MEET THE TEAM
Ruth Duston OBE, OC
Chief Executive
Katherine Fleming
Chief Operating Officer
Jacqueline Chambers
Director of External Affairs
Vikash Patel
Finance Director
Alison Gregory
Director of Placeshaping & Sustainability
Kiera Coffey
Head of Marketing
David Beamont
Head of Sustainability & Infrastructure
Oliver Barden
Head of Placemaking
James Carrigan
Management Accountant
Anaïs Villaça
Senior Events Manager
Jade Thomas
Communications & Marketing Manager
Lauren Dowdle
Security & Business Resilience Manager
Ebony Ximines-Parke
Social Responsibility Manager
Catherine Jenkins
Planning & Placemaking Project Manager
Ayesha Khalil
Placemaking & Sustainability Project Manager
Ashleigh Evans
Digital Marketing Manager
Jane Parsons
Governance & Administrative Manager
Mary Ward
Executive Assistant to CEO & Office Manager
Gemma O'Connor
Team CoOrdinator
Isabelle Dumont
Events Assistant
Christine Westbrook
Assistant Accountant
Sam Bracey
Business Administrator Apprentice
Board of Directors
Our Boards are made up of representatives from a variety of sectors within the BID areas to ensure balanced representation
London HQ Ltd
Nigel Hughes, London Heritage Quarter (Chairman)
Geoff Smout, Bain & Company | Bernadette Gilligan, Conrad London St James | Claudia Binkert, EDF Trading | Zoe Gilligan, Landsec | Piers Townley, Grosvenor Property UK | Julian Robinson, LSE | Mark Taylor, QEII Centre | Andy Hicks, Shaftesbury Capital PLC
Victoria BID
Nigel Hughes, London Heritage Quarter (Chairman)
Claudia Binkert, EDF Trading (Vice Chair)
Piers Townley, Grosvenor Property UK | Zoe Gilligan, Landsec | Ruth Duston OBE, OC, London Heritage Quarter | Abel Campos, McDonalds | Andrew Davidson, Studio PDP | Rolf Buehlmann, The Peninsula London
Victoria Westminster BID
Nigel Hughes, London Heritage Quarter (Chairman)
Claudia Binkert, EDF Trading (Vice Chair)
Lee Oxley, Channel 4 | Bernadette Gilligan, Conrad Hotels | Ruth Duston OBE, OC, London Heritage Quarter | Mark Taylor, QEII Centre | Mark Fisher, Tuckerman
Whitehall BID
Nigel Hughes, London Heritage Quarter (Chairman)
Claudia Binkert, EDF Trading (Vice Chair)
Ruth Duston OBE, OC, London Heritage Quarter | Laura Ewing, UK Parliament | Sam Jones, Tate | Rob Flinter, The Westminster London, Curio Collection by Hilton
The Northbank BID
Andy Hicks, Shaftesbury Capital PLC (Chairman)
Julian Robinson, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (Vice Chair)
Claude Abi-Gerges, Capital Arches Group Ltd | Geoff Smout, Bain & Company | Michael Izzo, Corinthia London | Ruth Duston OBE, OC, London Heritage Quarter | Robin McIver, King’s College London | Janine Marshall, One Aldwych | Nigel Hutchinson, PwC | Jonathan Reekie, Somerset House Trust | Guy Hilton, The Waldorf Hilton
Xhola Cambridge, CBRE (Co-opted Member) | Cllr Tim Mitchell, Westminster City Council (Observer)