Speaker profiles
Ian is the Founder and CEO of the Disruptive Innovators Network, a forum he established in 2018 for leaders wanting to understand and respond to disruption threats and develop their corporate innovation capabilities. He has worked at senior executive level as a Deputy Chief Executive/Director for the last 20 years, most recently at HouseMark the UK social housing sectors data and business improvement organisation.
His expertise lies in building cross sector business experience programmes and leaders’ networks. In his work he has developed close partnerships with the likes of Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, John Lewis, IKEA, Telefonica, AO.com and Salesforce to name a few. He led on the establishment of the social housing sectors first crowd funded start up accelerator, Evolve. An innovative programme involving 18 social housing providers which attracted over 80 submissions from start-ups across the world wanting to develop solutions for social housing.
He has a particular focus on business innovation, organisational culture, new technologies and the customer experience. He has extensive relationships with a range of businesses sectors and has built numerous leadership programmes to support existing CEOs and Exec teams as well as future leaders. He is currently retained by a number of the largest housing providers helping them build capacity and capability in the innovation space..
https://disruptiveinnovatorsnetwork.co.uk/
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Pedro recently joined the TIS team in December 2024, coming from Housing Options Scotland (HOS) where he spent eight years in various roles, most recently head of engagement, where he focused on improving the lives of disabled people, older people, and members of the Armed Forces community, across all tenures of housing.
Throughout his career, Pedro has championed equality, diversity, and inclusion which is evidenced in his work as co-creator and co-host of the ‘Equality in Housing’ podcast delivered in partnership with the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE), which offers insights and experiences into the unique challenges faced by underrepresented groups. The podcast won the inaugural Marion Gibbs Award at the CIH Scotland Awards in 2023.
As tenant participation and engagement manager, Pedro focuses on supporting tenants and housing organisations to develop effective, tenant participation, community development, and scrutiny projects..
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https://tis.org.uk/
Zhan McIntyre – Head of Policy and Customer Standards at Bield Housing and Care
With over 17 years of experience in housing, Zhan McIntyre has built a solid foundation in housing policy and strategy. Before her current role, she served as Policy and Strategy Coordinator at South Ayrshire Council, and Policy Lead at the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations. As the Head of Policy and Customer Standards at Bield Housing and Care, Zhan now leads a team focused on tenant participation and engagement, ensuring that tenant voices play a key role in shaping the policies and services that impact their lives.
https://www.bield.co.uk