Transparency data

Homes England board members' register of interests

Updated 7 October 2024

Applies to England

‘Any other interests’ are any other direct or indirect financial and non-financial interests, including those of close family members or people living in the same household.

‘Related parties’ include close members of the family of an individual, who are defined for the purposes of the standard as those family members, or members of the same household, who may be expected to influence, or be influenced by, that person in their dealings with the reporting entity. (Governance Manual 13.6 – March 2020)

Shareholdings are declared that are significant or relevant to the work of Homes England, either in terms of volume, value or the nature and dealings of the business, if the said shareholdings represent 3% or more of the share capital of the company concerned. (Governance Manual 13.4 – March 2020)

Peter Denton: Chief Executive

Term of office due to end	ex officio
Company directorships, public and private	Investment Committee Member of Eurazeo
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy	nil
Other public appointments	nil
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc	Chair of the Spitalfields Market Resident Association Member of Urban Land Institute UK Advisory Board Unremunerated NED position at Marlborough College
Shareholding	nil
Investment	Director of MPAC Management Ltd (pension), non-discretionary partnership interests in historic funds managed by Starwood Capital Group
Any other interests	nil

Peter Freeman CBE: Board Chair

Term of office due to end	22 October 2025
Company directorships, public and private	None
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy	None
Other public appointments	Member of the Board of the United Kingdom Holocaust Memorial Foundation Chair of Cambridge Delivery Group
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc	Trustee of the Holocaust Memorial Charitable Trust Trustee of the Iris and David Freeman Charitable Trust
Shareholding	Argent King’s Cross GP LLP King’s Cross Central General Partner (KCCGP) Ltd.
Any other interests	None

Duncan Sutherland

Term of office due to end	13 December 2024
Company directorships, public and private	City Spirit Regeneration (Salford) Ltd City Spirit Regeneration (non-trading) Inpartnership CS Ltd Liverpool Inpartnership 2007 Ltd Liverpool Inpartnership Ltd Peronne Ltd Burrell Inpartnership Ltd Solihull Inpartnership Ltd Blackburn Inpartnership Ltd Inpartnership (LP) Ltd Sigma Inpartnership Ltd
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy	None
Other public appointments	Advisory Board, Capital Investment Group, Department for Business and Trade Chair of the North of Tyne Housing and Land Board
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc	Chair, Southbank Sinfonia St John’s Smith Square, Southbank Sinfonia Foundation Trust
Shareholding	None
Any other interests	None

Stephen Bell

Term of office due to end	31 March 2024
Company directorships, public and private	None
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy	Chief Executive Officer for The Bank of London
Other public appointments	None
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc	None
Shareholding	Cullaun Capital
Any other interests	None

Sadie Morgan

Term of office due to end	30 August 2025
Company directorships, public and private	Director of dRMM Architects Non-Executive Director of Major Projects Association Director of Rumshott Estate Underriver Enterprises Limited Lithgow Investment Company Limited Chair of the New London Architecture sounding board
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy	dRMM Architects High Speed Two University of Westminster Queen’s University Belfast Sir Arthur Marshall Professorship in Sustainable Urban Design
Other public appointments	None
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc	Professor of Professional Practice, University of Westminster Commissioner, National Infrastructure Commission Design Panel Chair, High Speed Two Net Zero Buildings Council, Food Farming and Countryside Commission
Shareholding	dRMM Architects
Any other interests	None

Lord Ian Austin of Dudley

Term of office due to end	23 February 2025
Company directorships, public and private	Director, Olive Tree Campaigns and Communications Ltd (member’s own media and strategic consultancy company. Income from the provision of consultancy advice and media work in category 2 is paid through the company)
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy	Strategic Consultancy to RCL Partners (investment advisers and managers to the Richardson family) Chair of Midland Heart Housing Association, effective from September 2023 Occasional journalism and media work for newspapers including the Times, Telegraph, Daily Mail, the Sun and Sun on Sunday Columnist for The Jewish Chronicle Adviser to Hineni Capital
Other public appointments	Independent member of the House of Lords
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc	Corporation Member, Dudley College of Technology Member of the Advisory Board of Warwick Manufacturing Group Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Israel Member, Steering Committee of West Midlands Friends of Israel (grassroots group in the West Midlands promoting links between the UK and Israel) Member, National Express Foundation (provides grants to charities, community groups and educational bodies in areas where National Express operates) Honorary President, Holocaust Learning UK (registered charity educating school students about the Holocaust and its impact) President, West Mercia Scout County Chair, Aston Villa Benevolent Fund (in which capacity he is occasionally invited to attend football matches)
Shareholding	Olive Tree Campaigns and Communications Ltd
Investment	nil
Any other interests	Lord Austin has a leasehold flat, the freehold of which is owned by Notting Hill Genesis, which is a housing association Mrs Austin is a Community Housing Officer at Greensquare Accord, which is a housing association Brother-in-law Nick Bolton is Development Director at SNRG (which provides support to the construction sector on zero carbon) and Director of Electric Corby Community Interest Company

