Summary
Tom Chance is a seasoned leader with 15 years' experience shaping housing, planning and community-led development policy as Chief Executive of the Community Land Trust Network. He combines strategic charity leadership and programme delivery across the UK and Northwest Europe with hands-on policy, communications and grant management, having overseen major support programmes and worked in a job-share leadership model. A former Head of Office at the Greater London Authority, he brings deep expertise across housing, planning, transport, environment and public health and a track record of influencing national media and parliamentary debates. He also consults widely for government bodies, social enterprises and parliamentarians, translating complex policy into practical services for local authorities and community groups. His background includes sustainability research, campaigning, journalism and freelance programming, and he regularly applies GIS to inform planning and land-use decisions. That mix of policy, communications, technical curiosity and grassroots practice gives him a rare ability to bridge political, operational and community perspectives.
15 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MA, MA at University of Reading