Alan has worked in conservation for 30 years, starting out at WWT before working across several areas in English Nature and subsequently Natural England. In his role as Natural England’s Chief Officer Strategy, he has developed tools to deliver the Environment Act including Biodiversity Net Gain and Local Nature Recovery Strategies.

Alistair has worked in the social housing sector for over fifteen years in a wide range of roles and organisations including most recently at Guiness as Director of External Affairs and Social Investment and previous spell at the NHF as Head of Policy. He also spent three years working in a customer-facing role as a Neighbourhood Manager and as Assistant Head of Neighbourhoods for Peabody. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Housing’s Policy Advisory Committee.

 Hashi Mohamed is a barrister at Landmark chambers specialising in all aspects of planning and environmental law, including housing, infrastructure, enforcement, development consent orders (DCO), and compulsory purchase work (CPO). He undertakes work on behalf of a diverse range of clients including housebuilders and major landowners, SMEs and individuals, as well as local planning authorities across England and Wales.

Hashi is a published author of two critically acclaimed books; People Like Us; What it Takes to Make it in Modern Britain (Profile Books, January 2020) and A Home of One’s Own: Why the Housing Crisis Matters (Profile Books, September 2022).

Kieran is Managing Director of Stack Data Strategy, a public opinion research firm using advanced statistics to help clients in the built environment understand how local attitudes to development vary at ward-level and below. Prior to running Stack, he spent a decade at YouGov, following a decade in central government advising senior Ministers on technology policy. 

Matthew Pennycook was appointed Minister of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 6 July 2024. He was elected as the MP for Greenwich and Woolwich in May 2015.

Minister of State (Minister for Housing and Planning)

- Planning reform and the National Planning Policy Framework (including legislation such as the Planning and Infrastructure Bill)
- Housing delivery including large-scale new settlements programme (New Towns)
- Brownfield Infrastructure Land and Housing Infrastructure Funds
- Housing supply strategy
- Homes England and Planning Inspectorate sponsorship
- HM Land Registry and land transparency
- Social housing
- Social and Affordable Homes Programme?
- Housing quality
- Private rented sector and Renters’ Rights Bill
- Leasehold and commonhold reform
- Planning casework