About us

David has over 30 years’ experience in the housing sector, most recently at the National Housing Federation as Chief Executive. He is Chair of Clarion Housing Association, a previous President of Housing Europe and a previous Chair of Reall, an international development housing charity. He is also Chair of The Good Home Inquiry, Co-Chair of #Housing 2030, a joint project for Housing Europe and UNECE, and a member of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Housing, Church and Community Commission. David frequently speaks on the challenge of optimistic leadership and the critical importance of governance. He has wide ranging media experience, is a well-regarded commentator and blogger and has extensive expertise navigating the world of politics and government. In June 2018 David was awarded a CBE.

Gillian brings to ReSI Housing over 30 years of housing and housing finance expertise, with a focus on policy development within the framework of regulatory standards.
She served as the Non-Executive Director for The Housing Finance Corporation from 2006 to 2012, where she was heavily involved in business strategy, financial policy and governance. This overlapped with her role as the Head of Private Finance at the former social housing regulator, the Homes & Communities Agency, where for 13 years she was responsible for relationships with lenders, investors, advisers, and credit rating agencies operating in the social housing sector. She has also been an authority on all aspects of social housing finance policy, including advising government departments, focusing on areas of regulatory standards, and being responsible for social housing sector guidance on treasury management.

Ben Fry is Managing Director, Housing at Gresham House and oversees all housing investment. He is the Fund Manager for Residential Secure Income plc and Gresham House Residential Secure Income LP and director of the two Registered Providers of Social Housing within these funds, ReSI Homes Limited and ReSI Housing Limited. Ben has worked at Gresham House for 11 years, including via TradeRisks which was acquired by Gresham House in March 2020. Prior to setting up Residential Secure Income in 2017, Ben led TradeRisks’ debt advisory services for housing associations, local authorities, and specialist residential accommodation. Ben has 17 years of experience in housing, local government and infrastructure and qualified as a chartered accountant with Deloitte. He holds a BSc in Mathematics from Imperial College London.

Alex is Senior Advisor, Housing and Chief Executive of ReSI Capital Management and Executive Director of ReSI Homes Limited, the for-profit Registered Providers managed by Gresham House. Alex was the founder and Chief Executive of TradeRisks Limited from 2000 to March 2020, when it was acquired by Gresham House. Prior to TradeRisks, Alex worked for seven years at JP Morgan where he founded its risk advisory businesses, then HSBC leading the banks’ global risk advisory business, and Tokai Bank Europe as head of Capital Markets and Merchant Banking. Alex has 33 years of experience in the finance industry, with the last 20 years focusing on social housing.
He holds a first-class honours degree in Theoretical Physics from the University of London and a doctorate in Mathematics from the University of Oxford.

Pete has been Head of Housing Management at Gresham House since March 2020, following the acquisition of TradeRisks. He is responsible for due diligence on residential acquisitions and operational performance by ReSI’s property managers and leaseholders. He has built a strong reputation in the housing sector on topics like the market dynamics and development economics. He has been an advisor to the Greater London Authority, the Scottish Government, and was a member of the team that won the Wolfson Economics Prize in 2014 on housing supply. Pete was Chief Executive of Notting Hill Housing Group and Chief Officer at two London Boroughs. He joined TradeRisks Ltd in 2013 and has 46 years’ experience in residential portfolio management. Pete studied Engineering and Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, is an Alumni of the London Business School, and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Mark is the Chief Executive Officer of ReSI Housing and between 2018 and November 2021 was the Head of Housing Origination. He joined Gresham House in March 2020 following the acquisition of TradeRisks. Before joining ReSI Housing, Mark spent 12 years as a Chief Executive of Circle Housing Group, a 65,000-unit housing association, before merging it into the Clarion Group, the largest housing association in the UK. Prior to that, Mark held Chief Executive roles at Anglia Housing Group and Nene Housing Society. He has 38 years’ social housing experience and has been a member of the Chartered Institute of Housing since 1986.