Fiona Fletcher-Smith: The stepping stones to becoming the CEO of a £39 billion business

“To see the poverty in people’s lives and how that was affected by frankly the rubbish housing we were providing for people in the late 80’s…that desire to help people, to provide housing that will make it easier for people to live their best lives.” To kick off our first devcast… episode of 2023, Andrew Deverell-Smith – Global CEO & Founder at deverellsmith and Hintel was joined by Fiona Fletcher-Smith, CEO of one of the UK’s leading housing associations, London and Quadrant. Fiona’s extraordinary career began at just 19 when she was an office administrator at the Dublin City Corporation. Now she is the CEO of London and Quadrant, a £39 billion business. How did she get there?