Freya Lees | Board

Board member since: 28 July 2023

Freya is  Director of North Star Consulting & Research  which she established in 2011.  She has enjoyed twenty-five years working as a consultant and researcher in the social housing field with national and global consultancies. During this time, she has worked with Scottish local authorities and Registered Social Landlords and is a well-known, respected contributor to the sector. 

Freya has had responsibility for a wide range of research and consultancy assignments spanning Local Housing Strategy development, housing need and demand assessments, large scale voluntary transfer of housing stock to new RSLs, organisational reviews and staffing structures, rent harmonisation, provision of tenant advice and engagement and the role of independent tenant advisor, strategic reviews including options appraisal and merger advice, and governance work.

Freya has a MSc (Distinction) Research in the Built Environment from Heriot Watt University, a Post Graduate Diploma Housing Studies from Heriot Watt University and a MA (Hons) Social Anthropology from University of Edinburgh.

Having recently returned to Aberdeenshire to live, Freya was keen to join the Board of Grampian following her five-year tenure as Chair of Kingdom Housing Association in Fife.  She is interested in an organisation which plays an important role in the provision of affordable housing in local communities where she can utilise her skills and experience at a strategic level.

Freya is no stranger to Grampian having worked with the Association in the past in her consultancy roles.