Dalwardin served for over 30 years in the Metropolitan Police and is the former borough commander of Harrow. Dal has extensive board-level experience in policing, community safety, child and adult safeguarding, and also particular interest and expertise in equality and diversity and mental health law. In 2010 he was awarded an OBE for services to the police and communities.
Dal has performed a combination of Operational, Community, Public Order and Partnership roles. In Camden, he carried out ground-breaking work in reducing youth disorder around Kings Cross and Euston. His keen interest in promoting social justice has led him to play a prominent role in the Black Police Association and the National Association of Muslim Police.
His commitment to equality led him to be the founder and first Chair of the National Association of Muslim Police as well as holding prominent roles in the Black Police Association. It is a testament to Dal Babu’s strength of character, his sense of community and honesty that he has gained the trust and respect of Prime Ministers, Home Secretaries, Ministers, Minority and Majority communities, Colleagues in the Police Force, other Security Organisations as well as Government Departments.
In 1989, Allan set up Arlington Financial, an independent financial advisory business.
Arlington focuses on giving no-nonsense financial advice to high net worth and SME clients specialising in taxation and pension planning, including the establishment and management of newly-deregulated self-administered pension schemes.
Having dealt with numerous property transactions on behalf of clients and having built up a portfolio of more than 30 investment properties, Arlington has built a reputation in property.
Shirley Rodrigues was appointed as London Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy in October 2016. She has devised and delivered environmental policies and programmes in London, nationally and internationally for government and philanthropy including most recently overseeing a global cities and climate change grants portfolio at the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF). She is now working to deliver the Mayor of London’s vision to make the city a fairer, greener, healthier and more sustainable one. This includes ambitious programmes to reduce air pollution across London including the expansion of the world’s first Ultra Low Emission Zone, making London carbon neutral by 2030 and spearheading London’s economic and social recovery from the impacts of Covid-19 through a Green New Deal.
Laia has been instrumental in creating the first-ever London Cultural Infrastructure Plan and the most pro-culture London Plan ever, leading on new policies for affordable workspace and the ground-breaking Agent of Change. She is Director of Partnerships for the World Cities Culture Forum, a leadership network of 40 global cities. Previously, she ran BBC creative programmes for five years, was Creative Producer for the London 2012 Olympic Games, and led projects for Tate Modern, Southbank Centre and London International Festival of Theatre.
Since October 2017, Stephanie Flanders has held the position as the Senior Executive Editor and Head of Economics for the financial, software, data, and media company, Bloomberg.
Prior to this, Stephanie was the Chief Market Strategist for the UK and Europe for J.P. Morgan Asset Management where she delivered insight into the economy and financial markets to thousands of professional investors across the UK, Europe and globally.
With a BA in Drama, a BSc in Anthropology, and an MSc in Globalisation and Development, Ruth has taught at Middlesex University, Goldsmiths and at University College London. Ruth spent 20 years as a journalist at the BBC, mostly within the Global News Division, working in World Service radio, Newsgathering, World TV and New Media.
Richard Kitson mentors and coaches Senior Executives. He works with a variety of clients advising them on their business strategies and other matters.
Having worked to Chief Executive Level for the Aster Group and Director level for both Councils and Housing associations he brings a wealth of experience to our team, specifically his strategic insight.
Originally from New Zealand, as Managing Director and Head of Brand and Marketing for Europe and Asia Pacific, Desirée manages RBC Capital Market’s brand, promotion and sponsorship partnerships, as well as the company’s corporate social responsibility activities. On top of this role, Desirée is a member of RBC’s UK Diversity Leadership Council, the Capital Markets European Mentoring Programme Committee, is a new appointed Executive Sponsor of RBC’s Multicultural Employee Alliance (MEA) UK and, until recently, was Co-Chair of RBC’s gender diversity network, RWomen UK. She is a Freeman of the City of London, Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Marketors and a Trustee of the Marketor’s Charity, as well as an Advisory Committee Member for The Barbican.
Helen Marriage is Director of Artichoke, the arts production company she co-founded with Nicky Webb in 2005.
Helen’s previous work includes a seven-year period as Director of the Salisbury Festival, described by The Times as ‘miracle of modern British culture’. She created the first Arts & Events programme for Olympia & York, the developers of Canary Wharf in London, and was an Associate Director of the London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT). She began her working life at Artsadmin where she managed a variety of independent artists in the early 1980s.
In 2012, she was awarded a Loeb Fellowship at Harvard Graduate School of Design, a prestigious fellowship awarded to individuals working in the area of urban design and planning. Her appointment was an acknowledgement of the impact Artichoke has made on the way mass public art events are negotiated and staged. She was awarded an MBE for services to the arts in the New Year’s Honours list in 2016.
David Micklem is a cultural leader and strategic thinker with a demonstrable track record in supporting artists, delivering significant arts projects and influencing policy.
With considerable experience as a Producer, Programmer and Arts Leader, he has played a central role in some of the most talked-about performance projects of the last decade including Punchdrunk’s mould-breaking The Masque of the Red Death, Royal de Luxe’s The Sultan’s Elephant, BAC’s One-on-One Theatre Festival and WildWorks’ BABEL.
Nephertiti was born in West Africa and raised in East London. She has worked in the charity sector for 20 years and is currently Artistic Director of the social arts charity Peckham Platform. Since 2013, she has worked on high-profile public realm projects with organisations including Art on the Underground, City of London and Contemporary Art Society, Manchester and Whitworth Galleries, Somerset House, and the Singapore Biennale. Her practice focuses on performance, audio and moving image in non- gallery contexts, producing discursive works, collaborations and research projects. She has a BA in photography from the Manchester School of Art and an MA in Curating Contemporary Art from the Royal College of Art.
Anthony James Heaton OBE is a British sculptor, disability rights activist and arts administrator, who was appointed an OBE in 2013 for services to the arts and the disability arts movement. He has exhibited nationally and internationally and major commissions include Gold Lamé winning the commission to be the first sculpture sited on the Liverpool Plinth in 2018 and Monument to the Unintended Performer, installed on the Big 4 outside Channel 4 TV in celebration of the 2012 London Paralympics. Tony brings a wealth of experience and 20 years of leadership in the arts, and is currently Chief Executive of Shape Arts in London.
