mike ward

I lead the New Business directorate for Circle Housing Group. As well as our housing development function my remit covers our strategic asset portfolio work, known as 'Optimising Value Through Assets', housing transfers & new partnerships, regeneration, place-making and innovation. The latter has a particular focus on enabling and empowering people across our business to develop and hot-house their great ideas. I am vice-chairman and first UK board member of European Federation for Living, an action-focused network of housing, construction and academic organisations across Western Europe. My previous roles with the Group have included property sales, temporary housing, housing stock transfers and delivery of supported housing for people with various kinds of vulnerability.