The Housing Community Summit

Kieran Colgan has worked in housing for more than 20 years, managing services including repairs and improvement, and private sector housing.

He spent almost 10 years at the Audit Commission and has particular expertise in asset management, strategy and good governance. Kieran is passionate about providing housing that helps residents build better lives. Outside work, do not get in a car with him unless you are prepared to listen to music from the 1980s.

Kieran is speaking alongside Helen Scurr in the session ‘Regulating the Sector: What We Know So Far’ at 2.50pm in Theatre 2: ‘Housing management & communities’ on 9th of September.

Helen Scurr is an experienced housing practitioner and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Housing, who has influenced housing policy and practice as a Trustee on the CIH National Council.

She is an experienced Non-Executive Director previously with the Chair of the Chartered Institute of Housing West Midlands Board, Academy 4 Housing in London and recently Access Training East Midlands.

Helen is speaking alongside Kieran Colgan in the session ‘Regulating the Sector: What We Know So Far’ at 2.50pm in  Theatre 2: ‘Housing management & communities’ on 9th of September.

Helen is also speaking alongside John Paterson and Tim West in the session ‘Regeneration – the resident engagement never stops’ in Theatre 2: House Management & Communities at 2.40pm on 10th of September.

Leon Storer has more than 30 years experience across the social housing sector in key areas of partnership and collaborative working, namely strategic property asset management, decarbonisation, compliance, planned and reactive maintenance, contract procurement, risk management, major capital investment, regeneration and facilities management.

He is highly experienced in delivering transformational change to strategic business planning and performance with organisations utilising in-house maintenance teams, external supply chain partners or a combination of both.

Leon is chairing the session ‘Managing Existing Homes Now and In the Future’ at 2.40pm in Upper level: Room 3B on 9th of September.

Kirsty Wells is an experienced housing professional with a career spanning 28 years. The last 25 of these have been with national membership organisations in Scotland and the UK; most recently she was the Director of Consultancy with Housemark.

Kirsty’s passion and expertise lies in housing policy and tenant and resident influence. Kirsty is the inaugural Chair of Women in Social Housing (WISH) in Scotland and previously served eight years as a CIH Scotland board member.

Kirsty is Chairing the early doors session ‘Professionalising the Sector: not a tick box exercise’ at 8.10am in  Upper level: Room 4 on 10th of September.

 Paul O’Callaghan has a wealth of experience in the Housing sector.

Most recently, Paul was responsible for securing and delivering consultancy projects at Housemark. Prior to this, Paul was the Customer Experience and Strategy Director at Aster Group, a large housing association in the Southwest of England. His extensive previous experience includes roles with Peabody, Harrow Council, Haringey Council, Tower Hamlets Homes, The Guinness Partnership, Midland Heart, and Birmingham City Council.

Paul’s specialisms include housing operations, strategy and policy development, service design, performance management, contact centre management, complaints, resident engagement, and regulatory compliance.

Paul is welcoming visitors to Day 2 of The Housing Community Summit in Theatre 2: Housing management & communities at 9.15am on 10th September.

John Paterson is an experienced housing professional with excellent skills in strategic and business planning, housing market analysis, development and regeneration, appraisal and viability, and supported housing.

An ARK Consultancy founder, he was previously a housing association Chief Executive and Director of a national housebuilder. A strong leader and communicator, John retains a real commitment to housing’s role in tackling social disadvantage.

John is speaking alongside Helen Scurr and Tim West in the session ‘Regeneration – the resident engagement never stops’ in Theatre 2: House Management & Communities at 2.40pm on 10th of September.

Tim West has a worked within the housing field, primarily in development and regeneration for over 25 years, both within the public and private sectors.

His initial experience came from being heavily involved in the Marsh Farm, Luton regeneration as part of the New Deal for Communities funding of the early 2000s whilst working for Luton Borough Council.

This experience helped create a strong interest in community cohesion and sustainability which has stayed with him throughout his future career with Housing Associations and private contractors.

Tim is Chairing the session ‘Regeneration – the resident engagement never stops’ alongside speakers John Paterson and Helen Scurr in Theatre 2: House Management & Communities at 2.40pm on 10th of September.