BexleyCo
Homes

Graham Ward

Managing Director

Graham has over 25 years' experience in the private and public sector and has been with BexleyCo Homes since it was set up by the London Borough of Bexley in 2017. He has extensive senior management experience delivering major projects, programmes and services.

He has been instrumental in setting up the company, bringing forward the first phase of development sites and securing investment funding and land from the Council.

Michael Hill

Chairman

Michael has more than forty years' experience in housing led regeneration, primarily in London. He was Housing Development Surveyor at the London Docklands Development Corporation between 1981 and 1983 with responsibility for kick starting the housing for sale programme. He then joined one of the UKs leading housebuilders, Countryside, where he worked for nearly 35 years before retiring in 2017. He was initially responsible for the development management of a varied programme in London, Kent and Essex before setting up a Partnerships and Urban Renewal Team. This led to the establishment of a new Partnerships Division in 1992. Michael was appointed New Business Director, a position he then held until 2016 when he was appointed Business Strategy Director.

Following his retirement from Countryside Michael was invited to become a Non Executive Director at Broadway Living, the wholly owned development company of Ealing Council, and BexleyCo Homes.

Mike Ellsmore

Non-Executive Director

Until his retirement in September 2014, Mike was Director of Finance and Resources at London Borough of Bexley, where he had spent most of his career. Whilst at Bexley, Mike undertook the project director role on two major Leisure and Schools projects with a capital spend of £60m.

Since retiring Mike has been appointed as independent chair of the Local Pension Boards at the London Boroughs of Croydon, Southwark and Sutton. He is also Chair of CIPFA'S Pensions Panel.

He is a trustee of Centrepieces, a Bexley based mental health charity, and is Director of Faversham Pools, a registered charity.

Mike is a qualified accountant and is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. He has lived in Bexley since 1976, and knows the borough well.

Toyin Falade

Non-Executive Director

Toyin is currently a Sales and Marketing Director at One Housing Group with over 18 years new homes experience, working in both the public and private sector, for companies such as Home Group, Savills and Berkeley Homes. As a sales and marketing professional, she has lead national development programmes and national teams to achieve 100% turnaround in sales and marketing activity.

Toyin is very much excited to join BexleyCo to deliver much needed homes within the borough for local people and placing our residents at the heart of our business through quality design and excellent customer service

Richard Williams

Non-Executive Director

Richard recently joined the BexleyCo Homes Board having spent the last 20 years in Property Development and Finance across the public and private sector. He recently stepped down after 6 years as a Non Executive on the Board of one of the largest Housing Associations in the South of the Country (Radian). Prior to that he had extensive executive experience at CEO, Managing Director and Director level in a variety of Property Companies across the sectors of Retirement Living, Healthcare (Rangeford, McCarthy & Stone, St Andrews, Octopus Real Estate) and in Retail (Aldi). Whilst with Aldi, McCarthy & Stone and Radian he oversaw dramatic growth of the businesses.