Tom Bridges | Reginal Director Homes England North East, Yorkshire & Humberside

Tom Bridges is the Homes England Executive Regional Director for the North East, Yorkshire and Humber. He works closely with Strategic Authorities, Local Authorities, developers, and investors to turn shared housing and regeneration ambitions into real delivery. His focus is on building strong partnerships that unlock sites, overcome barriers and accelerate the development of new homes and regeneration projects. He oversees a multidisciplinary team, working closely with national colleagues, supporting locally-led priorities, ensuring national investment and expertise are aligned with regional needs to deliver high-quality homes, regeneration, economic development and thriving communities — helping create places people are proud to call home.

Tom has extensive experience spanning 29 years in town planning, regeneration, economic development, master planning, and transport. He joined Homes England in March 2006 from Arup, where he was a Director and UK Government Business Leader. From 2012 to 2017 he was Chief Officer Economy and Regeneration at Leeds City Council.