Board members
Ian Peters
Ian Peters is Chair of Legal & General Affordable Homes Limited. In his executive career he gained extensive management expertise in a range of energy and financial service positions. As Chief Executive of British Gas he initiated the roll out of the UK’s largest smart meter network and shaped the consumer facing “Connected Homes” technology including Hive. He held various positions at NatWest including Head of Retail Marketing and Sales.
Ian is also Chair of the UK Health Security Agency, a new government agency responsible for protecting the public from all health hazards including the pandemic, overseeing its creation and restructuring. He chairs a number of small, growth technology, sustainability, and social impact companies and he is a trustee of the Canal & River Trust. He was previously Chair at Bart’s Health NHS Trust as well as Vice Chair of the Peabody Trust where he led the merger of Family Mosaic with Peabody to create one of London’s largest housing associations.
Kevin Gould
Kevin Gould is a chartered accountant with 30 years’ experience in financial services and consulting, focussing on governance, risk, and audit. He worked as Chief Internal Auditor at the International Bank of Qatar and later led Internal Audit’s strategic initiatives and support operations at the Royal Bank of Scotland. He now provides consulting and advisory services, primarily relating to sustainability and ESG risk, and is vice chair of the Independent Decision-Making Body of the Bar Standards Board.
Kevin is a non-executive director and Chair of Audit and Risk Committee for both Grand Union Housing Group, a 12,500-home provider, and Look Ahead Care & Support. He is also a member of the Board of Governors at Staffordshire University, where he chairs the Sustainability & Resources Committee. He previously served as a non-executive director at Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, a Specialist NHS foundation trust, where he also chaired the Audit Committee
Sarah Melinek
Sarah is an Independent Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director of Legal & General Affordable Homes and joined the Board in November 2020.
Sarah has over 25 years’ experience in operational and customer focused roles both in the UK and internationally across the telecommunications, utilities and financial services sectors for organisations serving millions of customers. Sarah has expertise as a Consultant and Director in transforming customer experience and customer service, embedding customer needs at the heart of business decision making, reducing customer effort and bringing the voice of the customer into the board room.
Sarah has a degree in French and Spanish from the University of Exeter.
Kathryn Davis
Kathryn Davis spent 26 years (17 of them as a corporate/commercial partner) with city law firm Slaughter and May. During her legal career she advised clients from a variety of sectors, primarily FTSE 100/250 companies, across a wide range of practice areas including public and private M&A, commercial contracts, debt financing, equity and debt capital markets, regulatory enquiries, insolvency situations and general corporate advice.
Kathryn is an external member of the University of Oxford’s Audit and Scrutiny Committee, where she is the lead member for Counter Fraud and Health & Safety. She is a non-executive director, Deputy Chair of Council and Chair of the Estates Committee at the Girls’ Day School Trust, a large educational charity and the UK’s leading family of 25 independent girls’ schools, including two academies.
Kathryn is a Visiting Senior Fellow in Practice at LSE Law School, where she delivers commercial awareness and negotiation skills workshops to students. She also recruits and mentors trainee solicitors on a consultancy basis for innovative legal training provider, Accutrainee.
Kathryn was formerly a non-executive director at G15 housing association Metropolitan Thames Valley where she was Chair of Treasury Committee and a member of Group Audit and Risk Committee, roles which she also fulfilled at one of its predecessor organisations, Thames Valley Housing.
Ben Denton
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.
Ben Denton is also the Health & Safety Lead for Legal & General Affordable Homes.
Simon Gadd
Simon is a non-executive director of the LGAH RPs. After a 38 year career at L&G, Simon now acts as an executive advisor to L&G Group Executive team, divisional and subsidiary boards and mentors a range of future leaders.
Simon’s many previous roles included Group Climate Change Director, Group Chief Risk Officer from 2013 to 2021, and leading several different businesses within the Legal & General Group, including the Retail Protection business, Group Protection business and as MD of Annuities from 2006 – 2012.
Simon is also a non-executive Director of the Pension Protection Fund.
Pete Gladwell
After an erstwhile life as a Youth Worker, Pete joined Legal & General in 2007, launching a new generation of property funds focussed on liability matching and Defined Contributions pension schemes, and L&G’s partnerships with NEST and PGGM, which total over £5bn. In 2015, Pete moved to lead L&G’s investments with the Public Sector – including the Cabinet Office, Combined & Local Authorities, NHS, Housing Associations and Universities – which now total over £6bn.
