We have secured a team of high-calibre, talented individuals to join Pinnacle psg's board.

Perry is the co founder of UK Pacific Partners, the majority shareholder in Pinnacle Regeneration Group (PRG). He has spent 20 years in the property market, setting up and running a London-based property development and management business which formed a joint venture with FPD in 1997.

Perry was responsible for the organising of the merger of Pinnacle psg and JSS Holding and now provides strategic support for PRG.

Sir Peter Rogers is one of most influential individuals in UK local government and is currently the Chief Executive of the London Development Agency. Prior to this, he was Chief Executive of Westminster City Council from 2002 to 2008 and while there, he authored the Rogers Review - a defining policy which set national enforcement priorities for local authorities. Peter was Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Resources at the council before this. Before this, he carried out several roles at West Midlands Travel Group, culminating in his position as Commercial Director.

Peter joined Pinnacle PSG's board as Deputy Chair in April 2008. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, Institute of Personnel and Development, and a former judge for the LGC awards for local government.

He received a knighthood for his services to local government in the 2009 Queen's birthday honours.

Neil joined Pinnacle psg in 1998 after spending 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 services for the public and private sectors. He was recruited to build the facilities management business alongside Pinnacle psg's social housing contracts.

Since that time, Neil has contributed to the development of integrated neighbourhood services and has supported the expansion of services provided by Pinnacle psg.

As the Group Finance Director, Michael has overall responsibility for PRG’s finance function. Michael qualified as an accountant with KPMG, and began his career with a number of property and service-related companies. He joined Whitbread as Head of Audit and as Finance Director of Thresher he led the acquisition of the Peter Dominic Group.

He has also served as Finance Director for Brightreasons restaurants and as Vice President, Finance at Time Warner where he was responsible for finance at CNN and Cartoon Network Europe. Prior to joining PRG in 2006, Michael was Finance Director at DIY retailers Wickes.

Alex Frith joined the PSG Board in June 2008 having previously worked for Pinnacle Regeneration Group as the Group Financial Accountant.

Alex graduated from Exeter University with a Bachelor of Laws with Honours and then qualified as an accountant with KPMG. He spent 6 years working in the Infrastructure and Government department focusing on the Construction, Property and Facilities Management sectors in addition to public sector transport organisations. During this time Alex gained extensive experience of PFI contracting and together with his legal background provides financial and commercial support to the Pinnacle psg business.

Connie Mitchell-Innes -

Group Services Director,
Pinnacle Regeneration Group

Connie has extensive experience within the private sector having spent over 20 years in commodity trading within the financial services industry. She has worked for S&W Berisford, where she was responsible for the preparation of the accounts for their International coffee trading division.

After this, she joined Louis Dreyfus, a French organisation specialising in the worldwide processing, trading and merchandising of various agricultural and energy commodities. Following this, she worked with Virgin Net - internet services, where she was responsible for managing their ISP offering which was run from Madeira. She joined Pinnacle psg in 2006 as the firm’s Finance Director. Connie is also a non-executive director on the board of the Whipps Cross University Hospital Trust.

Chief Executive of the Royal Society for the Encouragement
of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)

Matthew Taylor became Chief Executive of the RSA in November 2006. Prior to this appointment, he was Chief Adviser on Political Strategy to the Prime Minister.

Matthew was appointed to the Labour Party in 1994 to establish Labour’s rebuttal operation. His activities before the Labour Party included being a county councillor, a parliamentary candidate, a university research fellow and the director of a unit monitoring policy in the health service. Until December 1998, Matthew was Assistant General Secretary for the Labour Party. During the 1997 General Election he was Labour’s Director of Policy and a member of the Party’s central election strategy team.

He was the Director of the Institute for Public Policy Research between 1999 and 2003, Britain’s leading centre left think tank. During that time, the Institute tripled in size to become the largest independent public policy think tank in Europe.

He has written numerous articles, frequently appears on television and co-authored a book ‘What are children for?’ with his father, Laurie Taylor.

Richard Reynolds is a Non Executive Director of the Aldwyck Housing Group, CityWest Homes, Pinnacle PSG, Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation, and the Orbit Housing Group where he also Chair’s Orbit Homes and until last year was Vice Chair of a NHS Hospital Trust.

Before he retired in 2006 Richard was responsible - for nearly 25 years - as Managing Director for all Barratt activity in the East Thames Corridor from London to the Kent and Essex coasts.

Prior to his appointment with Barratt he held senior positions with Alfred McAlpine, Trafalgar House (now Skanska) and Wates.

Richard is a Fellow of the Chartered Institutes of Building, Housing and Marketing and is also a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Barry Simons has had extensive experience working within the housing sector. Barry has a planning and surveying background working in both private and public sectors during the early part of his career. He then changed direction to become Assistant Director of Housing for Haringey and then became Director of Housing for the London Borough of Brent in 1982 at the age of 35. Following this, Barry spent nine years as the Director of Housing for the London Borough of Newham and in 1992 he joined the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham again as its Director of Housing.

During his time as Director of Housing he served on many local and central government bodies dealing with homelessness, housing finance and housing regeneration.

Since leaving the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in 2000, he has worked as a consultant with a range of housing associations, developers and local authorities. He previously sat on the boards of Ujima Housing Association, High Weald Housing Association, and Centrepoint, a leading charity in the UK helping homeless and socially excluded young people to rebuild their lives. Barry is now the Chair of Vision Care, a charity delivering eye care support to homeless people.