Pinnacle

Neil has over 30 years' experience in the UK's housing sector.

Before joining Pinnacle in 1998, Neil spent 18 years in local government and eight years running his own facilities management business. After working in housing for the London Borough of Hackney, he left to set up his own business to provide facilities management services for both the public and private sectors. He was recruited to Pinnacle to build the facilities management business alongside Pinnacle's social housing contracts.

While at Pinnacle, Neil has championed the development of the integrated neighbourhood services model: where housing management providers deliver holistic services, tailored to meet local communities' needs. He has also transformed the firm's facilities management services division and has significantly broadened the scope of the business to now deliver street scene, parks and open spaces, schools and public buildings services. He became Pinnacle's Managing Director in April 2009.

Neil is a member of the Public Services Strategy Board of the CBI and of the Business Services Association.

Jim Saunders joined Regenter in October 2006 and was appointed its Managing Director in 2008.

Jim has a Masters degree in Housing from the London School of Economics and began his housing career working for local authority housing departments in London. Jim joined Pinnacle in 1996 and became a Director in 2001. During his early Pinnacle years, he specialized in contract management under the governments' Compulsory Competitive Tendering and Best Value regimes.

He then moved to Edinburgh to lead the implementation of a high profile Neighbourhood Management Initiative which transformed a failing community. In 2004 he returned to London and took charge of the firm's Community Solution team with responsibility for the PFI business and corporate bidding, as well as a niche consultancy business concentrating on housing regeneration solutions.

Jim has extensive experience of delivering and managing community change within both the public and private sectors.

Bringing together a career in both the public sector with Department for Work and Pensions and the private sector, Katrina leads Pinnacle People into the next chapter of Welfare to Work delivery.  Katrina's career spans Government policy, strategy, finance, operations, business start up, HR, organisational development, sales and marketing.

Katrina has established Pinnacle People to deliver a step change in performance and customer service.  Taking excellent services to the heart of communities- able to take the best of her experience to date and blend that with working within a diversified Group of companies to deliver exceptional results.

Michael is a qualified and experienced Engineer and Project Manager with over 15 years experience in the construction and development sector. Michael's team within PRG provides property development and investment expertise to the private finance regeneration projects being undertaken by Regenter Ltd. The team actively assess all potential commercial, industrial and residential development and investment solutions relevant to each project.

The team also asset manage a portfolio of 300 residential properties in Germany and are actively seeking to acquire further assets.

Michael previously worked for 5 years at London Town plc, an AIM quoted development company, and was a Director of its Project Management subsidiary Jonathan Alexander Ltd. Michael was directly responsible for several large luxury residential riverside projects as well as undertaking usual Director duties in a multi-disciplined team.