Our Trustees

Leah Tattersall - Chair

Leah has worked in the property sector since 2012 and is currently a Senior Land Manager, responsible for development opportunities across the UK. Her role spans the full development lifecycle, from land acquisition and planning through to development management, project finance, construction and delivery.

Leah brings a broad range of commercial and strategic experience, with particular expertise in land acquisition, property development and project management. She holds a BSc (Hons) in Real Estate Management and NFoPP qualifications in Residential Sales, Lettings and Property Management. Leah joined the Board in 2022 and was appointed Chair in May 2024.

Sophie Miller - Treasurer

Sophie is an Investment Manager with over 14 years experience in financial services, having started her career after graduating from university. She has a strong background in investment management and building long-term relationships with clients, and is pleased to bring her experience and skills to her role as a Trustee, joining the board in 2026.

James Hawkins

James is a Partner in the Corporate team at Knights solicitors, handling a wide range of commercial work for owner-managed business and family-owned businesses.

The work he does for owner-managed businesses ranges from their formation, working with the businesses whilst they grow, and assisting them on acquisitions and/or disposals of the business in order to realise the owner manager’s investment. James takes a highly commercial view on these transactions and works hard to understand his clients’ objectives and how their business operates.

James is a director of Bristol Spaceworks Limited, an enterprise agency based in the east of Bristol which provides affordable work space to business start-ups.

Rebecca Stanton

Rebecca is a Solicitor who specialises in contentious and non-contentious Planning and Environment law. She has acted for housebuilders, landowners and Agriculture sector clients, on negotiation of infrastructure agreements and providing advice on policy and legislation to help with any issues that arise during the planning process. She also has experience defending criminal prosecutions brought by the Environment Agency, and local planning authorities in a Planning Enforcement context. Her legal training included working for Registered Providers in the Social Housing team of a national law firm, which is where her interest in and knowledge of the Social and Affordable Housing sector began.

Phillip Bate

Phillip Bate is the Director of Business Banking at Triodos Bank UK. Triodos focus on financing charities and social enterprising working to bring about positive social, cultural or environmental change in the world. He first joined the business banking team in 2018 and prior to his roles at Triodos, Phillip worked across finance, risk and business banking departments.

Phillip brings a broad range of experience, including underwriting, risk management and lending across asset classes. He is also a qualified chartered accountant with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

Hannah Eshelby

Hannah has over 12 years' experience in the property industry, of which the last 8 years were spent at Jones Lang LaSalle, based out of Bristol but covering the wider Southwest and Wales region. Hannah works for Alder King Property Consultants specialising in residential development agency and financial viability and has a wide range of experience acting for both the public and private sector clients throughout the living markets and sub-sectors such as traditional Build-to-Sell, Build-to-Rent, Affordable Housing, Student (PBSA), Co-Living and Later Living and Care assets. Hannah is also a RICS Chartered Surveyor and Registered Valuer.

Hannah has been a Women in Property Committee Member and the South West Mentor Champion for the last 4 years as well as currently having the role of President for the Residential Agent in Bristol Development Society for 2024. Hannah became a Trustee of Alderman Steevens in April 2024.

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