Richard Hyde

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) helps create successful communities by making more homes and business premises available to the residents and businesses who need them. We also regulate social housing providers in England. The HCA is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Communities and Local Government. We work locally in individual communities to help meet local priorities. We own public land, which we sell to house builders and others. This is one of the ways in which we overcome barriers to development and help increase the speed with which house builders can build new homes. We also regulate social housing providers (mostly housing associations) in England. We do this to protect social housing assets - making sure that social homes remain available to tenants, and that the taxpayers’ investment in those homes is protected.

ApplianSys is a privately held server appliance specialist that designs, builds and markets a range of network appliances. Founded in 2000, it now has customers in 150 countries, offices in three strategic locations, and a network of channel partners around the world. Its range of 'performance web caching'​, 'DDI-made-easy'​ and 'school start-up'​ network appliances reduce purchase costs, lower operating costs and eliminate headaches for network managers in Education, Internet Service and Enterprise. Customers worldwide, of all shapes and sizes, rely on ApplianSys because it makes their lives easier. Find out what it's like to join ApplianSys as a graduate at http://careers.appliansys.com

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) helps create successful communities by making more homes and business premises available to the residents and businesses who need them. We also regulate social housing providers in England. The HCA is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Communities and Local Government. We work locally in individual communities to help meet local priorities. We own public land, which we sell to house builders and others. This is one of the ways in which we overcome barriers to development and help increase the speed with which house builders can build new homes. We also regulate social housing providers (mostly housing associations) in England. We do this to protect social housing assets - making sure that social homes remain available to tenants, and that the taxpayers’ investment in those homes is protected.

ApplianSys is a privately held server appliance specialist that designs, builds and markets a range of network appliances. Founded in 2000, it now has customers in 150 countries, offices in three strategic locations, and a network of channel partners around the world. Its range of 'performance web caching'​, 'DDI-made-easy'​ and 'school start-up'​ network appliances reduce purchase costs, lower operating costs and eliminate headaches for network managers in Education, Internet Service and Enterprise. Customers worldwide, of all shapes and sizes, rely on ApplianSys because it makes their lives easier. Find out what it's like to join ApplianSys as a graduate at http://careers.appliansys.com

3i is a leading international investment company with two complementary businesses, Private Equity and Infrastructure, specialising in core investment markets in northern Europe and North America. We provide our shareholders with access to the higher growth potential of mid-market unquoted companies. We use our strong balance sheet and our expertise in specific sectors and geographies to realise this potential and aim to generate mid to high teens returns for our shareholders. We back entrepreneurs and management teams of mid-market businesses in Europe and North America. Once invested, we work closely with our portfolio companies to achieve their full potential.