Experience

RESAM Consulting

• United Kingdom
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Shifting the approach of the sector to proactively create a holistic overview of the property portfolios - aligning with the corporate strategy to maximise opportunities - balancing social and economic values. Key tasks: • Providing strategic advice to Exec and Board members of clients including G15 through to regional housing associations across the country to enable each organisation to deliver better homes. • Communicating the benefits of creating a strategy for the portfolio of homes to ensure that the right homes are in the right locations with the right investment at the right time – balancing commercial and customer. • Designing bespoke strategies that strengthen data integrity, align the portfolio to identify Strategic Asset Management and Development opportunities, whilst also providing solutions that maximise economic and social value. • Encouraging the proactive approach to strategic thinking on the homes aspect of asset management with the wider sector through speaking at conferences • Refining and reviewing operational aspects, challenging existing processes and procedures to encourage the organisation to think about opportunities to proactively retain optimum economic and social value. Speaker at Social Housing and National Housing Federation conferences



Housing Diversity Network

• United Kingdom
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mentor

  • Jul 2020 - Present

  Mentor on the HDN’s annual staff mentoring programme with a new mentee appointed every September. Structure programmes for appointed mentees to inspire, motivate and build confidence to achieve their best and meet their own personal and professional objectives. Create a ‘safe space’ where the mentor has an opportunity to share challenges and obstacles that they may feel inhibits their growth. Helping mentees to be accountable for their goals and stay focused, track progress and encourage a robust skill set to do this. Speaker at HDN events to highlight the benefits of this programme to new cohorts of mentees.



L&Q

• Real Estate
• 700 & Above Employee

• Treasury Property Solicitor (Legal Counsel)

  • Jul 2008 - Oct 2021

  Key achievements Demonstrated to Executive committee the need to create a governance and data 'thread' that follows the lifecycle of the assets - in line with regulatory requirement for an 'assets and liabilities register' and also robust data set upon which to build strategies Led the business transformation programme to successfully create a data and documents ‘thread’ through the lifecycle of the assets accompanied with robust processes, procedures and monitoring. Led projects to secure properties against debt – circa. £1bn per year. Led the real estate due diligence aspect of a £2.9bn refinancing transaction which won “Corporate Finance Award” at the ACT Deals of the Year Awards 2017; Created and led a ‘Legal Treasury Group’ made up of housing associations across England and Wales to share expertise, common practices and to identify ways to streamline the process of securing properties against loans; Created and led a ‘Property Finance Working Group’ with leaders within the social housing sector, from law firms and valuers with a view to challenge the ‘norm’ in the sector and looking to identify solutions that benefit the sector; Successfully led negotiations with the Greater London Authority to secure a standard approach to points that negatively impacted the sector; Regular speaker at NHF Treasury and Finance Conferences Key tasks Led a team to provide advice and support, from board level to operations, on legal and regulatory matters with a focus on property transactions and secured debt Managed and instructed transactional work using external legal panel to ensure best quality of service and cost controls to budget



Devonshires

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Property Finance Solicitor

  • Mar 2006 - Jul 2008

  • Acted on behalf of Registered Providers drafting Certificates of Title and ensuring conditions precedent are met on a range of loans from £1m to £250m; • Acted on behalf of lenders on a range of loans reviewing Certificates of Title provided by Registered Providers' solicitors and preparing a due diligence report. • Deputised for the Securitisation Partner, covering a 6 month maternity leave. o Led and managed a team of 2 solicitors and 8 paralegals. o Prepared billing reports and ensured that the targets were met by the team every month. o Undertook Partner’s caseload. • Accountable for a caseload of 80 to 100 securitisation files and other property matters. • Represented the company at high-level client service review meetings. • Member of internal research group providing jargon free summaries on new case law and legislation and their effects on clients.