About Us
The Three Seas Team
Our team is practical and results-driven, actively making new housing happen in Cornwall. We have many years experience: by coming together, we are making great things happen.
Simon Ryan
20 years direct experience in the creation, management and funding of community organisations in Cornwall. Over the last 10 years, Simon has managed purchase/refurb of 7 buildings for community use and raised over £8 million.
Pete Butler
Pete brings extensive experience across all facets of construction, including site work, site management, contractor management, and civil engineering, in which he is formally trained. His hands-on expertise ensures that our projects run smoothly, addressing technical challenges with practical solutions.
Rebecca Jones
With over 30 years of experience in finance, Rebecca specializes in optimizing financial systems and driving operational efficiency. Her expertise includes financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting, ensuring robust financial management and supporting organizational growth.
Jacob Boyle
Jacob has experience coordinating community initiatives, content creation, and communications. He specialises in coordinating online activity, research, writing material, publishing and promoting content, and IT support. Having grown up in a small community in Cornwall, he brings valuable lived experience of the housing challenges faced by rural areas.
Lynda Powell
Lynda grew up in Polperro. Her background is in management and administration of public/charity organisations, including managing museums and heritage centres. She is now the Clerk at Looe Town Council. Lynda brings us a wide range of organisational skills and a strong commitment to local democracy and control of assets.
Peter Warm
Specialist in Buildings Energy use, now retired. Peter was the first Passivhaus Certifer in the UK after BRE and is a recognised expert across the UK.
Tim Walmsley
Tim is a Legal Housing Advisor and a partner at Stephens Scown’s Social Housing Team with experience of the acquisition, development and financing of land and buildings for use as affordable dwellings.
Karen Goldup
Peter Moore
Peter retired as CEO from Cornwall Rural Housing Association (CRHA) in 2021 having joined the organisation in 1993 as its first full time employee. During that time CRHA developed affordable homes to meet the needs of rural communities throughout Cornwall and on the Isles of Scilly and helped a number of local community land trusts to develop their own solutions to meet housing needs.
Jeremy Dain
Residential projects - new-build and refurbishment - including Passivhaus and Passivhaus+ dwellings, small-scale (up to 10 units) housing for private developers and co-housing groups, work on Grade II and II* listed buildings.
Mat Farrow
Mat has been renovating old properties in SE Cornwall since 2008. He has an unrivalled grasp of the realities of building work and its challenges and was the main contractor on the Coastguard Cottages project in Cawsand.
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