Peter Denton
Biography
Peter joined Homes England in August 2021. Prior to this, he was Chief Executive Officer of housing association The Hyde Group.
He has worked in a broad range of strategic leadership roles, amassing 30 years of pan-European real estate experience. Before joining the housing sector, Peter spent his earlier career in investment banking and then became a partner at global real estate investment management firm Starwood Capital. During his investment career, Peter deployed over €25 billion of capital and had significant exposure to investors and fundraising on a global scale, working as a ‘bridge’ between the public, private and third sector.
In addition, Peter has held senior EMEA real estate investment banking roles at BNP Paribas, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Eurohypo and WestImmo. He is also a non-executive Real Estate Investment Committee member at global investment company Eurazeo, a Council member and Chair of the Finance Committee at Marlborough College and a Global Trustee of the Urban Land Institute.
Chief Executive Officer
The Chief Executive, Homes England, leads the corporate executive directors in the management team, with responsibility for the management of the agency’s programmes including meeting targets set by government and the operation of core systems to support the agency’s work.
The Chief Executive is designated as Homes England’s Accounting Officer, accountable to parliament and others for the effectiveness and efficiency with which the agency discharges its functions.