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People
* ... plus Mark, Mark, Lily and Oli :)
We are a small team of dedicated thinkers and do’ers, with a passion for doing right by places and people.
We’re based in London and Wiltshire (and Inverness), but you’ll usually find us at our office in Farringdon. We are lucky to collaborate with professional teams and an advisory board made up of some of the best in the industry, whose insights strengthen our work.
Founder and employee-owned
James, Paul and Richard founded the business in 2018, and, along with our employees, we are the only shareholders. This means we can continue to do the right thing for our partners, projects and people.
Small enough to care but big enough to deliver
Our team is large enough and experienced enough to confidently deliver our projects, but we are also deliberately small so we never lose focus.
Different backgrounds
We each bring our own personal and professional backgrounds to Stories. Our previous experience takes in some of the best and most innovative development projects in the UK, with detours via aerial circus and professional athletics. A diverse set of stories makes for richer outcomes.
To find out more about us, click on our faces, read about why we started Stories or listen to James talking about his journey in to real estate on the People Property Place podcast.
Jobs
If you are interested in working at Stories, you can see our current job vacancies at the bottom of this page, or click here.
Our team
Richard Meier
Co-founder & CEO
Phyllis Agbo
Senior Development Manager
Mark Ferguson
Senior Development Manager
Molly
Chief Welfare Officer
Paul Clark
Co-founder & Head of Land and Partnerships
Irina Listovskaya
Senior Development Manager
Jessica Dialdas
Senior Development Manager
Sandra Wigg
Operations and Marketing
James Scott
Co-founder & COO
Mark Swinburne
Development Director
Lily Weston
Development Analyst
Oli Bennett
Senior Development Manager (consultant)
Our advisory board
Each year we are delighted to assemble a fantastic advisory board who help us think more strategically, and lend us the benefit of their deep experience.
Geeta Nanda OBE
Geeta has over 35 years of experience in housing, most recently as CEO of Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing.
Having retired from MTVH in 2024, Geeta is now a NED with leading organisations including Crisis and Redrow.
Charlie Green
Charlie is the co-founder and former CEO of The Office Group (TOG).
Anna Strongman
Anna is the CEO of Oxford University Developments, the joint venture between University of Oxford and L&G.
Previously Anna was a Partner at Related Argent.
Tony Giddings
Tony is retired and was formerly a Partner and Head of Construction at Argent
Work with us
We have no ambition to be a ‘big business’ but we are still growing, and looking for great people to join us.
You can find all our current roles on our Jobs page.
