Meet the Team – Board of Trustees

Louise is the Director (Social Entrepreneur Support) at UnLtd, the largest UK funder of Social Entrepreneurs. This includes the distribution of an awards portfolio of over £2m, overseeing funding and support to around 300 social entrepreneurs per year. Louise’s expertise include housing, homelessness and poverty, equitable grant-making as well as service design and user experience. She has supported over 300 social entrepreneurs to start and grow social business’ during her 16 years at UnLtd and is a Winston Churchill and Clore Social Fellow.

I am the Neighbourhoods Lead for Aston Villa Foundation, responsible for overseeing and delivering a strategic nationwide Home Office funded programme of £1million with the Youth Endowment Fund. Specialised to tackle serious youth violence in Birmingham through partnering with local community groups and evaluators from universities across the U.K. to evaluate the programme’s impact in the city.

I previously worked for Spring Housing for 5 years where I began my career in housing and support work, progressing through various roles over the years specialising in Refugee Services, supporting and resettling Syrian Refugees in Birmingham to more recently overseeing and managing the Homes for Ukraine Scheme in Birmingham, where we mobilised and co-designed a move-on funding grant scheme in partnership with Birmingham City Council to provide financial and housing support to Ukrainians fleeing war and in need of accommodation in the city.

My strong passion for the housing sector comes from personal experience of migrating to the U.K. over in 2011, and having always had an urge to support and give back to those who have gone through similar challenging experiences and empower marginalised communities.”

With over 20 years of professional experience across regulated sectors including charity and social housing , Sureya brings deep expertise in social purpose, governance and systems-level thinking. As founder of a community-based mental well-being social enterprise and a Research Associate at Royal College of Art, she combines creativity, rigour and community engagement in her work.

Over the past five years, her focus has been on improving the health, well-being and long-term life chances of social housing residents, using systems thinking and service design to shape better outcomes. Her current work involves collaboration with social housing providers and research bodies on biophilic design within housing — exploring how design, nature and human-centred environments can support wellbeing in social housing settings.

Sureya’s background positions her uniquely to contribute to Spring’s mission of providing safe, supportive and inclusive homes. Her experience with research, community-led social enterprise, and design-led thinking brings a fresh perspective to governance, helping to inform strategic oversight, wellbeing-centred housing solutions and innovative approaches to tenancy support, community building and resident health.

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Hannah has worked in the commercial property industry for 16 years, moving to a non-equity director level at the age of 30 and moving on to set up Pi SQ, an independent commercial furniture consultancy in 2020.

From the age of 28 Hannah began to involve herself in voluntary committee and or board member roles within areas she felt passionate about such as homelessness & inclusivity.

Hannah’s other voluntary roles include Diversity & Inclusion trustee for the well-known charity LoveBrum. Hannah was also the Vice-chair of a young professional board, and is currently the incoming Chair for the Association of Women in Property for the Midlands & involved in various activities for Lets Feed Brum, a small volunteer-led charity.

.Hannah is very passionate about social mobility and having a fair society for all and is looking forward to using her understanding and knowledge in this area to help Spring as it navigates its way through an increasingly challenging time for all.

Ash has worked in interior and architectural design for over a decade, cutting his teeth in London before founding Sculpt in 2016.

He was admitted into the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists in August 2022, having built a wealth of experience in industry ranging from bespoke furniture design to large multi-million pound projects.

As a visiting lecturer at Birmingham City University and Leeds Beckett University, he worked with undergraduate students to develop their projects and give an insight into the working world of the industry.

Ash is also on the board of trustees at Birmingham Conservation Trust, offering support on renovation projects and building connections within the UK’s heritage industry

Kezia is a Development Manager at the West Midlands Combined Authority, with more than 14 years’ experience in regeneration, housing and development. She specialises in development appraisal, scheme viability, business case development and grant funding, advising on the investment of multimillion-pound public funds to unlock and accelerate housing delivery across the region.

Throughout her career, from humble beginnings as a languages graduate into the wonderful world of property, Kezia has worked across both the public and private sectors, leading and advising on complex residential, commercial and regeneration projects from early feasibility through to delivery. Her experience includes project and programme management, risk assessment, stakeholder engagement and strategic decision-making across local authorities, developers and housing organisations. She joined the Board in 2025 as she is particularly passionate about creating opportunities for vulnerable people to access safe spaces and championing how organisations can provide best practice high-quality homes.

Kezia holds an MSc in Real Estate Management and is currently working towards MRICS status.

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Stuart is a chartered accountant with over 30 years’ financial and operational experience as a Financial Director in medium sized PLCs and private sector companies. Stuart also has wide experience at both executive and non-executive level supporting the housing, charitable, education and social enterprise sectors. He is currently a Trustee at Birmingham Settlement and Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust and on the Finance Committee at Mercian Multi Academy Trust.

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