advises funders on all aspects of social housing finance, including large merger transactions and high value transactions to housing associations. Increasingly, her experience covers advising funders on sustainability / social impact linked loans and green finance.

Eleanor James
Partner - Banking and Finance, Trowers & Hamlins LLP

Ellie is a partner in the banking & finance team at Trowers & Hamlins with over 15 years' experience advising affordable housing market participants across England and Wales with their financing requirements.

Will Jeffwitz
Head of Policy, National Housing Federation

Will Jeffwitz is Head of Policy at the National Housing Federation. He has also worked on housing supply and finance at the NHF, and previously had policy roles in the civil service and the charity sector.

Tariq Kazi
Group Treasurer, Peabody

Louise Leaver
Partner, Bevan Brittan

Louise is a banking and finance lawyer specialising in housing finance and serves as the joint head of the housing practice. With over 20 years of experience acting for both borrowers and lenders, she represents a diverse range of clients, including corporate borrowers, registered providers, charitable entities, property developers, banks, and institutional investors. Louise’s expertise encompasses all types of loan agreements, security documentation, intercreditor and security trust arrangements, swap transactions, and capital market issues. She is particularly skilled in supporting and advising clients in the social housing sector to raise funds, whether through short-term revolving credit facilities or longer-term private placements and bond issuance. Additionally, she provides advice on development finance, acquisition finance, off-balance sheet delivery models, joint venture arrangements, and restructurings. Louise is recognised for delivering commercial and pragmatic advice and for leveraging her experience with borrowers and lenders to develop and document innovative funding structures.

Richard Leon
Head of Financial Planning, West Kent Housing Association

Richard is a seasoned finance professional currently serving as the Head of FP&A and Treasury at West Kent Housing Association. With a diverse and dynamic career, Richard embarked on his professional journey in the bustling commercial sector of London. Over the years, he has accumulated a wealth of experience, working with prestigious entities, including a FTSE 100 organisation and the NHS. In the last five years, Richard has found his passion and expertise aligned with the housing sector. His journey began at Golding Homes and then transitioned to Settle Group. As Head of FP&A and Treasury at West Kent Housing Association, Richard continues to bring his wealth of experience and strategic vision to drive the organisation's financial success. His commitment to excellence and passion for creating positive impact make Richard a valuable asset in the ever-evolving world of finance and housing.

Anthony Marriott
Director of Treasury and Corporate Finance, Peabody

Anthony joined Peabody in 2015 as Head of Treasury and Financial Planning, before becoming Director of Treasury and Corporate Finance in 2021. During that time Anthony has taken Peabody through its mergers with Family Mosaic, Town and Country Housing, and Catalyst. Involved in helping create the Sustainable Reporting Standard for social housing, Anthony has been responsible for Peabody’s sustainable linked loans and helping secure and retaining its Ritterwald accreditation as a Certified Sustainable Housing Association. Prior to joining Peabody, Anthony held senior posts at KPMG and the Olympic Delivery Authority, specialising in financial reporting, audit, and strategic financial planning. Anthony is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.

Liz Martins
UK Economist, HSBC

Jas Nahl
Solicitor, Anchor

Jasdeep has worked in the social housing sector for ten years with a focus on property charging. She has experience acting for both Lenders and RP Borrowers in a variety of transactions. She has most recently joined the in-house team at Anchor and taken on the position of Co-Chair of the Property Finance Working Group.

Henrietta Podd
Head of Advisory and Funding, Allia C&C

Henrietta has more than 35 years’ experience in financial markets advising public sector, commercial and not-for-profit businesses on funding and risk management. Over the last 15 years she has focussed on advising housing associations and other charities especially in care and specialised supported housing, and has been involved in many financial innovations to support the sector. She was formerly a member of the Housing Committee of the CoE pension fund, and is a member of CISI.

Olivia Raberin
Treasury Manager, Places for People

David Roden
Chief Financial Officer, Cobalt Housing

David joined Cobalt from Progress Housing Group, where he worked as Financial Services Director for five years. Prior to working in social housing, he was part of the Big Four accounting and professional services firms and worked for FTSE 100 developer St Modwen Properties. David oversees the finance, treasury and procurement functions at Cobalt, working closely with the Board and Senior Management Team to ensure that they manage finances effectively and secure the funding needed to deliver their corporate plan and achieve the maximum impact for their customers and communities.

Bhavin Shah
Board Member and Chair of Treasury Committee, Sovereign Network Group (SNG)

Rachael Sivewright
Head of Treasury, Bromford Flagship LiveWest

Rachael has over 12 years of diverse experience in finance, having worked across various sectors including commercial aviation, manufacturing, and construction. She joined LiveWest's corporate finance team in 2019 as an ACCA-qualified accountant and has advanced within the organisation while furthering her education with the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT). Currently Rachael leads the Treasury function at LiveWest, where she has made substantial contributions, such as the development of their Sustainable Finance Framework and the execution of a number of significant financing transactions, particularly through the group’s EMTN programme.

Zahra Somji
Head of Treasury, GreenSquareAccord

Alex Todd
Vice President, Venn

Alex is a Director in the Residential Lending Team at Venn acting as execution lead in the origination, structuring and management of deals across lending sectors. Alex joined Venn in 2022 and has over 10 years of finance experience. Alex started his career at BNP Paribas in their Global Banking team where he worked in corporate banking lending and relationship management across numerous sectors including real estate.

Argiri Papathos
Director of Governance and Compliance, Peabody

Argiri leads the Governance and Compliance function for the Peabody Group, supporting the organisation to deliver its core business activities in a way that is compliant with relevant regulation and legislation. She joined Peabody following its merger with Catalyst Housing, where she held a similar role.

Previous roles have been focused in social housing and local government where she has led

multi-disciplinary teams, covering Company Secretariat, Risk and Assurance, People, Health and Safety, Information Technology, Data Governance, and Business Transformation.

Argiri’s experience includes appointments as non-executive director and member of the Audit and Risk Committee for Origin Housing, Advisor to the Audit Committee for the Royal College of Nursing and mentor with the Leadership 2025 charity. Argiri is a Fellow of the RSA.

Anna Wallace
Treasurer, Hyde Group

Anna Wallace is Treasurer at the Hyde Group, a housing association with about 48,000 homes in London, the south east of England and neighbouring areas. Anna has 15 years of experience of working in treasury for housing associations. She’s a Chartered Management Accountant and an Associate Member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers. She’s responsible for Hyde’s treasury activities, including raising of capital, hedging, risk management, strategy, regulation, credit rating assessments and investor relations. She led Hyde’s long term debt restructuring programme, which lasted four years and resulted in the repayment of over £1bn of loans and swaps, resulting in significant interest savings and improved terms.

Jonathan Walters
Chief Executive, Regulator of Social Housing

Having previously been at Ernst and Young working in social housing consultancy, Jonathan has been at the Regulator since 2004. He has worked across the organisation and has extensive experience in dealing with funders, government and housing associations.

Ian Workman
Chief National Officer, Homes England