Bristol sustainable housing business appoints new chair

A Bristol based sustainable housebuilder has appointed a new chairman.

Steve Edrich has been replaced by Christian Brodie as the chair of Agile Housing.

Christian Brodie brings a wealth of skills to support Agile’s strategic growth to scale the number of keys in front doors of truly affordable homes, with significant experience from his work in corporate finance in the City of London and New York.

Retiring in 2013 as a Vice-Chair of UBS. Christian also has extensive non-executive chair experience in the education, regional development, sport and charity sectors.

He said: ”I am passionate about driving positive change in socially-responsible organisations. Agile brings much-needed, values-led innovation in the housing landscape. I am excited to be able to help Agile in this next stage of its growth.”