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Team » Jeff Zitron

Other current roles

• NHS North West London, Chairman
• Altair Consultancy and Advisory Services Limited, Chairman
• Soho Housing Association, Chairman
• TIAA Limited (a business assurance & internal audit company), Chairman
• Kensington & Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation, Council-nominated Board Member
• Financial Information Company (publishers of Social Housing magazine), Non-executive Shareholder

Notable prior roles, projects & experience

Jeff was an Independent Board Member of Hammersmith & Fulham Homes, an Arm's Length Management Organisation (ALMO) managing LBH&F council housing. He retired in July 2009 after 3 years service.

He was Director of HACAS Group PLC and then Tribal Consulting (1984-2006), when the successful social housing sector consultancy became a major subsidiary within Tribal Group in 2003. Jeff led many teams delivering large investment, service improvement and other consultancy projects. His work involved national policy development and research particularly on strategic issues, new initiatives, regeneration, and investment.

Following his leaving Tribal's employment in June 2006, Jeff acted as a non-executive Chairman of the housing practice (known as the Communities Group) for four months pending a restructuring.

Jeff was, from 2002 to 2003, Research Fellow in Public Private Partnership at Henley Management College. From 2004 to 2006, Jeff undertook research into bidder behaviour in PFI/PPP contracting at the Cranfield Centre for Competition and Regulation Research, part of Cranfield University's School of Management.

Ealing Family Housing Association, Director (1979-1984)

Hammersmith & Fulham Council Principal Housing Officer (1978-1979)

Family Housing Association, Development Planner (1975-1977)

SHAC (The London Housing Aid Centre), Housing Adviser (1972-1973)

Publications

• ALMOs tomorrow - a guide to ALMO business planning after Decent Homes
• Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Projects: Towards a Model of Contractor Bidding Decision Making
• The future of regulation of the affordable housing sector in England
• Comparative review of regulatory systems
• Efficiency in delivering the Housing Corporation's investment programme: a discussion paper
• Transfer of Affections - Housing Policy in Labour's Third Term
• PFI/PPP Projects - Are They Working?
• Public-private partnerships - who are the partners?
• Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Bringing Regeneration into Stock Transfer
• Community Land Trusts: Report on Feasibility Study
• Partners in Strategy: Registered Social Landlords, the local authority strategic role and the shape of the sector
• Winning Structures: Registered Social Landlords in a Changing World
• Sustaining Success: Registered Social Landlords, Financial Risk and Low Demand
• New Structures for Council Housing?
• Local Housing Companies: A Good Practice Guide (1st & 2nd editions)

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