Speakers

Mike has extensive senior leadership experience in building product manufacturing and housing. He is the current Chair of the West Midlands Social Housing Group and Birmingham Housing Week. He is currently delivering primary research to support the transition to net zero and developing learning opportunities to improve building safety, ensuring resilience in the built environment, He frequently speaks at conferences and publishes material to shape future policy. A founder and co-leader in the Birmingham City University 'Centre for Future Homes' researching the Future Homes Standard through active Demonstrators, preventing overheating, enhancing indoor air quality, addressing the fire risk, reducing the use of single life plastics, decarbonising material manufacture, and embracing the skills gap In a period of unprecedented change, Mike believes that it is critical that policy makers have the data and insights to make evidence-based decisions and avoid unintended consequences. He also believes it is critical that we put home occupiers at the heart of the journey and avoid unintended consequences. Mike is committed to supporting the journey to net zero in new and existing by Homes, supporting UK building product manufacture, improving efficiency and quality, prioritising safety, health and comfort. Ultimately he believes we should be creating better places and neighbourhoods that harness nature and high performance design and construction to deliver homes that are resilient to the economic and climate change challenges to meet the needs of future generations.