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Browse our experts below and contact the media team to explore the opportunities further.
From housing to health, we have a range of media-friendly experts ready to speak on some of today’s most pressing issues. Whether it’s a story on sustainability, a feature on affordability or a comment on care, our knowledgeable and passionate people are here to help.
Our executive team
Mark Henderson, Chief Executive
Mark has 30 years’ experience in regeneration and business support and is passionate about placing customers at the heart of everything we do. He has worked at chief executive level across local authorities, regional development agencies and housing.
Specialisms: Mark can talk across all housing related issues.
Rachael Byrne, Executive Director of Models of Care
Rachael has 25 years’ experience in supported housing and an absolute passion for what it takes to support customers at all levels. She has overall responsibility for over 600 supported housing projects nationwide.
Specialism: Complex care, learning disabilities, mental health, extra care, ageing, integrating housing and social care, complex needs, older people.
Will Gardner, Executive Director of Asset and Development
Will is passionate about quality design and has been instrumental in delivering some amazing developments for Home Group. He has been delivering regeneration in London and the south for more than 15 years.
Specialisms: Development, planning, leasehold, regeneration, sales
Nusheen Hussain, Executive Director, Customers and Communities.
Nusheen handles everything relating to customers and communities at Home Group. Previously, Nusheen was Executive Director of Business Development within the organisation so brings a wealth of experience and depth to the role.
Specialisms: Customer promise, customer engagement, housing and communities, housing and support, operations, leasehold, Home Group Scotland.
Helen Meehan, Chief Financial Officer
Helen has worked in finance for a number of top firms, including PwC. She joined Home group in 2015 as Director of Risk and Assurance and has quickly risen up the ranks.
Specialisms: Finance, risk, assurance, treasury, investor relations, financial planning and analysis, auditing, legal.
Paul Walker, Executive Director of Repairs and Maintenance
Paul has a wealth of experience in senior management across the energy, public transport and social housing sectors. Paul's focus is on the delivery of consistent and reliable customer experience and providing operational excellence.
Specialisms: Responsive repairs, void properties, planned maintenance/asset investment, delivery, safety and compliance.
Our health, care and support team
Rachael Byrne, Executive Director of Models of Care
Rachael has 25 years’ experience in supported housing and an absolute passion for what it takes to support customers at all levels. She has overall responsibility for over 600 supported housing projects nationwide.
Specialism: Complex care, learning disabilities, mental health, extra care, ageing, integrating housing and social care, complex needs, older people.
Lindsay Courtney, head of clinical practice
Lindsay is determined to deliver innovative solutions to complex health and social care needs. She works to promote independence through rehabilitation and reablement and to embed assistive technology in service design. Lindsay is a qualified and registered occupational therapist and was a university lecturer for several years.
Specialisms: Extra care, community wellbeing, aging, frailty, older people, complex needs, occupational therapy, dementia, assistive technology, reablement, rehabilitation and social care.
Lesley Bainbridge, clinical expert in physical health
Lesley is a nurse and midwife and has spent her career specialising in the care of older people. She is passionate about ensuring that those with complex needs can enjoy the best quality of life possible. She has worked in both provider and commissioning services and is committed to embedding evidence, evaluation, data and research. Lesley has built a national profile as a nurse and specialist in older people’s care.
Specialisms: Whole person care, whole system care, frailty, complex needs, evidence and evaluation.
Our development team
Will Gardner, Executive Director of Asset and Development
Will is passionate about quality design and has been instrumental in delivering some amazing developments for Home Group. He has been delivering regeneration in London and the south for more than 15 years.
Specialisms: Development, planning, leasehold, regeneration, sales.
Our customer engagement, safety and maintenance experts
Paul Walker, Executive Director of Repairs and Maintenance
Paul has 20 years business experience across the utilities, public transport and social housing sectors. Having successfully developed and led large operational teams, including RWE Npower’s domestic care and maintenance teams, Paul took up his current role in March 2019. He is responsible for all property maintenance, including responsive repairs, delivery of planned maintenance programmes, turnaround of void properties, ensuring components are safe and compliant, and Home Group’s customer service centre.
Specialisms: operational change and excellence, property maintenance, customer experience and engagement, safety and statutory compliance.
Our experts in Scotland
Karen Wolstencroft , head of service delivery in Scotland
Having studied Social Policy at University, Karen has worked in social housing since 1994. She began her career as a Housing Management Trainee for Dundee City Council and has specialised in Housing Management. She continued to work in this area of housing when she moved to Home Group over 13 years ago and now supports colleagues across Scotland to deliver an excellent service to social rent, mid-market rent and factored customers.
Specialisms: Knowledge of Scottish regulatory and legislative requirements.
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The scale of the net zero challenge is immense, but not beyond our reach. However, it is going to take a truly collaborative effort if we are to achieve our aims
Mark Henderson | Chief executive
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