Professor Michael Parrett is a world-renowned expert in Building Pathology and holds a Cambridge Master’s degree, reading Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment. He is a former trustee of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, and a published author with both Donhead (Routledge) and RICS Books, who also distribute his award-winning Building Pathology DVD training film resource.

He is an Eminent Fellow of RICS, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building, Fellow of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers, Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and a Chartered Scientist, Honorary Professor to the school of Engineering, Science and Environment at University of Salford and Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Constructors.

The producer of industry standard training films, lectures and learned articles for a variety of audiences on investigating dampness in buildings including flooding, condensation and mould, Michael Parrett first came to widespread public notice through the BBC2 series Raising The Roof. The series was hailed as a piece of landmark journalism, exposing the widespread misdiagnosis of rising damp and concerns over the effectiveness of chemical damp proof course injection. The film content centred on Mike’s empirical research and award-winning work gathered over three decades of working on investigating and material testing in buildings.

His latest work is his newly published (2023) book – Building Defects and Your Health, available through www.myhometruths.co.uk.

Dr Graeme Sherriff is Reader in Environment and Society in the School of Health and Society at the University of Salford, and co-director of the Sustainable Housing and Urban Studies Unit (SHUSU). He leads research at the interface of environmental sustainability and social justice and is interested in fair and equitable approaches to contemporary challenges such as climate change, biodiversity and air pollution.

Graeme works on a range of societal issues including active travel, sustainable transport, fuel poverty, and energy-efficient retrofit. He coordinates the University’s Healthy Active Cities research group, which works on new, active and shared forms of mobility. With a background in planning and sustainability and experience of working in the NGO and local government sectors, he works with a range of organisations including Universities, Government, housing providers and the private sector. He combines locally rooted research with communities and stakeholders in the UK with international activity, recently in Europe and Australia. He is foundering member and Chair of the Fuel Poverty Research Network and is a committee member of the Cycling and Society Research Group.

Stephanie Lloyd-Foxe is Head of Building Safety and Compliance at Magna Housing where she has established a new team, systems and processes to respond to the challenges of the new building safety regime, championing a safety culture.

Stephanie is also Vice Chair of the National Housing Maintenance Forum,  an enterprise advisor working within the Dorset Careers and Enterprise Network advising on skills for future employment, a member of the Proptech Innovation Network (PIN) advisory board and is an advocate for innovation and the adoption of new technologies in the sector.

Stephanie has over 20 years experience working in construction and housing in a variety of senior technical roles.

Danny Bird is a successful and award-winning accomplished housing professional, senior strategist, and leader, possessing 20 years’ experience across private and public sectors with 15 years specifically within the Housing sector. He was previously Damp and Mould business lead at Solihull Community Housing, Orbit, Midland Heart, and currently Places for People.