Chairman, Centre for Cities; Chief Executive, Urban&Civic plc Nigel has been in the top tier of the UK property industry for the past three decades, after becoming one of the youngest ever...

Alex Plant is Director of Strategy & Regulation at Anglian Water at Anglian Water. Before that he was Director, Regulation and Competition Policy at Royal Mail taking up the post shortly after...

Tom is Chief Executive of Leeds City Council and has overseen a significant transformation of the city since 2010. Tom’s top priority is for Leeds’ growth and public services to be inclusive,...

Nicola was previously City Director for Bristol City Council from 2013 to 2016.  Prior to that Nicola was Chief Executive of Hull City Council. Nicola’s professional background is within the...

John is Managing Director for Group investments for the Aviva Group and has been there since July 2021. Before joining Aviva John was Managing Director for Future Cities at Legal &...

Miranda was previously at Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail where she worked in the use and exploitation of place-based data.  Her interest is in the new business models that will be required when...

Alan Harding is Chief Economic Adviser to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Innovation Research at the Alliance Manchester Business School. He...

Joe Burns is Chief of Staff to Lord Sainsbury. Joe was Lord Sainsbury’s Private Secretary between 2003 and 2006 when he was Minister for Science and Innovation. Joe left the government with...