Danielle Gillespie

With over 20 years in the housing sector, Danielle's career spanned private consultancy, a national Housing Association and a Regeneration Pathfinder before joining Homes England. She now leads the Agency's activities in the North West as Executive Regional Director working in partnership with leaders and industry partners to help build more homes, improve affordability and create a more resilient and diverse housing market.

Danielle advised the New Towns Taskforce and has also overseen the deployment of the £1bn Brownfield Infrastructure Land Fund. She currently represents Homes England on Stockport Town Centre Mayoral Development Corporation and is a director with the ECF, Homes England’s joint regeneration venture with Muse and Legal & General.

Danielle holds a first-class honours degree in Economics and an MBA in Urban Regeneration and steps from big picture strategy development to the fine grain of a development appraisal with ease. Her real passion though, is making delivery happen on the ground; but in a more joined-up way which fully exploits the interplay between housing, transport, economy and the social benefits that can be realised for communities.