Pete Gladwell

Group Managing Director, Public Investment
Legal & General

Pete leads the team who drive Legal & General’s investments in Productive Finance (which now total over £16bn); using L&G’s internal and external capital pools across lending and equity, including partnerships with other pension schemes and mastertrusts, to drive economic growth and positive social and environmental impact. His team are particularly focussed on investment with the public sector to deliver these outcomes, working closely with central government departments, local and combined authorities, Universities, and Housing Associations.

A former youth worker, Pete is heavily involved in local community projects in West London, an Honorary Professor at University College London, a Freeman of the City of London, a member of HM Treasury’s Social Impact Investment Advisory Group, on the Board of L&G Affordable Homes, and a Trustee of the Fairness Foundation.

Matt Jones

Director, Real Estate Finance
Santander Corporate & Commercial

Matt has over 30 years of experience in the banking industry, specialising in real estate finance across the North West for the last 17 years. Previously at RBS and Barclays, Matt joined Santander in 2013 and currently heads up the North West team, covering Manchester, Liverpool, Preston and North Wales. Matt has been involved in some of the region’s largest transactions, and brings unique experience of the challenges facing the senior debt market.

Lorraine Donnelly

Development Director
Your Housing Group

Lorraine has worked in a construction environment for more than 30 years, she is responsible for the delivery of the Group's Growth Strategy which will deliver 5,700 homes over the next 5 years.

Lorraine started her career in a busy estimating department for Balfour Beatty Civil Engineers in 1988. This early experience helped her to develop her love of working in a busy, thriving construction environment; so to land a job in the development team back in 1994, to mix construction and housing, was the start of her dream career for her.  During her 24 years working for the Group she has had a number of roles within the team, before taking up the role of Director of Development in the summer of 2015, with overall responsibility to deliver the growth aspirations and provide quality homes that we can be really proud of.

When she’s not on site … Lorraine spends lots of time with her family and friends, she loves visiting places to tick off her bucket list, but more importantly is a season ticket holder at Everton FC.