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Housebuilding will be high on the agenda at the BMF All Industry Conference in Barcelona next June, with keynote speeches from Jennie Daly CBE, Chief Executive of Taylor Wimpey plc and Neil Jefferson, Chief Executive of the Home Builders Federation.
Daly has been CEO of Taylor Wimpey, one of the UK’s largest residential developers, since 2022, having previously been Group Operations Director of the company. She is also a member of the HBF Board, a non-executive director of New Homes Quality Board Limited, and previously served as a Board member for a not-for-profit housing trust. Jefferson joined the HBF in 2020 and heads an organisation whose members deliver around 80% of the new homes built in England and Wales each year. He is also a non-executive director at Future Homes Hub, an organisation that he and HBF co-founded in October 2021, and that brings together the new homes sector with ways to address climate and environmental challenges. His previous roles include Chief Operating Officer of NHBC and Chief Executive of the Zero Carbon Hub, providing leadership in the government’s vision for zero carbon homes.
BMF CEO John Newcomb said: “The. UK urgently needs new homes, yet economic conditions in recent time have led to a significant fall in new housing starts over the past 12 months. Now, with the Labour Government targeting the delivery of 300,000 new homes a year, I, for one, will be fascinated to hear the views of our speakers as to whether this will translate to the promised 300,000 new homes a year.”
The 2025 BMF All Industry Conference is fully booked, and takes place from June 12 to 15 2025.
