Conference Speakers

Bob Heapy

Executive Director, Peabody Trust Chief Executive, Town and County Housing and Rosebery Housing Associations, Peabody Trust

Bob has been the Chief Executive of Town & Country Housing since October 2010.

In 2019 Bob led on the successful merger of Town and Country into the Peabody Group as an operating subsidiary.  Bob is now an executive director of the Peabody Group and also Chief Executive of Rosebery Housing Association another operating subsidiary of Peabody. 

Bob is the non-executive Chair of a for profit Housing Association and Chaired a Charity supporting young people into training and employment. Bob is also a Board member of the Housing Forum.

Previously he was the Chief Executive of Enfield Homes and Chief Executive of the “Partners” brand, a joint venture between the Bank of Scotland and United House Construction delivering large scale PFI projects in London and the South East.

Bob earlier held Director positions at Family Mosaic, Moat Housing Group and the London Borough of Newham.

Bob is a Quantity Surveyor and Project Manager by profession and in his earlier career worked in construction in both the private and public sectors in the housing, transport infrastructure, manufacturing and pharmaceutical sectors.

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