Strategy Committee

Ben Denton
Chief Executive
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.
Ben was previously Chair at Westminster Community Homes and held various Board and Committee positions at Thames Valley Housing Association.
In addition, Ben Denton holds the following responsibilities on behalf of Legal & General Affordable Homes’ Registered Providers:
– Health & Safety Lead
– Regulator of Social Housing’s Consumer Standards Lead
– Member responsible for Complaints, as required under the Housing Ombudsman’s Complaint Handling Code

Shaun Holdcroft
Chief Growth Officer
Shaun Holdcroft worked in the affordable housing sector for the past eighteen years. He joined Legal & General Affordable Homes from settle. As Executive Director, he was in charge of all services to customers and property, looking after 200 staff and c.£50m of revenue.
Prior to this, he was Director of Resident Services London and Commercial Portfolios at Hyde Housing Group and Head of Housing at Southwark Council. Alongside a track record of establishing strong performing teams, he has eight years’ experience working at boardroom level.

Chris Hewitt
Chief Investment Officer
Chris has extensive experience in asset management, investments and structured finance, having previously roles as Chief Financial Officer at Heylo Housing, an affordable housing investment business of over 5,000 homes, Investor Relations Director at Target Fund Managers and Associate Director of Fund Investments at Bank of Scotland.
Chris will work as a key business partner to LGAH’s Chief Executive, Ben Denton.

Nicky Blakeman
Director of Governance, Policy and Strategic Projects
Nicky is a chartered company secretary with 15 years’ experience in housing and PLC governance and risk, and joined LGAH after working as the Company Secretary for Legal & General Capital and Legal & General Asset Management.
Nicky has 16 years’ experience in the affordable housing sector, working in both governance and operational roles including PFI project management, regeneration management, customer engagement and business improvement.