Steve has been in his current role since 2008 after more than seven years as chief executive of Bradford Trident, the development trust working in the Manchester Road area of Bradford which was awarded ‘Regeneration Partnership of the Year’ in 2007. He is a founder director of the National Association for Neighbourhood Management and previously a government neighbourhood renewal advisor.
A Cambridge graduate, Steve has 10 years private sector experience in manufacturing as both a production engineer and an IT systems specialist. He has spent the last 15 years working in community regeneration and neighbourhood renewal, initially in London, where he was programmes executive for a City Challenge company and SRB director for a local authority.