Brendan Sarsfield

Chair

Brendan Sarsfield 1

Brendan became chair of Notting Hill Genesis on 24 September 2025 and leads our experienced group board in providing strategic direction and oversight to the organisation to ensure we continue to provide high quality homes for lower income households in and around London. 

Brendan is a member of the People, Culture & Governance Committee.

Brendan has worked in Social Housing throughout his career. Starting in local authorities but spending most of his career working for housing associations. He was a CEO for 20 years notably at Family Mosaic and Peabody.  

Since stepping down from Peabody in 2021 he has held non-executive/advisory roles with Hestia, NEC Software, Newton Impact and the Shared Ownership Council. He is also the co-ordinator of the Anglo Dutch Director’s Club, an informal group of Dutch and English housing association chief executives. He was also the founding chair of Sustainability for Housing but left the board in 2024.