Helen Gordon’s interest in building homes began at a very early age. “My parents built their own house when I was three and I thought It was the most exciting thing,” she laughs, citing this as evidence that this was what she always wanted to do.

Fast-forward a few decades and Gordon is now the chief executive at Grainger, the largest listed private landlord in the UK, with more than 4,500 homes in its build-to-rent investment pipeline.