People

Sean is responsible for the Capital Delivery Service that provides a hub for the best practice delivery of projects within Sheffield City Council, offering a wide range of skills and expertise - particularly around construction, building and capital projects.

The service is the Council's design development and delivery agent for all council-led and procured building and construction projects. It is a fully traded operation with a turnover of £5m and 100 staff, providing the full range of construction disciplines.

Sean is Chair of the SHC board.

Steve has over 25 years’ experience working in the house building industry and his day to day role at Keepmoat is to ensure operational effectiveness in the Yorkshire West Region, working closely with the developers land, build, commercial, technical, sales and customer service teams.

Steve has worked on - or been involved in - the majority of Sheffield Housing Company schemes and is the operational lead between Keepmoat and SHC, from design concept all the way through to handing over the keys to excited new homeowners.

Tim has extensive experience in the housebuilding sector and has worked with Keepmoat for over 25 years, holding a number of key roles within the business.

He established and headed up the developer’s North West operations as regional Managing Director before taking up the position of Financial Director in 2008. He became Group Development Director in 2018.

Helen is responsible for Great Places' £1bn affordable housing development programme and the management of key stakeholder relations including those with Homes England, Combined and Local Authorities and partnerships such as the Sheffield Housing Company. Helen is also responsible for leading other functions within Great Places including Cube Homes (market sale division), Plumlife (sales), Terra Nova (in-house construction), regeneration activity and the Innovation Chain North construction framework.

Helen joined Great Places in 2004 as an Assistant Development Officer, and became Director of Development in 2016, delivering more than 4,000 new homes in that role. Helen became Executive Director of Growth in 2022 and joined the Sheffield Housing Company Board of Directors in late 2023.