A Director at Campbell Tickell, Maggie leads our local government, housing development and regeneration work.

Maggie has extensive national networks, having served at senior levels in local and central government, the housing and commercial sectors. As Chief Housing Officer at London Borough of Brent, she led the council’s housing and regeneration strategy, developing 6,000 new homes. She chaired the West London Affordable Housing Group, bringing together seven local authorities to develop a joint housing strategy and cross-borough lettings. As an Investment Manager at The Housing Corporation prior to that, she was responsible for assessing and distributing development grant across one-third of London, while also leading on supported housing for the London Region.

At Campbell Tickell, Maggie works with local authorities, arm’s length management organisations (ALMOs) and local authority trading companies, housing associations, developers and housebuilders. Her work includes everything from carrying out housing options appraisals, housing strategies and developments; to curating Target Operating Models, and new business development. Moreover, she advises on development companies and joint ventures, and conducts stakeholder perception surveys.

Below is a selected listed of some of her key achievements:

• Curating a new Target Operating Model for Birmingham’s housing service covering HRA services (over 60k homes), housing options and strategic functions
• Developing housing strategies for Arun, Bury, Ealing, Greenwich, Hackney, Liverpool, Merton, Oadby & Wigston, Oldham, Sevenoaks, Slough, Sheffield, Stoke-on-Trent, Trafford and Wigan Councils
• Creating accommodation pathways and customer journey models for Broadland and South Norfolk Councils, and Gateshead Council
• Appraising strategic housing options for Barnsley, Bury, Cheltenham, Enfield, Lambeth, Lewisham, Manchester, Poole, Shropshire, Tower Hamlets, Welwyn Hatfield, Westminster and Wolverhampton Councils, including advising on council new build housing options
• Researching the development and financial capacity of the PlaceShapers network of 120 community-based housing associations
• Examining options for increasing the development of new housing for Bolton, Bromsgrove & Redditch, and Westmorland & Furness Council; and exploring the potential for setting up Housing Revenue Accounts for Bromley and Merton Councils
• Conducting options appraisals and reviewing future models for local authority development companies in London, Manchester, and Oxford
• Feasibility studies on the establishment of a private lettings agency for Stoke-on-Trent City Council, and a financial appraisal of options for the licensing of private rented homes for Hackney Council
• Improving Temporary Accommodation operations across Hertfordshire County Council and the 10 local authorities, including the introduction of predictive models adopted by all district councils
• Setting up the nationwide Temporary Accommodation Network (TAN) bringing together more than 400 organisations covering different disciplines to share best practice in alleviating the pressures of TA on households and councils
• Reviewing temporary accommodation options for Luton and Newham Councils
• Overseeing and advising on regeneration programmes in Northwest London, Nottinghamshire, Bath, and Limerick
• Overseeing and advising on the registration process with the Regulator of Social Housing of new registered providers of social housing, both non-profit and for-profit organisations