David O’Leary heads up HBF's Policy and External Affairs team. He joined HBF in 2013 and became a board member in 2023. He has led on a range of work including the development of policy proposals to address the long-term decline of SMEs in the sector, the implementation of a Workforce Census in 2017 and works on HBF’s engagement with the government on both housing supply and demand. Prior to joining HBF, David worked as an adviser to the Conservative Party on housing and at a London Borough, where he was responsible for housing and enterprise policy and government relations.
