Who we are
Simone Russell
A senior housing leader, adviser and practitioner with over 30 years’ experience transforming housing services, strengthening governance and delivering regulatory compliance across local authorities, housing associations, arm’s-length management organisations and local authority trading companies.
Throughout her career, Simone has held senior leadership roles with responsibility for:
Combining a deep understanding of front-line delivery with strategic insight at Board and executive level, Simone has led major service transformations, recovery programmes and regulatory assurance initiatives, assisting in translating regulatory requirements into practical and deliverable actions that organisations can implement within their existing operating arrangements.
Simone's approach is characterized by clarity, credibility, and a strong focus on outcomes for residents, Boards, Executive Teams, Tenants Panels and Elected Members to embed sustainable improvement, strengthen assurance and build confidence in organisational performance.
In addition to consultancy work, Simone holds executive and non-executive leadership roles in the housing sector, giving real-time insight into challenges, pressures and priorities facing housing organisations today.
Simone also undertakes independent investigation chairing and has acted as the housing lead on local authority improvement panels, bringing impartiality, rigour and experience to high-profile and high-stake reviews.
How Simone Works With Clients
Simone works shoulder to shoulder with organisations to:
Her clients value her ability to combine strategic perspective with operational pragmatism - helping them make improvements that last
Throughout her career, Simone has held senior leadership roles with responsibility for:
- Strategic leadership in Executive and Non-executive roles for the full range of landlord, corporate and statutory housing services
- Achieving legal and regulatory compliance
- Developing and implementing governance, risk and assurance frameworks
- Transforming services and improving customer experience
- Providing independent advice on compliance, risk and governance arrangements
- Advising organisations providing services to the social housing sector
Combining a deep understanding of front-line delivery with strategic insight at Board and executive level, Simone has led major service transformations, recovery programmes and regulatory assurance initiatives, assisting in translating regulatory requirements into practical and deliverable actions that organisations can implement within their existing operating arrangements.
Simone's approach is characterized by clarity, credibility, and a strong focus on outcomes for residents, Boards, Executive Teams, Tenants Panels and Elected Members to embed sustainable improvement, strengthen assurance and build confidence in organisational performance.
In addition to consultancy work, Simone holds executive and non-executive leadership roles in the housing sector, giving real-time insight into challenges, pressures and priorities facing housing organisations today.
Simone also undertakes independent investigation chairing and has acted as the housing lead on local authority improvement panels, bringing impartiality, rigour and experience to high-profile and high-stake reviews.
How Simone Works With Clients
Simone works shoulder to shoulder with organisations to:
- Provide independent advice and challenge
- Facilitate actional improvement planning
- Support board assurance, scrutiny and oversight
- Deliver practical transformation support
Her clients value her ability to combine strategic perspective with operational pragmatism - helping them make improvements that last
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Simone has absolutely transformed our approach to housing, as well as tackling some other acute service challenges. She is massively knowledgeable, incredibly focused, and really drives change, whilst taking people with her.
Peter Holt
Chief Executive / Uttlesford District Council
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Simone has lots of experience of housing, equalities and working with customers. She is very smart, hardworking and good fun. I believe Simone can help your organisation deliver the type of services which your customers would expect.
Kate Davies
Former Chief Executive / Notting Hill Genesis
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Introducing The Place
Simone is the co-founder of The Place, a collective consultancy led by practicing senior housing leaders. The Place brings together trusted sector experts to deliver multi-disciplinary support in areas such as regulatory compliance, property services transformation, policy development, inspection readiness and assurance.
For more information about this exciting new offer, please contact us or visit our website again soon to find out more.
Simone will continue to deliver work directly through Simone Russell Housing Solutions Limited, working with clients to strengthen performance, improve services and build regulatory and operational assurance.
For more information about this exciting new offer, please contact us or visit our website again soon to find out more.
Simone will continue to deliver work directly through Simone Russell Housing Solutions Limited, working with clients to strengthen performance, improve services and build regulatory and operational assurance.
