Mark is the Founder and Managing Director of Cityheart, which he formed in 2005 to deliver and manage developments in partnership with the public sector, in addition to providing development consultancy advice and investing in the property market.  Cityheart has since successfully delivered developments across the UK in various sectors with a range of public and private sector partners.

Mark was previously Managing Director of David McLean Developments where he was responsible for delivering over 5,000 student beds. He was also UK Regional Director for Equity Bank and has a breadth of knowledge of medium and large-scale regeneration projects, including Princes Dock Liverpool; Masshouse Circus, Birmingham; St. Austell Town centre; Rotherham Westgate Demonstrator Project and Lime Street Station regeneration in Liverpool.

Mark brings to the company a wide array of experience of working in Partnership with the public sector including Liverpool City Council, many NHS Trusts, the Welsh Assembly Government, SWERDA, Liverpool Vision, Yorkshire Forward and English partnerships.

Warren is a Director at Cityheart, where his responsibilities primarily focus on the company’s various public private partnerships working to deliver regeneration across the UK, in addition Warren is a Director of Cityheart Living and Cityheart Homes.

He has over 17 years’ experience working with the public sector at Director level, having previously held roles at Morgan Sindall Investments Limited, Community Solutions and Morgan Sindall Construction plc. Warren’s experience spans strategic development partnerships, property development and estates management across various sectors, including healthcare, commercial and residential.

Warren is currently leading on delivery of the £135m Wigan Galleries masterplan in partnership with Wigan Council and the £60m Foundry Lane redevelopment with Halton Borough Council, amongst other private and public sector developments.

Jonny joined the board of Cityheart Homes in 2020 to support the development team in its significant and growing residential led mixed use pipeline across the UK, bringing his extensive development experience in the retail, residential and care sectors having held senior positions at Cushman & Wakefield, Crosby Homes (part of Berkeley Group) and Nikal.

Jonny has been Managing Director at HBV Group since 2011, a pioneering development company specialising in providing supported housing, specifically for young adults with physical disabilities, brain injuries and learning disabilities, HBV have delivered over 1200 new homes for some of the sectors most vulnerable people deploying some £250m of institutional capital.

HBV and Cityheart have set up a joint venture to develop Supported Living, Care Homes and Extra Care Housing in partnership across the UK bringing together their unique skills to target opportunities through both public procurement and private acquisitions, HBV Cityheart will be targeting £25m of development a year with a number of schemes already secured.

Andrew joined Cityheart in 2022 as Development Director.

He has over 20 years’ experience in property development and, before joining Cityheart was responsible for developing complex mixed-use sites to realise the UK government’s manifesto commitments to open 500 new free schools alongside delivering much needed new housing.

In addition to his education expertise, he has a demonstrated history of working in the retail and residential property development sectors.

Andrew is based in our southern region and is currently leading on the redevelopment of ‘Old River Lane’, a 5.2-acre site in the centre of Bishop’s Stortford.

Greg joined Cityheart in 2023 as Development Director.

He has a long track record for working on and delivering large scale regeneration projects during his time at Muse, U + I and Urban Splash.

Greg is based in our Wilmslow office working on projects nationally.

Jeff is Cityheart’s in-house legal counsel. Prior to his role at Cityheart he was a Partner and Regional Head of Property at law firm Brabners.

Jeff has more than 25 years of specialist development advice and has worked with Cityheart since our inception in 2005, acting on our behalf for almost all our development projects.

His role is to ensure that we have the appropriate level of governance to assist us in delivering projects in a timely and efficient manner.

Jeff’s position at CItyheart is a real coup for a developer of our size as we continue to grow over the coming years.

Luke is Cityheart’s finance director. He is a FCA and CFA Charterholder and prior to his role at Cityheart worked for KPMG, MAS Real Estate and One Heritage Group, the latter he listed on the London Stock Exchange.

His role is to provide the financial structure required to assist Cityheart as the company continues to grow.

Benji joined Cityheart in 2024 as Development Director.

Benji has extensive experience working in property development, working on large scale urban regeneration projects, most recently for a publicly listed housebuilder, and previously for a London based UK listed REIT.

Benji is based in our southern region and will be focussed on projects in the south and midlands to support Cityheart’s growth in securing both private and public sector development opportunities.

Anika joined Cityheart in 2023 as Assistant Development Director.

Anika previously worked at Moda Living where she was a senior project manager, prior to which she was at Select Property Group and has more than 12 years’ experience working in the property industry.

She will be predominantly focusing on the £135m Galleries redevelopment in Wigan as well as other key projects we are developing in partnership with public sector bodies.

James joined Cityheart in 2024 as Senior Planning & Development Manager.  Prior to this James worked at Placefirst and The Co-operative Group.

James is an experienced planning and development professional who specialises in residential-led regeneration and public private partnerships.  He has a strong track record working on the delivery of award-winning neighbourhoods.

At Cityheart, James will play a key role in the growth of the business, providing particular expertise in planning, grant funding and the Built-to-Rent sector.  James is also a Chartered Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute.

Jon is a retained consultant for Cityheart providing strategic advice on affordable housing, grant funding and financial modelling.

Jon has successfully led and advised on the delivery thousands of new market and affordable homes, primarily delivered through public private partnerships on brownfield sites with a blend of public and private funding sources. Jon has previously held non-executive roles across the social housing sector, including Chair of ‘HouseMark’, Audit Chair of Nottingham City Homes and a Government endorsed appointee to rescue Cosmopolitan Housing Association.

Jon’s strong relationships with MHCLG, Homes England and Registered Providers nationally and locally bring a current and in-depth knowledge of the affordable housing market, assisting Cityheart in the delivery of housing across the UK through their housebuilding arm, Cityheart Homes.

Eleanor plays a pivotal role in ensuring the daily operations at Cityheart run smoothly, including management of monthly drawdowns, accounts, billing and invoicing.

Additionally, Eleanor draws upon her strong customer service record to liaise with Cityheart’s clients and third party suppliers to manage contracts and maintain relationships.

Eleanor joined the company in 2019, with vast managerial and administrative experience mainly gained in the education and finance sectors, including specifically estates and facilities management expertise.

Siân leads on Cityheart Living’s operational and marketing activities across all student accommodation sites, supported by the regional accommodation team leaders and the finance team.

Siân works closely with the operations teams and University and HEI partners to develop and mobilise marketing campaigns, events calendars and operational plans to maximise occupancy across the portfolio. In a number of instances, this has resulted in achieving 100% occupancy within the first two years of operations.

Prior to joining Cityheart Living, Siân gained student accommodation experience working for Victoria Halls and Host Students, following a role managing marketing campaigns for serviced business centres across the UK.

Cityheart’s management accountancy function is led by Suzy, who joined the group in 2022.

Her role incorporates day to day responsibility for financial reporting across a growing number of companies within the Cityheart group.

Suzy’s role covers the production of management accounts, VAT returns, and year-end financial accounts.