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 and Sustainability
David Beamont
Head of Sustainability & Infrastructure
Kiera Ryan
Head of Marketing
Chloe McAllister
Senior Events Manager
Jade Thomas
Communications & Marketing Manager
Ebony Ximines-Parke
Social Responsibility Manager
Lauren Dowdle
Security & Business Resilience Manager
Catherine Jenkins
Planning & Placemaking Project Manager
Ashleigh Evans
Digital Marketing Manager
Isabelle Dumont
Events Assistant
Christine Westbrook
Assistant Accountant
Mary Ward
Office Manager
Jane Parsons
Governance & Administrative Manager
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 | 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)
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)
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)
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 | Julian Robinson, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | Guy Hilton, The Waldorf Hilton
Xhola Cambridge, CBRE (Co-opted Member) | Cllr Tim Mitchell, Westminster City Council (Observer)
