MEET THE TEAM
Ruth Duston OBE, OC
Chief Executive
Katherine Fleming
Chief Operating Officer
Jacqueline Chambers
Director of External Affairs
Vikash Patel
Finance Director
Kiera Coffey
Associate Director of Marketing & Events
Alison Gregory
Head of Placemaking - Northbank District & Riverfront
Oliver Barden
Head of Placemaking - Victoria District
David Beamont
Head of Sustainability & Infrastructure
Joshua Johns
Head of Operations
Anaïs Villaça
Senior Events Manager
Jade Thomas
Communications & Marketing Manager
Ashleigh Evans
Digital Marketing Manager
Catherine Jenkins
Planning & Placemaking Project Manager
Ayesha Khalil
Placemaking & Sustainability Project Manager
Ebony Ximines-Parke
Community & Social Impact Lead
James Carrigan
Management Accountant
Robbie Hosking
Data & Strategy Analyst
Jane Parsons
Governance & Administrative Manager
Mary Ward
Executive Assistant to CEO & Office Manager
Isabelle Dumont
Events Assistant
Christine Westbrook
Assistant Accountant
Sam Bracey
Operations Co-Ordinator
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 MBE, 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 | Andy Hicks, Shaftesbury Capital PLC
Victoria BID
Nigel Hughes MBE, London Heritage Quarter (Chairman)
Claudia Binkert, EDF Trading (Vice Chair)
Lindsey Condron, Cleveland Clinic London | 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 MBE, 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 Fisher, Tuckerman
Whitehall BID
Nigel Hughes MBE, London Heritage Quarter (Chairman)
Claudia Binkert, EDF Trading (Vice Chair)
Ruth Duston OBE, OC, London Heritage Quarter | Murray Quinney, Government Property Agency | Laura Ewing, UK Parliament | Sam Jones, Tate
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)