Our Team

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Tony has significant experience of corporate working in the housing sector having contributed to development of: Best Value planning and delivery, Community Care Plans, major regeneration projects, planning policy and Community engagement.

Tony brings expertise to the development arena through the strategic development and delivery of decant programmes and CPO project management.

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He is highly skilled in sensitive negotiations, drawing upon a natural ability for diplomacy and persuasion.  He has a solid track record of securing leasehold acquisitions voluntary settlements as well as through properly documented compulsory purchase orders.

Ifte is a confident communicator with a particular specialism in mediation and problematic cases.  

Ifte is tri-lingual in English, Bengali and Sylheti and is a registered restorative justice practitioner.

Ambitious and goal-oriented, Ifte is passionate about contributing to regeneration and development in the complex environment of our cities.  He is also passionate about football and captained a semi professional football team for ten years.

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David is a town planner and urban designer specialising in urban regeneration with over 25 years experience in both the public and private sectors.

David has a detailed understanding and practical experience of the development process. Working with private developers and registered social landlords, David is currently responsible for the planning work in respect of a series of major estate renewal programmes in east London and, over the last 5 years, has secured planning permissions for in excess of 5000 new homes and the refurbishment of over 8500 existing homes.

David has provided consultancy services to a wide range of clients including the Greater London Authority, Transport for London, London Legacy Development Corporation, Poplar HARCA, Willmott Dixon, Hill, Telford Homes, EcoWorld International.

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He is a qualified architect with proven expertise in hands-on project management and delivery.

Tim’s experience includes site finding and site acquisition, due diligence, risk management, planning and design/specification, project viability and funding, procurement strategy, project management, construction management and delivery.

He has first-hand experience of successfully assembling and managing professional teams in the delivery of high value residential projects on complex and challenging sites. 

Tim is a highly motivated and successful leader with strong commercial awareness, excellent management skills and sound knowledge of the residential development process.

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Chris continued to gain experience in larger projects while new business director at United House, securing development opportunities and being project director through the early stages of the projects until they were de-risked to allow delivery.

The detailed knowledge of development risks and particularly contractual arrangements led to a development director role at Telford Homes where he was responsible for assessing the project risks of opportunities being pursued, then leading contractual negotiations with vendors on site acquisitions.

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Acting at a senior level, Jeanette’s expertise covers new business development, master planning, options appraisals, stock transfers, procurement, project management, resident involvement strategies and collaborative working.

More recently, Jeanette has worked with local authorities to establish new build council housing development programmes, supporting the creation of effective project governance structures and capacity building.

Jeanette holds a BA Hons and Post Grad Diploma in Housing.

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At Berkeley Homes he worked as technical and development director for 11 years overseeing team delivery and was instrumental in interpreting the sales vision into the built product for a number of notable projects including Chelsea Bridge Wharf and West 3 Acton.

During his five years as managing director at Dandara Ltd, he delivered 2000 award winning homes on time and within budget.

Returning to Berkeley Homes, this time as managing director, his main remit was to provide the existing team with a clear framework of procedures and tasks.

More recently he worked at Willmott Dixon Regen – which then rebranded to Prime Place, Be Living and finally EcoWorld London – firstly as project director, then development and technical director, followed by operations director. During this time, he interfaced with Askival at Poplar HARCA’s Aberfeldy Village regeneration scheme. He now works as a consultant.

In summary, Peter has a comprehensive ability across the whole development spectrum, from site acquisition through to project inception, planning, pre-construction and construction to sale and after care. Simultaneously, he can control, lead and influence teams in a positive manner on all aspects of design, specification, contract negotiation, procurement, and construction management.

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A career change in 2013 took her into estate agency where she developed a new set of skills making the most of her ability to match buyers with the right property, negotiate sales and progress transactions via conveyancing solicitors.

Returning to consultancy work in 2018, she now focuses on business development. Working alongside Askival’s directors, she oversees client relations, networks extensively to identify new opportunities, carries out market research and provides back office support.

