Jeff Zitron (BA, MSc, LLB (Hons), LLM, FCIH, Solicitor)

Jeff Zitron was non-executive chair of TIAA’s Board from December 2008 to October 2023, after which he became chair of Adsure Services PLC, TIAA’s parent company and remained on the TIAA Board as a non-executive director. After a 40 year career in housing, including as a housing association chief executive and a consultant, he qualified as a barrister and subsequently as a solicitor, and now practises in civil litigation.  He also holds a Masters of Law degree in International Business Law and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Housing.  Jeff has extensive experience as a non-executive director in the commercial, public and voluntary sectors.

Career Highlights

• Played a major role in delivering regeneration-based local authority housing transfers
• Author or co-author of fifteen publications on housing and public policy
• Joint chair of eight NHS Primary Care Trusts
• Director of two companies that successfully listed on the London Stock Exchange
• Chaired two housing associations