Places for People hires former Homes England chief as non-executive director

During his investment career, he deployed over €25bn of capital. Mr Denton has also held senior EMEA real estate investment banking roles at Barclays, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, Eurohypo and WestImmo.

Mr Denton is a non-executive member of the real estate investment committee at Eurazeo, a council member and chair of the finance committee at Marlborough College, and a global trustee of the Urban Land Institute.

Richard Gregory, chair of Places for People, said: “I am delighted to welcome Peter to the board of PfP where I am sure he will make a very significant contribution as we do our utmost to meet the UK housing challenge.

“Peter brings invaluable skills and experience from his senior roles in UK and European housing, placemaking and real estate investment, including at Homes England and The Hyde Group.”

Mr Denton said: “I joined the housing sector because I care deeply about addressing the terrible housing challenge our country faces and, specifically, because I wanted to help get children out of temporary accommodation, the number of which is now a staggering 160,000.

“PfP is a social enterprise entirely focused on creating and supporting thriving communities directly tackling the scourge of homelessness. I look forward to playing my part to help them deliver on this.”

Greg Reed, group chief executive of Places for People, said: “With Peter’s appointment, our strong, experienced and dynamic board just got even stronger.

“Peter has done it all, as investment leader, as social landlord, in public service and now PfP, our customers, our communities, and our partners will feel the benefit of the breadth and depth of Peter’s experience. It’s a good day for us, and a real step forward.”

Last month, Places for People said that it was set to merge with two smaller providers, London landlord Origin Housing and South Devon Rural Housing Association, following approval from stakeholders.