The team
Phil Stephens, Group Development Director
Phil Stephens has been Group Development Director since 2006. He leads a 65-strong team comprising development, asset management, architects and home ownership, and is in charge of delivering 1,250 new homes a year on behalf of the four Sovereign subsidiaries.
Phil has over 35 years’ experience in the development and construction industry, predominantly in senior management positions. His broad spectrum of knowledge spans everything from private practice quantity surveying and speculative house builders to major social housing contractors. He has been involved in steering groups for both the National Housing Federation and the Homes and Communities Agency, both regionally and nationally.
James Gibson, Assistant Development Director
James Gibson has been delivering affordable housing across South West England for 15 years. He joined us as a newly qualified graduate and then spent five years at Gloucestershire Housing Association before returning as Assistant Development Director in 2001. James has helped to deliver everything from small rural opportunities to large multi-phase regeneration projects, such as Barton Hill in Bristol and Devonport in Plymouth.
Lindy Morgan, Director of Sovereign Development Consortium
Lindy Morgan joined Sovereign Housing Association as Head of Home Ownership in 2001, and three years later assumed leadership of the Sovereign Development Consortium. This highly successful alliance focuses on continuous improvement in supply chain management and supplier frameworks, and on sharing best practice between members, including contractors and consultants.
As Enabling Manager at Bristol City Council, Lindy was instrumental in developing innovative supplementary planning guidance for the delivery of affordable housing without subsidy. She has an MSc in Housing from the London School of Economics.
Roger Keeling, Assistant Development Director
As Assistant Director of Development at Sovereign Housing Group, Roger is responsible for the delivery of Sovereign's development programme in the East region. He is a Chartered Surveyor who has worked in both the private and public sectors. He began his career as a commercial valuer before moving into urban regeneration consultancy, primarily in London.
David Ingram, Assistant Director, Asset Management
David joined Sovereign Housing Association as Asset Manager in 2004. He is experienced in assessing properties and developing solutions to ensure that each achieves the best possible value for money and resident satisfaction. Recently this led to us redeveloping St Donats in Newbury, Play Platt in Theale, Lea House in Bradfield and Cleveland Place in Christchurch.
Before joining Sovereign, David worked in commercial property development and management within the private sector. He trained as a building surveyor in local and central government before moving to Marks and Spencer and Grand Metropolitan Estates.
Tony Quigley, Assistant Director of Home Ownership
Tony previously worked for eight years in housing and social services at the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, followed by 13 years with housing associations in development and asset management roles before joining Sovereign in July 2007 as Assistant Director responsible for Home Ownership.
He is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Housing, Chair of the National Housing Federation South West Home Ownership Group and a member of the national Home Ownership Advisory Panel.
