Esme Davies

Background and experience

Esme brings to Key’s board several years of performance and project management experience within social housing.  She is currently working as a Programme Manager at Bury Council supporting a variety of regulatory and improvement projects within Housing and Homelessness.

Before joining Bury Council she commissioned and managed the Greater Manchester Housing First Programme a pioneering project to provide safe, secure homes for more than 400 people who are homeless or at the risk of being homeless across Greater Manchester.

As a Commissioner and Project Manger in Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), her extensive network and contacts across ten local authorities ensure Key is plugged into best practice and can learn from her partnership approach.

She gained a distinction from the University of York for a Social Policy Masters in 2019, Esme also supports the board with a practical and theoretical understanding of social policy analysis and research.

Her research background ensures Key is in a strong position to meet its obligations to report on performance, build confidence in its work and show how it meets the needs of clients, staff and stakeholders through appropriate reporting and measurement.

Skills

Esme’s skills include project management relationship building, research and data analysis.

Personal interests

Outside of work Esme loves nothing more than finding bakeries at the end of long walks and exploring Greater Manchester by foot.