Pete continues to lead on public sector investments, as part of a broader remit to identify and drive strategic investments and initiatives through which L&G can use its resources to benefit society. This includes L&G’s partnership with Sir Michael Marmot to address health inequality.
Pete holds an MA from Brasenose College, Oxford in Computation, the IMC, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and Honorary Professor at University College London.
Pete is heavily involved in local community projects in Harlesden, west London and a Trustee of the Fairness Foundation, the Institute of Community Studies, and the Young Foundation, which works to create a more equal and just society through social innovation.
Register of Board Members’ Interests
Legal & General Directorships
Legal & General Affordable Homes
Limited Legal & General Affordable Homes (Development 3) Limited
Legal & General Affordable Homes (Capital) Limited
Legal & General Affordable Homes (AR) LLP
Legal & General Affordable Homes (SO) LLP
Other Directorships
Agility Impact Holdings Limited
Jordan TopCo Limited / IMServ
Canal & River Trust
UK Health Security Agency
Friends of Peterhouse Limited
Clef House Limited
Sagacity Solutions Limited
Other Interests
None
Connected Persons’ Interests
None
Legal & General Directorships
Legal & General Affordable Homes Limited
Legal & General Affordable Homes (Development 3) Limited
Legal & General Affordable Homes (Capital) Limited
Legal & General Affordable Homes (AR) LLP
Legal & General Affordable Homes (SO) LLP
Legal & General Affordable Homes (Operations) Limited
Other Directorships
EM Devco Limited
Other Interests
None
Connected Persons’ Interests
Ben’s wife is a partner of Gowling LLP
Legal & General Directorships
Legal & General Affordable Homes Limited
Legal & General Affordable Homes (Development 3) Limited
Legal & General Affordable Homes (Capital) Limited
Legal & General Affordable Homes (AR) LLP
Legal & General Affordable Homes (SO) LLP
Other Directorships
Sharpthorne Services Ltd
Grand Union Housing Group
Look Ahead Care and Support
Centre for Alternative Technology Charity Ltd
Other Interests
Staffordshire University – Independent member of the Board of Governors
Connected Persons’ Interests
None
Legal & General Directorships
Legal & General Affordable Homes
Limited Legal & General Affordable Homes (Development 3) Limited
Limited Legal & General Affordable Homes (Development 4) Limited
Limited Legal & General Affordable Homes (Investment 1) Limited
Limited Legal & General Affordable Homes (Investment 2) Limited
Limited Legal & General Affordable Homes (Investment 3) Limited
Legal & General Affordable Homes (Capital) Limited
Legal & General Affordable Homes (AR) LLP
Legal & General Affordable Homes (SO) LLP
Legal & General Home Finance Limited
Other Directorships
Pension Protection Fund (PPF)
Other Interests
None
Connected Persons’ Interests
None
Legal & General Directorships
Legal & General Affordable Homes Limited
Legal & General Affordable Homes (Development 3) Limited
Legal & General Affordable Homes (Capital) Limited
Legal & General Affordable Homes (AR) LLP
Legal & General Affordable Homes (SO) LLP
Other Directorships
Langley Place Residents Management Company Limited
CX Transformation Limited
Other Interests
None
Connected Persons’ Interests
Sarah’s daughter is an Operational Restructuring Manager at PwC
Legal & General Directorships
Legal & General Affordable Homes Limited
Legal & General Affordable Homes (Development 3) Limited
Legal & General Affordable Homes (Capital) Limited
Legal & General Affordable Homes (AR) LLP
Legal & General Affordable Homes (SO) LLP
Other Directorships
Fairness Foundation – Trustee
Other Interests
None
Connected Persons’ Interests
None
Legal & General Directorships
Legal & General Affordable Homes Limited
Legal & General Affordable Homes (Development 3) Limited
Legal & General Affordable Homes (Capital) Limited
Legal & General Affordable Homes (AR) LLP
Legal & General Affordable Homes (SO) LLP
Other Directorships
The Girls’ Day School Trust – Trustee, NED and Deputy Chair of Council
Other Interests
University of Oxford – External Member of the Audit and Scrutiny Committee
London School of Economics – Consultancy role
Accutrainee Ltd – Consultancy role
Connected Persons’ Interests
None
Register of interests published here as a member of the Risk & Audit Committee
Legal & General Directorships
Legal & General Holdings No.2 Limited
Other Directorships
None
Other Interests
None
Connected Persons’ Interests
Simon’s son is employed by BDO as a trainee accountant.
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