Chairman

Peter John, LB Southwark

Cllr Peter John was born in Weston-super-Mare.  He attended his local comprehensive school and went on to study law at the University of London.  After graduating in 1988 he became a barrister.  He has been a member of the Labour Party since 1982.  He was elected as a councillor for ...

Vice Chairman

Stuart Fraser, City of London

Stuart Fraser is the City of London Corporation's Policy Chairman, leading on strategy, resource allocation and engagement with legislators and regulators in the UK, Europe and across the world on policy issues affecting London as a key international financial centre. This also involves taking a lead on relations with ...

Board Member

Nasim Ali, LB Camden

Councillor Nasim Ali (Nash) is Leader of Camden Council and Leader of the Labour Group. He has been a ward councillor for Regents Park in Camden since May 2002.  Nash was born in Sylhet, Bangladesh and came to the UK aged 7. He grew up on the Regent’s Park ...

Board Member

Catherine West, LB Islington

Catherine has represented the Tollington Ward in Islington North since 2002 and has held the position of Leader of the Labour Group since 2004, steering the group from 11 to 35 councillors at the 2010 Local Elections.  Catherine’s priorities include improving local housing provision, promoting safer inner city communities ...

Board Member

Sir Merrick Cockell, RB Kensington & Chelsea

Sir Merrick Cockell has been Leader of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea since 2000. Kensington and Chelsea is recognised as amongst the highest performing councils in the country and was assessed by the Audit Commission with the best possible rating in its annual Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) for ...

Board Member

Steve Reed, LB Lambeth

Steve was elected as Leader of Lambeth Council in May 2006 having been a local councillor for Brixton Hill Ward since 1998. As Leader of the council he oversees the work and direction of the council, making sure local people get the services they require. Steve is responsible for chairing ...

Board Member

Colin Barrow, City of Westminster

Councillor Colin Barrow is the Leader of Westminster City Council. He was first elected to the council in May 2002 and was Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Transport then Cabinet Member for Finance and Deputy Leader between 2005 and 2008. He became Leader of the Council in May 2008 ...

Board Observer

Fiona Fletcher-Smith, Greater London Authority

A graduate of the University of Northumbria and the London School of Economics, Fiona has worked in a variety of voluntary and public sector roles including advising homeless people in Dublin, housing management, development and regeneration and strategy and policy development.

Most recently, Fiona spent three and a half years ...

Observer

John Dickie, London Business Board

John Dickie joined London First* in March 2008 as Director of Strategy and Policy. He was previously the Head of Corporate Affairs at the BBC (2003-8); Regulatory Affairs Director of the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (2000-2003); and has over ten years experience in public policy consultancy, initially with Prima (1989 ...