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Paul Smith

Paul Smith

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Paul Smith is widely respected within local government and the housing sector. A Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Housing, Paul has over 30 years’ experience in housing. He is currently Group Chief Executive at Elim Housing Group.

Paul was formerly the Cabinet Member for Housing at Bristol City Council, and Member for Central Ward. His other previous roles include Executive Director of Placeshapers, Regional Manager at the National Housing Federation, Chief Executive of Housing Potential UK, and senior positions at two housing associations. Paul also sits on the Housing Ombudsman Advisory Panel and is a member of the board of Connexus Housing Group.

In his role as Cabinet Member for Housing at Bristol City Council, Paul had responsibility for delivering the Mayor’s ambitious housing strategy to deliver 2,000 new homes per annum. Alongside radically increasing house building in the city, Paul also over-saw the Council’s stock of 27,500 homes, and spearheaded Bristol’s drive to prevent and reduce homelessness.

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Charlie Murphy
Account Manager (Planning)
Charlotte Platten
Associate Director (Local Government Affairs)
Chris Tinker
Non-Executive Director
Dan Humphreys
Managing Director (Public Affairs)
Duncan Flynn
Senior Director (Planning)
Hanna Jarvi
Operations Manager
Harriet Shone
Senior Director (Public Sector)
Imogen Spencer-Dale
Senior Account Manager (Communities and Placemaking)
Jake Shepherd
Account Manager (Planning)
James Goldstone
Director (London Planning)
Jenny Cooper
Associate Director (Communities and Placemaking)
Julian Seymour
Deputy CEO, Managing Director (Planning and Communities)
Kim Heilbron
Financial Controller & Company Secretary
Louise Hingley
Associate Director (Planning)
Marcus Stanway-Williams
Account Manager (Communities)
Matt Spencer
Account Director (Planning)
Nick Kilby
Chief Executive Officer
Nicola Richards
Director (Public Affairs)
Osman Dervish
Associate Director (London Planning)
Peter Banks
Marketing and Operations Director
Robert Delaney
Client Finance Controller
Sam Carmichael
Account Director (Advocacy)
Sarah McKee
Managing Director (Corporate Communications)
Sharon Sherfield
Finance Assistant & People Administrator
Sukhpal Garcha
Senior Account Executive (Public Affairs)
Sydney Kwok
Account Executive (Planning)