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Reece Rowden
Associate Director – Social Housing, Safety and Compliance
Telephone: 01784 697 328
Email: Reece@tglsearch.com
Background: I started my professional life in the catering industry, spending eight years at Queenwood Golf Club before moving into the world of recruitment. Prior to joining TGL, I worked for nine years in recruitment, progressing from a Trainee to Associate Director and delivering recruitment assignments mainly within the UK’s built environment. This spanned Health, Safety & Compliance related roles up to Directors of Operations, Finance Directors and Property Services. A key achievement within my career has been supporting the early adopters of building safety, including L&Q, Peabody and The Guinness Partnership, to name a few.
Expertise: I am currently gaining qualifications within Building Safety and have a deep understanding of leadership roles across housing associations, care providers and charities. I particularly enjoy working with small to medium-sized housing associations, helping them gain access to best practice guidance and mentoring from industry leaders so they can provide the best support to their residents and communities.
Greatest achievement working within the sector: Following the Grenfell Tower incident, I hosted a private meeting with a number of Property Owners, Housing Associations and Sector experts to help share response strategies, process the emerging guidance and review the initial Hackitt Report. Following this, I supported The Guinness Partnership in developing its first Building Safety team, from Director level down to Building Safety Manager. During this period, I also engaged with the CIOB to review pilot content for its new Building Safety Diploma and sat within the UK’s first and largest Building Safety Forum.
Outside of work: I have three daughters, Riley, Blake and Casey, who are great entertainment along with Hugo, the family Spaniel. When I have the chance, I am a keen golfer currently holding a +1 handicap, so I play regular amateur opens or county events, along with representing the club in matches.
Quiz Questions
Best place you have visited?
New York in January was amazing – visiting Madison Square Garden, the Statue of Liberty and the Rockefeller Christmas Tree, along with the other iconic sights. The lasting memory will be travelling slightly upstate to Bear Mountain National Park in the snow. Having been a chef in a previous life, the food scene was amazing, from Eleven Madison to Katz’s Deli and all the usual fast-food suspects.
Top two movies?
Goodfellas and Once Upon a Time in America.
The perfect 3 course meal?
A seafood platter with a Bloody Mary to start, tempura calamari and oysters is a must, followed by a roast beef dinner and a good red, finished off with a Black Forest gateau and an espresso martini!