Mark Henderson

Term of office due to end	23 February 2025
Company directorships, public and private	nil
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy	Chief Executive at Home Group Limited and Member of Home board Member of Home in Scotland Limited board Director and Chair of Home Group Developments Limited Director and Chair of Home Group Repairs Partnership Director and Chair of North Housing Limited
Other public appointments	nil
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc	Director and Trustee of Whiteley Homes
Shareholding	nil
Investment	nil
Any other interests	nil

Patricia Ritchie CBE

Term of office due to end	23 February 2025
Company directorships, public and private	nil
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy	Retired as Chief Executive, Newcastle City Council in October 2021 Chair of Metro Dynamics, an economic consultancy that operates as an employee-owned trust
Other public appointments	Chair of Government Property Agency (GPA), sponsored by the Cabinet Office Chair of Newcastle University Council Advisory board member of National Leadership Centre sponsored by the Cabinet Office
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc	nil
Shareholding	nil
Investment	nil
Any other interests	nil

Lesley-Ann Nash

Term of office due to end	27 February 2025
Company directorships, public and private	Workspace Group plc St James’s Place plc London First
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy	nil
Other public appointments	nil
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc	Real Estate Balance Ltd
Shareholding	nil
Investment	nil
Any other interests	nil

Emma Fraser, MHCLG

Term of office due to end	2 October 2025
Company directorships, public and private	nil
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy	nil
Other public appointments	nil
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc	Trustee of Centrepoint
Shareholding	nil
Investment	nil
Any other interests	nil

Melanie Montanari, MHCLG

Term of office due to end	2 October 2025
Company directorships, public and private	nil
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy	nil
Other public appointments	nil
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc	Non-Executive Director of the Youth Futures Foundation
Shareholding	nil
Investment	nil
Any other interests	nil

Peter Vernon

Term of office due to end	16 May 2028
Company directorships, public and private	Director of Grosvenor Hart Homes (POC) Limited Director of Grosvenor Hart Homes Ltd
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy	Chair of Grosvenor Hart Homes (GHH)  Senior Advisor to Places for London
Other public appointments	nil
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc	Trustee of St Alfege Church, Greenwich, London
Investment	nil
Any other interests	nil

Cllr Abi Brown OBE

Term of office due to end	16 May 2028
Company directorships, public and private	Director of Brownwood LLP  Non-Executive Director, Local Government Association Non-Executive Director, Improvement & Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA)  Director, Localis Research Limited
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy	Owner of own consultancy (soletrader)
Other public appointments	Conservative Councillor, Stoke-on-Trent City Council  Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group at the Local Government Association  Chair of the LGA’s Improvement and Innovation Board  Member of the Conservative Party
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc	nil
Shareholding	nil
Investment	nil
Any other interests	Chief Operating Officer, SEN (partner)

Ros Kerslake

Term of office due to end	16 May 2028
Company directorships, public and private	Director of Baytree Group Ltd
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy	NED/Chair of the Remuneration Committee at Sanctuary Housing Association
Other public appointments	nil
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc	on-Executive Director for: University College of Estate Management Leeds Castle Foundation (Chair)/Vice-Chair Treasure Houses of England. Architectural Heritage Foundation (Chair) Re-Form Heritage (formerly The United Kingdom Historic Building Preservation Trust)
Shareholding	nil
Investment	nil
Any other interests	nil

Sir Oliver Letwin

Term of office due to end	16 May 2028
Company directorships, public and private	Director of Project for Peaceful Comp Limited
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy	Currently advising at Teneo and the Faraday Institution Former employee and Director of NM Rothschild
Other public appointments	Former Member of Parliament   Former special adviser in the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit  Has Chaired a number of reviews, including the Letwin Review of House Building (conducted on behalf of what was then MHCLG and HMT)
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc	nil
Shareholding	1 Ordinary Share of £1 in the capital Project for Peaceful Comp Limited (a not for profit Company, Limited by Guarantee)
Investment	nil
Any other interests	nil

David Cutter

Term of office due to end	16 May 2028
Company directorships, public and private	Moorlands Learning Trust (a multi academy)
Employment, remunerated profession or consultancy	Moorlands Learning Trust- pro bono
Other public appointments	nil
Offices in voluntary, non-profit making bodies etc	Trustee of Moorlands Leaming Trust and Chair of their Audit and Risk Committee
Shareholding	Holds 18,195 ordinary 1p shares Taylor Wimpey PLC (value c. £30k).
Investment	nil
Any other interests	nil