Appointed 16 June 2025

Richard is a retired Chartered Surveyor who was formerly Head of UK Residential Valuation at JLL, a leading, global firm of property advisers. He has 30 years’ experience as a specialist valuer and property adviser in the social housing sector, as well as wide experience across other residential asset classes and commercial property.

Richard also has over 25 years’ experience as a housing association board member. He has recently served as a board member of Watford Community Housing Trust, and Chair of its private development company, Clarendon Living Limited. He is a past Chair of Richmond Housing Partnership in south west London; a past Vice Chair of Anchor Hanover Group, the UK’s largest not-for-profit provider of older persons’ housing and care; and a past Chair of Dolphin Living Limited, based in Westminster.