November 01st 2022
Change-Makers: ‘Better Homes & Living Standards - Levelling-Up London’
3.00pm - 7.00pm
Venue
Pinsent Masons
30 Crown Place, Earl Street
London
EC2A 4ES
£125.00 + VAT
Guest rate
£145.00 + VAT
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This timely Movers & Shakers Forum will open with a keynote presentation by Kelly Beaver MBE (Chief Executive, UK & Ireland, Ipsos UK); who will give us the ‘big picture’ perspective on Levelling-Up and what public opinion is on the Government’s plans to level-up the UK, and more specifically, London. Armed with the facts and figures…, we will look at what role the Property Industry can play in creating a capital city where ‘opportunity’ is more equally spread across its geographical landscape?
How can private and public sector better collaborate to achieve this ambition?
We welcome another expert panel of leaders from the private and public sector, to take history to task, and address disparity in terms of quality of life, homes, opportunities, skills, employment etc., across London. With a focus on the key issue of housing provision; how can we ‘level-up’ London: whilst growing productivity and supporting economic recovery across the UK? Has central Government got the plan right? Is investment heading in the right direction(s)? Are the Boroughs empowered and convinced that things are moving in the right direction?
Join us at our Forum on November 1st, to engage and debate these key issues; creating opinion and output to challenge and support, where necessary, the changes taking place. Limited to 100 places, to optimise the event’s networking value; we look forward to welcoming senior Industry and public sector individuals to an afternoon of sessions, followed by early-evening drinks and canapes overlooking London.
3.00pm – 3.30pm – Registration & Networking drinks
3.30pm – 5.30pm – Core Forum – In Main Auditorium
3.30pm – 3.45pm – Introduction (Movers & Shakers)
3.45pm – 4.05pm – Keynote Presentation – ‘Levelling-Up – the data; the opinion…’ – Kelly Beaver MBE – Chief Executive, Ipsos Mori UK
4.05pm – 4.25pm - Public Sector keynote – ‘Levelling-Up London – The Vision’ - Jules Pipe CBE - Deputy Mayor, Planning, Regeneration and Skills
4.25pm – 5.25pm - Panel session – ‘Building a Fair and Productive Capital City - The Private & Public sector jigsaw puzzle’
5.25pm – 5.30pm – Conclusion and content ends.
5.30 – 7.00pm – Drinks & Canapes – Networking Reception (over-looking London)
EVENT SPEAKERS
Cllr Darren Rodwell
Leader
London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
Darren has been Leader of Barking and Dagenham since 2014. He has served as Deputy Chair of London Councils, having been Executive Member for City Development and now as the Executive Member for Housing and Planning. In his current role he has promoted inward investment in the capital via Opportunity London and prioritised the delivery of affordable housing, addressing fire safety, tackling homelessness and reducing the use of temporary accommodation.
Darren is also a member of the Homes for Londoners Board, Arts Council England, the Arts Council for London and the Create London Board and, since May 2023 Chair of the LGA Local Infrastructure and Net Zero Board. He was awarded LGIU Leader of the Year Award in 2019. In 2021, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Education by Coventry University in recognition of his efforts to expand educational opportunities in Barking and Dagenham.
Kelly Beaver MBE
Chief Executive, UK and Ireland
Ipsos UK
Kelly Beaver MBE is Chief Executive of Ipsos in the UK and Ireland. She has been with Ipsos for over a decade and was previously Managing Director of Ipsos’s UK Public Affairs division which supports government clients to monitor and understand public opinion, behaviours and societal trends, design public services and policies, and to determine what works in achieving social and economic policy objectives.
Kelly has led a wide range of notable research programmes including the REACT study tracking COVID-19 prevalence across England, public attitudes work ranging from the use of evidence, Brexit and vaccines, through to a key piece of work with the Royal Foundation on the importance of the Early Years. Prior to joining Ipsos, Kelly held roles across various consultancies including PwC and KPMG and specialised in public policy evaluation.
Kelly holds several honorary positions external to Ipsos in academia and charities. She is passionate about the use of evidence in decision-making and her roles outside of Ipsos enable her to make a wider contribution to the social sciences discipline in promoting its use. She is a Fellow of the UK Academy for Social Sciences, a Board member for the Campaign for Social Science, a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at King’s College London and a Trustee for the Government What Works Centre for Early Intervention. She currently sits on the Advisory Panel for the Resolution Foundation’s ‘Economy 2030 Inquiry’.
Kelly is a regular commentator in the national press and broadcast media. She is experienced at presenting to senior audiences on public and business leader opinion and societal and consumer trends across a range of topics including trust, gender equality, employee engagement, leadership, and many others.
Kelly was awarded an MBE in June 2022 as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to academia, research and the COVID-19 response.
Catherine Raynsford
MD of Stock Acquisitions
L&G Affordable Homes
Catherine is responsible for L&G’s strategy to acquire large scale affordable housing portfolios. This strategy will drive the growth of the L&G Affordable Homes business, and at the same time will support not for profit Registered Providers looking to recapitalise via the sale of tenanted homes. The strategy will include acquiring homes in need of green retrofit, helping to accelerate positive environmental impact and improving customer outcomes by making homes warmer and less costly to run.
Catherine has over 20 years of sector experience. She was most recently a Director at The Hyde Group, where she led the establishment of an investment function and spearheaded their delivery of affordable housing in partnerships with institutional capital.
Her prior experience also includes a senior client-facing role at JLL and development and investment positions in housing providers.
Catherine is vice chair of the BPF’s Affordable Housing Committee and a member of the IPF’s Residential Special Interest Group.
Ben Denton
Chief Executive
L&G Affordable Homes
Ben is Chief Executive of Legal & General Affordable Homes and joined at the inception of the business in August 2018.
Ben has over 30 years of experience across housing design and development, regeneration and real estate. Ben joined Legal & General Affordable Homes from Sovereign Housing Association, the 6th largest housing association in the UK where he was Executive Director of Property and Development, responsible for sales and a development programme of 1,300 homes a year. Previous positions include Group Director of Strategy and Business Development at house builder Keepmoat, Executive Director of Growth, Planning and Housing at Westminster City Council, Director of Investment at First Base and was a Director and Executive Consultant for ABROS financial advisory and KPMG.
Additionally, Ben was previously Chair at Westminster Community Homes and held various Board and Committee positions at Thames Valley Housing Association.
Jules Pipe CBE
Deputy Mayor - Planning, Regeneration & Fire Services
Greater London Authority
Jules Pipe works on key priorities for the Mayor, including: implementation of the London Plan, major and community-led regeneration projects across the capital, building a skills system that properly addresses the needs of Londoners and the economy, and ensuring London’s infrastructure supports good growth.
Jules has unrivalled knowledge of London government, becoming the first directly elected mayor of Hackney in 2002 and serving as Chair of London Councils from 2010 until he joined the Mayor’s team in 2016.
Steve Hatton
Planning & Design Director
Weston Homes plc
Nicholle Kingsley
Head of London Planning Team
Pinsent Masons LLP
Nicholle is head of the London planning team at Pinsent Masons. Nicholle has extensive experience advising on all aspects of planning and environmental legal issues on a wide range of UK and international development and regeneration projects.
Jamie Lockerbie
Partner
Pinsent Masons LLP
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