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GSA hires chief property officer from student housing specialist
Billy Sutch has been appointed chief property officer at GreenSquareAccord (GSA).
Billy Sutch has been appointed chief property officer at GreenSquareAccord #UKhousingMr Sutch is currently executive director of residential services at student accommodation specialists UPP, and has spent 15 years at the company.
He will start at the 25,000-home Midlands and South West landlord at the end of May, and will oversee asset planning and investment, repairs and maintenance and building safety, according to the GSA’s job advert for the role posted last year.
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Mr Sutch said: “I have enjoyed creating homes for residents over my time at UPP and am looking forward to working with GSA on fulfilling their purpose of being a great social landlord, delivering real impacts to communities and people’s lives.
“GSA’s residents are with us for much longer than those at UPP, it will be good to form longer-lasting relationships and turn out genuine social value for those individuals and communities.”
He added: “I am thrilled to be joining GSA as we progress through the simpler, stronger, better strategy.
“The plan to strengthen the business, improve the customer offer, improve our homes and services and create a culture where teams are empowered has really resonated with me.
“This plays to my strengths and I believe I can add real value across all elements.”
Ruth Cooke, chief executive at GSA, said: “Billy brings with him fantastic experience and he most recently served as executive director of residential services at UPP, a leading university accommodation provider, where he led a team of 800 colleagues across operations, property management, commercial, technical compliance, health and safety and fire and building safety.
“I look forward to welcoming him to our leadership group.”
GSA formed in 2021 from a merger of GreenSquare and Accord, and is working through a business strategy for 2023-28.
It plans to spend £93m improving its homes, including £16m on energy efficiency improvements and £27m to bring its stock in line with new fire and building regulations.
Last year, the landlord reported a 12% rise in routine and planned maintenance costs, while its increased investment in homes has seen it reduce its operating surplus in the first half of this financial year.
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