Jamie Ratcliff

Chief Communities & Sustainability Officer
SNG

Jamie sits on SNG’s Executive Board with responsibility for establishing a £100m community foundation, communications and political engagement, impact reporting and a new centre of excellence for research & innovation. He worked for predecessor organisation Network Homes, latterly as Executive Director of People, Partnerships, Sustainability & Technology where he oversaw high levels of colleague engagement and customer satisfaction. He has nearly 20 years’ experience working at a senior level in housing at local, national and regional levels, including commencing the Stirling Prize winning Goldsmith St development and being responsible for housing for the current and previous Mayors of London. He has overseen the completion of affordable homes for over 150,000 people, implemented significant organisational and cultural change, personally negotiated multi-billion-pound affordable housing settlements, coordinated strategy, political and media engagement for the G15 largest London housing associations and successfully launched the UK’s first publicly available database of criminal landlords. Jamie is a proud father of two mischievous children and a passionate Norwich City fan.

Graeme Craig

Director & Chief Executive
Places for London

Graeme is the Chief Executive of Places for London, the company responsible for the management and development of Transport for London’s (TfL’s) commercial property estate across the capital. Places for London is wholly owned by TfL. Places for London’s portfolio comprises some £2bn of assets, with over 2,000 commercial tenancies, including over 1,000 retail units in and around London’s stations and High Streets and over 850 railway arches. 95 per cent of Places for London’s tenants are Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, making Places for London one of the most important supporters of new business in London. Over the next decade, Places for London will start building 20,000 homes in a multi-£bn programme that will see high-amenity, mid-density, low-carbon homes delivered in dozens of sites across London. Work has already started on sites delivering more than 3,350 homes, with a further 800 homes already completed. Places for London is taking forward this programme with partners including Ballymore, Barratt London, Delancey, Grainger, Native Land and Notting Hill Genesis. Places for London is targeting 50 per cent affordable housing on average across its developments.

Chris Grigg

Chief Executive
British Land

Chris Grigg is chief executive of British Land, a constituent of the FTSE100. Since taking the role in 2009, he has put placemaking, wellbeing and design excellence at the heart of British Land’s approach to real estate. This is summed up in the company’s strategic focus on creating “Places People Prefer”. Aligned to the corporate strategy, British Land’s sustainability activity addresses major social trends and benefits over 35,000 people every year. British Land’s portfolio, which covers approximately 25 million sq ft, includes three office-led campuses in central London and retail-led assets across the UK. Prior to joining British Land, Chris was Chief Executive of Barclays Commercial Bank and a partner at Goldman Sachs. He is a Non-Executive Director of BAE Systems plc and is on the Executive Board of the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA).

Sherin Aminossehe

Chief Operating Officer
Government Property Unit

Sherin Aminossehe is current Head of the Government Property Unit (GPU), and Head of the Government Property Profession, a network of 2,000 members with responsibility for property-related activities across the Civil Service. Established in 2010 as part of the Cabinet Office, GPU has oversight over all government land and property, working across the Civil Service to create an effective and efficient government estate, disposing of surplus property in a way that maximises financial return, boosts growth and creates new homes. As Chief Operating Officer of GPU, Sherin established the now national One Public Estate (OPE) initiative with the Local Government Association, bringing together local and central government assets for the first time. She is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and member of the Royal institute of British Architects (RIBA). In her previous career as an architect, Sherin was a Vice President of the global design firm HOK, leading large master planning, rationalisation and regeneration projects across the world from Jeddah, to St. Petersburg, to Bolton.

Gary Ennis

Managing Director for London & Southern Region
Barratt Developments plc

Gary joined the

Barratt Group in 1995 and was appointed Managing Director of Barratt North London in July 2003. In January 2006 he became Regional Managing Director of our Southern Region, and in December 2016 he was appointed as Regional Managing Director of the new London and Southern Region.