Eamon has over 46 years’ experience in housing, having started at the Greater London Council in 1977. He then worked for the London Boroughs of Brent, Hillingdon, Barnet and Islington.

Eamon was appointed Chief Executive of Homes for Islington in 2004 and retained that position until March 2012. During that period, he was responsible for the management of 35,000 homes.

Eamon is now an independent consultant and is currently Managing Director of the National Federation of ALMOs which is the trade body for all ALMO’s.

He is also Chair of the Barnet Group and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Housing and the Chartered Management Institute.

Halisha joined housing through a graduate scheme in development following completing a degree in City and Regional Planning. Alongside working as a Development Manager at Homes England, Halisha is also a Board Member for Brighter Futures Housing. Halisha believes that “Housing is more than bricks and mortar, our jobs are about providing a safe, secure home and new life opportunities to allow our residents to thrive”. Halisha lobbies to make housing a career of choice for the next generation and to increase the diversity of voices heard within the sector. Halisha’s passion for the sector drove her to volunteer for CIH Futures and become the first PoC Chair, a role in which she supported the launch of a groundbreaking survey targeted at young housing professionals to give them a voice.

Sarah Dunkerley CIHM has been the director of membership and professional development at the Chartered Institute of Housing since April 2019. With a passion for vocational education and professional development, throughout her career Sarah has been involved in delivering, developing and quality assuring qualifications and standards across a range of occupational areas – from energy efficiency to procurement and supply. Prior to joining CIH, Sarah held various roles in the further education, awarding and professional body sector, always striving to achieve valuable opportunities for individuals to improve and progress in their career.

Emma joined Golden Lane Housing in April 2025 as Director of Business Services, overseeing the Marketing and Communications, IT, Governance and Risk and People and Culture services. Emma has previously worked across a variety of not-for-profit sectors, specifically in housing for the past 10 years. She has held different leadership roles and has operational and strategic experience, her most recent role before joining Golden Lane Housing being Director of Integration and Transformation. She also holds a degree in Leadership and Management and is a Chartered Marketer. She is committed to continuing her professional development has gained a Strategic Project Programme Management Diploma, and certified Level C Project Manager status, with the Institute of Project Management.

Emma is passionate about the housing sector and helping to build and sustain fantastic communities and homes that people love to live in. She is excited to see how Golden Lane Housing can use recent and upcoming change in regulation and legislation to strengthen its data driven decisions and drive positive engagement, satisfaction and change for our tenants.

With over three years as a Learning Experience Designer at Magna Housing Limited, I bring a deep passion for creating inclusive, engaging, and impactful learning for my colleagues. My journey into Learning and Development began more than 15 years ago, delivering a wide range of fitness, leisure, and management apprenticeships across the Southwest – an experience that shaped my commitment to supporting people’s growth at every stage of their careers.

At Magna, I work closely with key stakeholders to embed a culture of continuous learning across the organisation. Whether it’s essential compliance training or developmental opportunities, I ensure each colleague is empowered with the tools and support they need to thrive. I’m driven by the belief that learning should be accessible, meaningful, and transformative. Nothing inspires me more than being part of a colleague’s learning journey – watching confidence grow, skills sharpen, and potential unfold.

Tanzeem is an experienced leader in the third sector, dedicated to delivering social change projects and advancing equity for underrepresented and marginalised communities.  She started her career in a national charity focused on racial equity where she served as director. In this role she advocated for policy change in areas of inequity such as mental health and disability while also delivering on improving the capacity of charities led by and serving ethnically diverse communities.

Upon leaving the charity, she worked as a freelance consultant delivering projects for national charities and funders such as Charities Aid Foundation and City Bridge Trust.  She was appointed as the first director for Olmec which she set up as a subsidiary of Presentation Housing to deliver programmes for communities facing systemic barriers, with a particular focus on the development of inclusive employment and training.

She is currently the Assistant Director of Employment and Training for Poplar HARCA housing association, in east London.  This service provides employment support to over 1,000 local residents, most of whom face multiple barriers to employment and provides accredited qualifications to over 600 individuals every year.  She has steered HARCA’s employment and training service to achieve an OFTED outstanding rating at its first inspection and win several awards for its transformative impact on the local community.

I believe that everyone should have the opportunity to thrive in their chosen career. My passion is straightforward: supporting individuals and creating an environment where anyone, especially those furthest from the job market, can flourish.

As the Academy Director at PfP Thrive, my role is to ensure that our strategic mission of providing world-class learning, while developing, supporting, and encouraging every learner, is fulfilled.

Eamon has over 46 years’ experience in housing, having started at the Greater London Council in 1977. He then worked for the London Boroughs of Brent, Hillingdon, Barnet and Islington.

Eamon was appointed Chief Executive of Homes for Islington in 2004 and retained that position until March 2012. During that period, he was responsible for the management of 35,000 homes.

Eamon is now an independent consultant and is currently Managing Director of the National Federation of ALMOs which is the trade body for all ALMO’s.

He is also Chair of the Barnet Group and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Housing and the Chartered Management Institute.