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Matt Leach

Chief Executive, Local Trust

Matt is the Chief Executive of Local Trust. He was formerly the Chief Executive of HACT, the social housing sector’s ideas and innovation agency. 

Prior to joining HACT in 2011, Matt’s roles included Chief Executive of civil society funding agency Capacitybuilders, Associate Director of the ResPublica think tank and Director at the Housing Corporation. 

Matt has also led start up work on the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation and held a range of senior roles at the Department for Communities and Local Government (now the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities), and the Cabinet Office.