MSA Trust

John Shinton

John’s career has focused on social housing. In the 1980’s he was Assistant Chief Executive at Notting Hill Housing Trust.

In 1988 he helped establish The Housing Finance Corporation becoming its first Finance Director. From 1995 to 2006 he led the Royal Bank of Canada’s UK housing finance team. Now partly retired he undertakes housing finance advisory work through Centrus Advisors and property investment through LINQ Housing.

He was formerly a voluntary Board Member of Hastoe Housing Group and Chairman of its subsidiary Sustainable Homes Ltd.

John’s wife was diagnosed with MSA and sadly passed away in 2017.