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Alan Yates OBE

Board Member

Alan has extensive senior management experience in the affordable housing sector with a focus on development and regeneration. He led a housing association partnership that developed over £1bn of new housing across the region. He is the former Deputy Chief Executive of a West Midlands based Housing Association with responsibility for the Commercial Directorate.

Alan now runs his own development business, building new housing for the Build to Rent and affordable housing sectors. He also undertakes consultancy work.

As an experienced non-Executive Director, Alan served on the Boards of a regional NHS Trust and Redditch Co-operative Homes. He acted as a housing adviser to the National Trust and held the role of Strategy Officer for the Tenants Association of the National Trust (TANT). He is also the former Chairman of The National Housing Federation Regional Investment Group. Alan has a passion for sustainable housing and is a former Chairman of Energiesprong UK and the Sustainable Housing Action Partnership (SHAP). In 2019, he was awarded an OBE for his services to housing.