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Olivia Harris

Olivia Harris

Chief executive
Dolphin Living
Commercial InterestsAsset management/Property services, Customer Services, Energy/Sustainability, Finance, Housing Management/Tenant Services, Human Resources/Organisational Development, PRS/Build-to-Rent, Regulation and Governance

Biography

Olivia was appointed as Chief Executive in April 2017. Previously, Olivia was Finance Director at Dolphin Living, providing financial and commercial oversight on a wide range of property and related projects, including debt and fund raising. Olivia is a Chartered Accountant and has worked for more than 20 years in the property industry.

 

Olivia is a Director of our Registered Provider, a board member of Westminster Community Homes and is past Chair of the Westminster Property Association.

Recent Articles

We need to broaden the understanding of homelessness across the wider housing and property sector

We need to broaden the understanding of homelessness across the wider housing and property sector

Comment29.02.24
Both the public and private sectors need to improve their services, but this requires a better understanding of homelessness, writes Olivia Harris
The government shouldn’t treat London as ‘job done’ when it comes to levelling up

The government shouldn’t treat London as ‘job done’ when it comes to levelling up

Comment01.03.22
Now is the time to leverage prior investment in transport infrastructure in London and deliver more homes, argues Olivia Harris
As the cost of living crisis bites, we need to talk about service charges

As the cost of living crisis bites, we need to talk about service charges

Comment21.12.21
The impact of the looming cost of a living crunch on residents will be huge. That’s why the spectre of high service charge inflation needs much more serious thought, argues Olivia Harris
We must be alive to some of the potential unintended consequences of tackling climate change

We must be alive to some of the potential unintended consequences of tackling climate change

Comment30.09.21
Don’t forget key workers when it comes to levelling up housing

Don’t forget key workers when it comes to levelling up housing

Comment06.07.21
Why permitted development rights won’t be the housing delivery panacea many would have us believe

Why permitted development rights won’t be the housing delivery panacea many would have us believe

Comment19.02.21
It’s not just how many new homes and where, but what’s affordable and what’s not

It’s not just how many new homes and where, but what’s affordable and what’s not

Comment07.12.20
Prioritising First Homes over other forms of affordable tenure will result in a loss of social rented and other genuinely affordable homes
We need more affordable homes to support the recovery, so why are we introducing measures that will deliver fewer?

We need more affordable homes to support the recovery, so why are we introducing measures that will deliver fewer?

Comment29.09.20
Do policymakers really not understand the critical need to deliver more affordable housing to support the economic recovery and protect livelihoods? Recent announcements, including the Planning White Paper, suggest they don’t, argues Olivia Harris