Senior leadership

Richard Ennis has been the Interim Chief Executive of the West of England Combined Authority since 1 December 2022. Richard has had operational and financial responsibility for major investment and policy schemes such as the Government’s Help to Buy housebuilding scheme and was the CFO of the Homes England Bank. He has also worked on some of the largest housing infrastructure programmes in the country including the 10,000 home Northstowe development and led the transfer of the Regional Development Agencies into Homes England, and the transfer of Homes England’s London services out to the Mayor of London. Richard also worked on the Government review into Liverpool City Council and has set up the investment funds and a property company for Warwickshire County Council. Richard spent 10 years as Executive Director of Finance and Resources at Homes England with budgets in excess of £10bn per annum to deliver against and has held various Executive Director and senior positions in the London Borough of Ealing, London Borough of Lambeth, City of Westminster, Lloyds Bank and the Post Office. Read More Click to Expand