Georgina is also involved in Askival’s site finding service for local authorities and housing associations. Working to a client’s brief, she works with her wide network of contacts to secure off-market opportunities, provides background research for appraisals and supports the bidding process.

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At Poplar HARCA he was the resident empowerment manager.  Key achievements were the development of a resident majority board, the development of a comprehensive support/training and mentoring package for resident directors, leading a team of officers that secured five positive stock transfer ballots, a completely revised resident empowerment ethos that won for the Housing Corporation’s Gold Award for resident empowerment in 2007.

Since becoming a consultant Rob’s work has included assisting resident board members deliver their governance role, setting up and advising resident scrutiny panels, acting as independent resident advisor on stock transfer and major regeneration schemes, and taking up time limited roles within regeneration teams representing residents’ interests.

Rob has also developed a specialty in advising leaseholders engaged with their landlord both in terms of service delivery and through regeneration schemes that have required a leasehold buyback programme supported by compulsory purchase order.

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He worked at The Housing Corporation (the original incarnation of Homes England) for fourteen years in a variety of investment roles. Since 2004 David has worked as a senior programme manager for three G15 registered providers – A2 Dominion, Notting Hill and Family Mosaic.

David has led on the submission of bids in the last seven bid round programmes from 2004/06 to the present 2021/26 Affordable Homes Programme. He has successfully managed grant programmes in excess of £100m and has always ensured that internal and external development targets have been met.

With his extensive knowledge of the IMS/OPS systems and the various versions of the Capital Funding Guide, David has had sole responsibility for the submission of every bid, grant confirmation and grant claim at every registered provider he has worked for. He has also made sure that every scheme is audit compliant and has led on many successful Homes England/GLA Annual Compliance Audits.

David has specific responsibility for monitoring development income and expenditure, for producing monthly development cash flow reports and for confirming the correct rental charge at the time of first letting following handover.

Adapting to the changing environment in the sector, David provides GLA/Homes England programme management services for many of Askival’s clients including Agudas Israel, IDS and Poplar HARCA. He is an expert user of the GLA’s Open Projects System and he currently leads on new bid and project submissions along with grant claims, ensuring compliance to GLA/Homes England standards at all times.

David undertakes full compliance audit visits as well as pre-audits for schemes funded by both Homes England and the GLA.

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Jackie has a deep interest in sustainable building and completed an MSc in sustainability of the built environment in 2011.

Jackie has been working as an independent consultant since September 2011 and her recent work has focussed on project management of the design, planning and delivery phases of new build projects for local authorities and housing associations. Current projects include work on a mixed development programme on the South coast and on a care home in Mid Sussex. Jackie has also worked on major planning applications in Brighton, a scheme to provide a care home and private sale housing in Westminster, delivered large housing projects for Network Homes, worked for Circle as project manager and provided services to smaller specialist housing providers.

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His first job was as an assistant for a local councillor, and since he has worked in and around local government, first as a contractor, then as an employee and then for Homes for Lambeth, Lambeth Council’s wholly-owned housing company. These experiences have given him a significant understanding of councils’ work and how best to communicate with them.

Paul has worked in estate regeneration and housing in Lambeth for several years. He understands the process of developing schemes, getting planning permission, and then moving on to detailed design, construction, and completion with residents moving into their new homes. He also knows how to take residents through this process and sustain support for change. Alongside this, Paul has run social investment programmes linked to regeneration, focusing on ensuring residents benefit from the jobs created and improve their digital skills and well-being.

He is a hands-on problem-solver. For example, during the pandemic, he created virtual drop-ins, which minimised staff on the ground but allowed residents to access all the needed services and staff.

Paul is personally committed to diversity and inclusion. At Homes for Lambeth, he spearheaded the company becoming a ‘Dyslexia Friendly’ workplace and HFL Homes becoming a ‘House Proud Pledge Pioneer.’

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