Abdul Ravat

Abdul has over 30 years’ experience of procuring affordable housing and sustaining places, as well as extensive experience of local government, charity and third sector environments.  He currently works at the Abbeyfield Society overseeing development and asset management and worked previously with the Housing Corporation/Homes and Communities Agency.

He brings considerable non-executive director experience including a recent 6-year term as Vice Chair of Manningham Housing Association and Chair of its subsidiary Firebird Development.  He is currently board member of Unity Enterprise and Jonnie Johnson Housing Trust.

Abdul is also member of the National Housing Federation’s Delivering Great Homes and Vice Chair of the Older Person’s Housing Group shaping policy solutions with government and the sector, Active advisor to Lord Best and the APPG for Housing & Care for Older Person and responsible to establishing the current inquiry examining the ‘Regeneration of the Outdated Sheltered Schemes’.  He co-founded the Ageing Well Network established to ensure older people from all communities enjoy the benefits of living longer and living better.