Welcome to WISH South West

Sinead Lee, Project Manager – Catalyst Housing and Freelance Housing Consultant

Sinead has over 12 years’ experience working in a variety of roles in the Social Housing Sector. 

Like many others, she fell into the industry, and hasn’t looked back since. She is passionate about all things housing, and has expertise in housing management, service improvement and policy development. 

Sinead is a chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Housing, and has recently joined their South East working group. 

She is delighted to join the WISH SW board, and is looking forward to collaborating with others, sharing knowledge and experiences, and to champion the great work of WISH.

Outside of her professional life, Sinead loves to cook and bake, and spend time with her family and friends.

Natasha Moore, Interim Chair, Executive Housing Consultant - TristoneNash

Natasha has over 16 years’ experience of providing recruitment solutions to the Affordable Housing Sector.

She maintains a reputable relationship with a large network of Housing professionals across the UK ranging from National RSL's to more bespoke local providers.

Having successfully provided assistance on large scale recruitment drives her knowledge includes (but is not limited to) Housing Management, Asset Management & Property Services, Supported Housing & Homelessness and Housing Development.

Natasha joined the WISH SW board in 2013.

Faith has over a decade of professional housing experience gained in Westminster, London. She spent eight years working for Westminster Community Homes (WCH), the innovative Housing Association set up by Westminster Council. Faith joined WCH from its infancy and was instrumental in growing the stock holding from zero to over 400 units. As a critical member of a small organisation, Faith's Operations Manager role brought diverse responsibilities including contract management, relationship management, new build and infill development as well as the acquisitions and disposals programmes. Faith also managed the Lessee Negotiators appointed to conduct buy backs for ambitious Westminster regeneration schemes.

More recently, Faith joined Legal and General Affordable Homes (LGAH) in May 2021. As a Contract and Relationship Manager, Faith manages the relationship with two of the fourteen Management Providers who carry out the housing management function on behalf of LGAH. Legal and General use institutional long-term investment to deliver affordable housing, which is sustainable and high quality, putting the customer at the heart of all the homes it delivers. 

Faith is passionate about mental health and an advocate for awareness of mental health issues in the workplace. 

Faith is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Housing. She recently spent a year in Sydney, Australia studying a Diploma in Leadership and Management, and re-located from London to Devon in September 2020.

Emma Osmundsen, Managing Director – Exeter City Living Ltd.

Raised in Wales and with Norwegian roots, Emma has over twenty-five years of experience in the world of construction, having studied Building and Surveying at UWE Bristol and qualified as a Chartered Building Surveyor in 1993.

She has gone on to become one of the leading global voices in the development and delivery of low energy, healthy and climate resilient homes and buildings, including being a champion of high performance Passivhaus standards within building.

Emma’s Passivhaus journey started in 2008 when she headed up the development of the UK’s first multi-residential certified Passivhaus scheme for Exeter City Council. Since then, Emma has been responsible for delivering more than 100 Passivhaus homes across the city and, more recently, the start on site of two UK-first Passivhaus developments; an Extra-Care elderly housing village and Leisure Centre.

Deena Blake, Associate – Lester Aldridge

Deena is an experienced real estate lawyer specialising in residential development and social housing.

Deena’s experience includes acting for a number of the top 10 national house-builders, regional house-builders, housing associations, councils and private individuals.

Originally from Zimbabwe, Robyn has been in her profession for 30+ years in various sectors, Investment Banking, Legal, Real Estate and Housing Development companies.  She currently works closely with the MD of Exeter City Living.

Starting her career recruiting within the Welsh Social Housing Sector in 2006, Hannah has built strong relationships within the sector across Wales and has gained an understanding of Housing Management, Supported Housing and Property Services.

 Hannah has worked both externally, heading up social housing divisions for specialist housing consultancies and internally as the Recruitment Business Partner for one of the largest Housing Providers in Wales. Such experience has given her the opportunity to successfully support organisations with large scale recruitment drives and more bespoke senior level appointments.

 As a member of CIH, Hannah is committed to keeping abreast of policy changes and movements within the sector and continues to uphold high professional and ethical standards.

Claudia is a communications professional with over ten years of experience in the not-for-profit and social housing sectors. As Communications and Digital Manager at the National Housing Federation, the trade body for housing associations in England, Claudia works across a broad range of technical and political briefs nationally.

Claudia takes a keen interest in accessible communications and is passionate about gender equality, mental health and inclusion. Claudia joined the WISH board in 2022.

Gemma Clissett, Regional Partnerships Director, Lovell Partnerships, South Wales South West Region
Gemma’s primary responsibility is to drive growth and new business across the region and leads the land and partnerships team to identify and secure new business opportunities to facilitate delivery of the regional growth plan. Gemma a specialist in establishing and developing relationships with key clients including Local Authorities, Housing Associations, Land Agents and consultants to advance scheme progress and deliver an optimum housing solution. Working for the business for over 15 years Gemma has developed an excellent network of contacts across the region and has been involved in securing large scale and multi phased, partnership schemes.