Residential Secure Income plc

Significant knowledge of public service finances and reform and a strong background in public financial management and governance.

Presently Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy (CIPFA) and previously Chief Executive of UK Border Agency (UKBA), Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA), and London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. He previously held various positions in the London Borough of Lewisham from 1996-2005, latterly as Director of Resources and Deputy Chief Executive.

He has been a technical adviser to the board of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) in New York since 2013.

Rob was educated at the University of Essex where he gained a BA (Hons) in Economics and Government and is a qualified chartered public finance accountant (CPFA).

Extensive business experience, including experience in debt finance and capital markets.

Robert has held roles at J.P. Morgan, HSBC Markets Limited and HSBC Investment Bank in London working initially as Managing Director in Global Capital Markets and subsequently as Vice Chairman for Client Development. Robert was also Chairman, Debt Finance & Advisory at HSBC Bank plc. As Director and Chair of the Overseas Promotion Committee of TheCityUK Robert served as financial services sector adviser to the UK Minister for Trade & Investment.

He was Chairman of the International Primary Market Association and Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Regulatory Policy Committee of the International Capital Market Association.

Educated at Sherborne School and St. John’s College, Cambridge University where he gained a MA (Hons) in History.

Previously the Chief Executive of Hyde Group, the G15 Housing Association with over 50,000 properties providing housing to 100,000 residents, a position she held for five years until 2019. During this time Elaine oversaw the establishment of a five-year development pipeline of 11,000 homes and the launch of several innovative partnerships with housebuilders, contractors, local authorities and other housing associations. Elaine also previously worked in the construction and government services sectors; and worked for some years at Serco.

Elaine is involved in the government’s Building Safety Programme, including as a member of the Industry Safety Standards Steering Group.

Elaine was educated at Southampton University, where she gained a civil engineering degree and holds an MBA from Imperial College London.

David is an experienced leader in both executive and non-executive roles. He has over 30 years’ experience in Chief Executive roles, most recently at the National Housing Federation. He is Chair of Clarion Housing Association, is a previous President of Housing Europe and previous Chair of Reall, an international development housing charity. He is also chair of The Good Home Inquiry, co-chair of #Housing 2030, a joint project for Housing Europe and UNECE, and a member of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Housing, Church and Community Commission. David frequently speaks on the challenge of optimistic leadership and the critical importance of governance. He has wide ranging media experience, is a well-regarded commentator and blogger and has extensive expertise navigating the world of politics and government. In June 2018 David was awarded a CBE.

Mark is the Executive Director of ReSI Housing and ReSI Homes.

He joined Gresham House in March 2020 following the acquisition of TradeRisks. Before joining ReSI Housing, Mark spent 12 years as a Chief Executive of Circle Housing Group, a 65,000-unit housing association, before merging it into the Clarion Group, the largest housing association in the UK. Prior to that, Mark held Chief Executive roles at Anglia Housing Group and Nene Housing Society.

He has 38 years’ social housing experience and has been a member of the Chartered Institute of Housing since 1986.

Gillian brings to ReSI Homes over 30 years of housing and housing finance expertise, with a focus on policy development within the framework of regulatory standards.

She served as the Non-Executive Director for The Housing Finance Corporation from 2006 – 2012, where she was heavily involved in business strategy, financial policy and governance. This overlapped with her role as the Head of Private Finance at the former social housing regulator, the Homes & Communities Agency, where for 13 years she was responsible for relationships with lenders, investors, advisers, and credit rating agencies operating in the social housing sector. She has also been an authority on all aspects of social housing finance policy, including advising government departments, focusing on areas of regulatory standards, and being responsible for social housing sector guidance on treasury management.

Sandra has a strong background in social housing with over 30 years experience as a senior leader in the sector, most recently as Chief Executive of Octavia Housing. She has held Executive leadership roles within some of the countries largest housing associations and with local authority arms length management organisations (ALMOs), leading on housing and property management.

Sandra is an experienced non-executive having held roles in housing associations, the private sector and financial services.

She is currently a board member of MHS Homes, the largest independent social landlord in the UK, and is Chair of Heart of Medway Homes, a register subsidiary of MHS Homes. She is a Board member of Earnz PLC, an AIM listed energy services company supporting the journey to net zero and former non executive board associate at Principality Building society.

Sandeep joined Gresham House in December 2022 and leads the finance function for the Housing strategy, encompassing the full suite of financial reporting and analysis.

Sandeep has over 15 years of senior finance experience spanning financial control, valuations, product control and finance business partnering, to board and executive committee level, playing an active role in the delivery of strategic objectives.

During 10 years on the sell-side, Sandeep led and worked in teams which realised significant income opportunities and cost savings. In five years on the buy-side, Sandeep led a finance team implementing a finance operating model to facilitate the scale of a listed commercial real estate investment trust from IPO to a £1.2 bn market capitalisation.

Sandeep is a Fellow Member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.