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.

Anna is ACA qualified and has over 20 years’ experience working in Housing and Finance - within both the public and private sector.  She currently works for the Housing Growth Delivery Service within SCC which drives, influences and delivers the ambitious housing growth programme in Sheffield. The team focuses on need, tenure, location, type, quality and the environment in line with SCC’s over-arching growth ambition.

Anna has had an active role at SHC since it was established. Within the finance subgroup, she is a key conduit between SHC and SCC. She has been involved in securing a number of external grants and plays a vital role in the management of internal governance for SHC.

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.

Chris Clingo, Regional Managing Director at Keepmoat, Yorkshire West, leads the senior leadership team in the region and works with all colleagues to deliver high-quality, affordable housing. Chris’s responsibility is to drive growth and increase Keepmoat’s presence throughout the region. He works very closely with the land team to ensure that all land acquisitions align with the overall business strategy, as well as supporting the technical team to make sure that all build plans adhere to Keepmoat’s quality standards.

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.