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David Cowans

Company Chairman

David is the former Group Chief Executive of the Places for People Group, one of the largest housing, placemaking, property management and development companies in the UK. David has over 40 years’ experience of housing, urban regeneration, mixed-tenure and mixed-use development, property management and financial management, and of leading strategic change in large and small organisations.

David is an experienced Chief Executive, Chair, Advisor and Non-Executive Director who is one of the most influential figures in the housing industry.

David is a Fellow of the Institute of Housing, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a Chartered Director of the Institute of Directors and has an MBA from Birmingham University. He is also an Academician of The Academy of Urbanism and a Policy Fellow at the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence.

John Dawson

Chief Executive Officer

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John is the Chief Executive of MYSHON and co-founded the company.

John has 20 years’ experience in property management, having previously worked within multinational property services companies across a range of real estate sub-sectors and disciplines.

John is an expert in Specialist Supported Housing and Supported Housing, and has been at the forefront of defining and implementing positive change within these emerging Social Housing sub-sectors since 2017.

John lives in Harrogate, with Esther and their 4 boys!

Joe Mead

Managing Director

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Joe is our Managing Director and looks after the day to day running of the operational business. Joe previously worked in the Facilities Management sector as COO for Operon managing a £60m international portfolio employing 1,200 staff via 6 divisional managing directors. After working with Capita Symonds in London, Joe invested in a fledgling building compliance business which was Ansor Environment quickly becoming the CEO. Joe built this into one of the largest independent compliance businesses in the UK delivering corporate built environment services across the UK to numerous leading companies.

Joe is married to Kate, resides in Cambridge and has 2 grown up daughters.

Jack Wallace

Finance Director

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Jack is an experienced Finance and Commercial Director with over 10 years working in and leading senior teams. Jack currently heads up the Finance and Credit Control teams providing robust financial controls and insightful reporting to MYSHON and its clients. Previously, Jack has worked internationally including in the Netherlands and Germany with large, respected brand names such as TomTom and Abbott Laboratories across a varied career.

This diverse range of exposure to industries and listed / non-listed companies enables Jack to apply a best-in-class approach to MYSHON’s financial activities, providing the right balance between financial governance and agility.

Outside of work Jack loves spending time with his two children and keeping fit.

David Beanland

Mobilisation & Integration Director

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David joined MYSHON in 2018 and is our Mobilisation and Integration Director. He has developed National Supplier Networks and processes to deliver efficient cyclical and reactive maintenance services. He understands the importance of building strong relationships with clients to efficiently mobilise their portfolios and maximise performance.

He has 30 years’ experience in Property Management and has previously worked for Allsop Letting & Management and Touchstone. He has extensive knowledge of managing national property portfolios and knows what is required to deliver excellent management solutions.

David is a keen walker and has climbed the majority of the mountains in the Lake District. He also enjoys most sports along with travelling in the UK and further afield.

Emma Fitzgerald

Housing Director

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Emma is our Housing Director and has extensive expertise working with RPs, CIC’s, local authorities, care providers and investment funders, across the UK within the SSH and SH sector.

Emma joined MYSHON at it’s inception in 2017 and has been leading the housing department for the last 5 years and has been large contributor to the growth and operations of the housing department.

Emma’s background was originally finance and has previously worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Emma enjoys physical challenges especially when raising money for Charites, which can often involve abseiling down buildings or jumping out of planes.

Sam Carson

Executive Director

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Sam’s experience covers various sectors including finance and social & affordable housing.

Sam previously worked as a Portfolio and Investment Analyst at Morgan Stanley in their Los Angeles office before joining John and Martin across the First Alliance Housing/Myshon and 2-Work family of companies. Sam has a passion for placemaking and is the Group Director of SIRE Group, a purpose driven real estate group that designs, builds and delivers communities within the living and workspace sectors.

Sam is from the red side of Manchester and loves to be on the golf course!

Martin Corbett

Executive Director

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Martin is a non-executive Director of MYSHON.

He is an investor across a number of tenancy management, furniture and fit out businesses with a combined turnover of over £100m per annum and employ circa 1,000 staff across the UK.

MYSHON fits into this family of companies with Martin providing Myshon with strategic advice, introductions and overseeing legal workstreams.