Prior to establishing herself as a consultant, Sheila worked for the London Housing Unit for four years as a senior policy officer, specialising in housing capital finance. She was a Senior Lecturer in Housing for five years at the University of Westminster and before that, worked as a Policy Officer for the (then) National Federation of Housing Associations. She also has five years’ experience managing housing co-operatives and has been Chair of Housing in an inner London borough.

Within Housing Vision, Sheila has specialised in summarising the strategic and policy context for housing market assessment, together with researching the views of property agents in the local housing market. She has also run focus groups and carried out consumer interviews on a variety of topics.