Louise Winterburn

Deputy Chief Executive

Louise joined World Habitat in July 2016 and is currently Deputy Chief Executive, with over 20 years’ experience in the community and enterprise sector.

Louise graduated with a Law Degree and spent four years working as a housing advisor and trainer for Shelter (a national housing and homelessness charity). In her voluntary time, she worked with other local residents to establish a community credit union (loans and saving co-operative) in her hometown and discovered a love of community enterprises. Moving to London, as a Credit Union Development Manager, she established a community credit union which now has nearly 8,000 members and has lent over £33 million to local people. She also completed a MSc in training and organisational development.

She has held a number of national roles which has enabled her to combine successful national policy-making with community-based work, including Policy Manager for Locality (a membership organisation of 600 community enterprises) and Director of a national campaign to change the UK benefit system and create community-based jobs for people who are long-term unemployed.