• Meet Alan Townshend - Housing Officer to Chief Executive

  • Mar 18 2024
  • Length: 40 mins
  • Podcast

Meet Alan Townshend - Housing Officer to Chief Executive

  • Summary

  • Property Leadership

    E1 - Alan Townshend - Housing Officer to Chief Executive

    Host, Phil Foster from Ocean Edge Executive Search meets Alan Townshend, former Chief Executive of Southern Housing Group, for a fascinating chat about career development within the affordable housing sector.

    Alan discusses his own career from Housing Officer to Chief Executive, providing valuable advice for anyone with an eye on reaching and succeeding at executive level.

    Drawing on over 30 years’ experience within the sector, Alan shares personal insights on a range of issues including leadership qualities, mergers, Boards and the current housing crisis.

    This episode includes:

    • How to move up the career ladder
    • Breaking into your first senior or executive role
    • The view from the top - commanding corporate-wide success
    • Crisis management
    • Working with Boards
    • The impact of mergers on Housing Associations
    • Skills currently in demand within the sector
    • The current housing crisis: funding streams, arrears, stock condition and regulations
    • Challenges that will be faced by the leaders of tomorrow


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