Our Executive Team

Responsible for:

Overall leadership of the Hastoe Group, governance and strategy
Leading the Executive Team
Communications and external affairs

Andrew joined Hastoe in May 2018. He has worked in social housing for 30 years with his career starting as a housing trainee at Waveney District Council. After spending his early years working in Suffolk, Hampshire and Dorset, he moved to London where he worked for local authorities, tenant management organisations, arms’ length management organisations and housing associations. Andrew has held a number of non-executive roles and was chair of a small housing association. Prior to joining Hastoe, Andrew was the Chief Executive of Lewisham Homes for 11 years.

Responsible for:

New housing developments
Sales and marketing

Chris was appointed as Development Director at Hastoe in 2026. He joined the organisation as Regional Development Manager in 2019, expanding his role to Regional Development and Sales Manager in 2025.

Chris has extensive experience working closely with rural communities to develop new affordable homes. He has worked in the housing sector since 2007, having spent almost 13 years at Magna Housing Association in a variety of development and asset management roles.

Chris is a certified member of the Chartered Institute of Housing, with numerous qualifications in project management, housing and management. He specialises in developing homes to very high energy-efficiency standards.

Responsible for:

Housing management
Customer Service Centre
Health and safety

George joined Hastoe in June 2019. She is responsible for compliance with the Regulator of Social Housing’s Consumer Standards. She has worked in social housing since 1999 for a number of local authorities and housing associations. She started her career as a housing assistant for Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council and in more recent years has held senior positions at Aldwyck Housing Group and bpha.

Responsible for:

Finance
IT and systems management
Human resources
Governance and compliance

Will joined Hastoe in 2007 and was Head of Finance for 3 years before taking the position of Finance Director in 2010. He has extensive experience in the housing and private sectors. He has held senior management positions at First Wessex Housing Group and Moat Housing Group. Prior to that he worked for a private property investment company based in London for 5 years. He has a degree in mathematics and economics from the University of London and qualified as a chartered accountant with the accountancy firm Deloitte.

Responsible for:

Property Services

Kirsty is a RICS Chartered Building Surveyor with a degree in Building Surveying. Earlier in her career, Kirsty trained in the private sector, gaining extensive experience across new build, refurbishment and extension projects, defect diagnosis and contract administration.

Over the past few years, she has played a leading role in shaping and delivering property and compliance services at Hastoe, with responsibility for asset management, repairs, building safety and investment programmes across a diverse rural portfolio. Her work has focused on strengthening compliance, improving service delivery, and embedding a more data‑led, risk‑based approach to decision‑making while leading multi‑disciplinary teams through significant change.