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Team

Find contact details and information about our team, including their areas of expertise. Many of our team are also experienced conference speakers and media contributors.

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Andrew Carter

Chief Executive

Andrew is the Chief Executive of the Centre and before that he was the Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Policy and Research. Andrew has over 20 years of experience working on urban...

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Paul Swinney

Director of Policy and Research

As Director of Policy and Research, Paul oversees the research programme and strategy of the Centre. He has published on a wide range of subjects relating to city economies, including the...

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Sian Morgan

Director of External Affairs

Sian leads our public affairs and stakeholder engagement strategies, building partnerships with the politicians, policy makers, academics and businesses interested in our work. She also oversees...

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Anna Bullegas

Head of Finance and Operations

Anna moved from Poland in the early 1980s, after graduating from Warsaw University in Management Studies. She joined the team at Centre for Cities in November 2008 and is responsible for the...

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Anthony Breach

Associate Director

Anthony works as part of the research team at Centre for Cities, where he focuses on housing and planning. Anthony won the Thinkhouse Early Career Researcher Prize 2019 for Capital cities: How...

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Maurice Lange

Analyst

Maurice joined Centre for Cities as an Analyst in October 2023. Before joining the Centre, Maurice worked as Senior Caseworker for a senior Labour Party politician and as a Research Officer at the...

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Rob Johnson

Analyst

Robert is an Analyst at Centre for Cities, working as part of the research team. Before joining in October 2023, Robert worked as an Economic Consultant at London Economics with a focus on...

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Sean Canty

Head of Press & Media

Sean guides external engagement via the media and helps journalists across the UK learn about our work. He also plans the digital content that you see on the website alongside the policy team’s...

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Caitlin Rollison

External Affairs Manager

Caitlin joined the Centre in April 2022. As External Affairs Manager, she is responsible for planning the Centre's online and offline events programme including report launches, partner events,...

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Jess Tulasiewicz

Policy and Public Affairs Manager

Jess joined the Centre for Cities in March 2023 as Policy and Public Affairs Manager. Previously she worked at BECG, a sector specialist communications consultancy for the built environment....

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Viola Pititto

Digital Publications and Visualisation Officer

Viola joined the Centre for Cities in July 2022. As Digital Publications and Visualisation Officer she is responsible for designing and publishing the Centre’s reports, data visualisation,...

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Marie Anselot

Office Manager and PA to Chief Executive

Marie joined Centre for Cities in January 2022 as Office Manager, having moved from Brussels to London in 2011. She is responsible for supporting the Chief Executive, research and events teams...

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Audrey-Frédérique Lavoie

Researcher

Audrey joined the Centre for Cities as a Researcher in October 2023. She previously worked as a Policy and Economic Affairs Analyst at the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal, and as a...

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Oscar Selby

Researcher

Oscar joined the Centre for Cities as a researcher in November of 2023. He previously studied at King’s College London and attained a first-class degree in politics - winning the prize for...

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James Evans

Research Fellow

James first joined the Centre for Cities as a Research Intern for the summer of 2021. He returned to the Centre in January 2022 as a part-time Research Fellow. Outside the Centre James is a...

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Xuanru Lin

Intern

Xuanru joined the Centre for Cities as a Research Intern in January of 2024. She holds a BSc in Human Geography from Sun Yat-sen University, and completed an MSc in Regional and Urban Planning...

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What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth

Danielle Mason

Head of Policy, What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth

Danielle has spent 15 years working to improve the use of high quality evidence in policy making, as an academic, a researcher, and a civil servant. She joined the team from the RSA where she was...

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Victoria Sutherland

Head of Evidence, What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth

Victoria is Head of Evidence at the What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth, where she is responsible for ensuring that our evidence base and evaluations meet our evidence standards and are...

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Megan Streb

Head of Outreach, What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth

Megan has worked with local authorities in a number of roles over the last 10 years. She joined our team from Sustrans where she was Partnership Manager in the South of England. In that role, she...

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