Declan Curry and Michelle Mone to speak at the National Housing Federation's Housing Finance Conference

Tuesday, 9 February 2010 12:00 AM

The National Housing Federation is delighted to announce the confirmation of two keynote speakers for its annual Housing Finance Conference, Declan Curry and Michelle Mone.

Declan Curry will open the conference with his view on the economy and what may be in store for the housing sector. Curry reported on the development of the financial and economic crisis from his studio at the London Stock Exchange which placed him at the very heart of emerging events.

Curry is the business presenter for the BBC One and BBC News 24. He has also reported for a range of programmes, including Wake up to Money, Moneybox, Financial World Tonight, and World Business Report.

Michelle Mone is a highly successful businesswomen and one of the UK's top three female entrepreneurs. Since launching her Ultimo Gel Bra invention in 1999, she has built up the UK's leading designer lingerie brand, Ultimo, and seven further brands. Michelle's personal story charts her rise from redundancy to running a successful multinational company.

Michelle is a regular panelist on BBC's The Apprentice and has clocked up a number of prestigious awards over the years, including Business Woman of the Year at the Corporate Elite Awards in London.

This event is the largest housing finance conference in the UK and attracts approximately 1000 delegates each year. Taking place on 24 - 26 March at the University of Warwick, Coventry, this highly respected and long-standing event offers opportunities to network with housing association finance peers, government agencies, local authorities and commercial organisations.

Other confirmed speakers include:

. Richard Donnell, Director, Hometrack Data Systems
. Piers Williamson, Chief Executive, The Housing Finance Corporation
. Clare Miller, Executive Director, Risk and Assurance, Tenant Services Authority
. Richard Hill, Corporate Director, Investment and Renewal, Homes and Communities Agency

For more information about the conference, please visit www.housing.org.uk/events

ENDS

For further information contact:
Jon Shepherd, Marketing Manager
jons@housing.org.uk

For details of our other conferences, training and publications visit:
http://www.housing.org.uk/events

NOTES TO EDITORS

The National Housing Federation represents 1,200 independent, not-for-profit housing associations in England and is the voice of affordable housing. Our members provide over two million homes for five million people.

The National Housing Federation's Commercial Services Team provides solutions to support members in their commitment to neighbourhoods, customers and excellence for iN business for neighbourhoods, through the provision of conferences and events, training and consultancy and publications. Income generated from our business solutions is used to fund our work in supporting and promoting the work of our members. www.iNbiz.org

Building for success

The National Housing Federation provides our members with a united voice and one with more influence than simply the sum of their parts. In 2007/08, the Federation.

. Persuaded the Government to accept a number of its amendments to the Housing and Regeneration Bill
. Convinced the Government of the need to invest in the delivery of up to 70,000 new social homes per year
. Persuaded ministers to invest £8.4bn for the delivery of new social homes up to 2011
. Ran a high profile campaign on fuel poverty, which helped draw a promise from the Chancellor to stop the injustice of higher charges for prepayment meters
. Helped persuade ministers that a rural housing target should be reintroduced.

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