Laura Citron OBE

CEO, London & Partners
& Co-Chair, Opportunity London

Laura is CEO of London & Partners, the growth agency for London. Our mission is to create economic growth that is resilient, sustainable and inclusive. We drive investment, innovation and entrepreneurship and make London a brilliant destination for visitors and Londoners. 

Laura is proud to lead the teams behind flagship brands including Visit London, Let’s Do London, Grow London, London Tech Week, MedCity London, DotLondon and Opportunity London. 

Since Laura became CEO, London & Partners has created 42,500 jobs and added £1.9bn to the London economy. 

Before joining London & Partners, Laura led the global Government & Public Sector Practice at WPP, the FTSE 100 global leader in marketing and communications. 

Laura was awarded an OBE for services to the London economy in June 2024.

Cllr Claire Holland

Chair, London Councils
Leader, Lambeth Council

Councillor Holland is responsible for setting the overall political and strategic direction for the council; acts as the lead spokesperson and manages external relations including with Government, the Greater London Assembly and local and regional bodies; as well as managing the council’s relations with key stakeholders, partners and investors and holding the council’s Chief Executive to account. 

Councillor Holland chairs the Lambeth Strategic Partnership (LSP) which will implement Lambeth’s ambitious Lambeth 2030: Our Future, Our Lambeth. The LSP brings together key anchor institutions, foundations, businesses and charity sector partners across a variety of sectors, creating a strategic, joint-working approach to delivering the outcomes laid out in Lambeth 2030 and builds our collective voice for Lambeth’s communities and organisations. 

The Leader oversees communications and public awareness campaigns. She is responsible for ensuring the implementation of the Administration’s manifesto commitments and core council strategies, including Lambeth 2030: Our Future, Our Lambeth. She leads on the council’s work to deliver the recommendations of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse and the support to survivors through the Lambeth Children’s Home Redress scheme. 

She also leads on investment and growth in the borough including overseeing delivery of our economic resilience strategy and attracting inward investment across our growth sectors including medical technology and life sciences, digital and creative sectors, and the new low carbon economy. She leads on regeneration schemes across the borough including Growing Brixton’s Rec Quarter, Waterloo, West Norwood, Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea partnership, Waterloo station masterplan and SC1.

Dan Scanlon

President
Brookfield Properties

Dan Scanlon is President of Brookfield Properties, United Kingdom responsible for leading the UK team and a 5-million-square-foot portfolio in London.

He joined Brookfield Properties in 2009 and has been instrumental in the site acquisition and successful delivery of more than 3 million sq ft of office, residential, retail and leisure in London. Before joining Brookfield Properties, Dan managed a series of large-scale construction projects in Melbourne and London, including 5 years in a senior position at Multiplex Construction (acquired by Brookfield in 2007).

 Dan holds a bachelor’s degree of Science in Civil Engineering (honours) from the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Mat Cash

Executive Partner, Group Leader
Heatherwick Studios

Since joining the studio in 2006, Mat has been responsible for some of the studio’s largest and most important projects, including: Xi’an CCBD – a new retail district in Xi’an; Little Island – a public park and performance space in New York City; Zeitz MOCAA – a re-purposed grain silo creating a major museum in Cape Town; Eden – a residential tower in Singapore; Pacific Place – a mixed-use development in Hong Kong; a kinetic Glasshouse – in the historic Woolbeding Gardens in West Sussex; and Maggie’s Yorkshire – a cancer care centre in Leeds. 

Mat currently oversees a wide portfolio of projects that span the USA, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. These include a mixed-use neighbourhood in South Miami, a major cultural centre within a converted former desalination plant in Saudi Arabia, and an ambitious future forward masterplan for a new mixed-use district on a 58-hectare site along Cape Town’s shoreline. 

As a Group Leader, Mat works alongside Thomas Heatherwick to lead all aspects of a portfolio of projects from concept development through to delivery. As an Executive Partner, he also steers the studio’s senior management group, guiding business strategy, planning and process

Michelle May

Director of Socio Economic Regeneration
London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC)

Michelle May has led the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) Socio Economic Regeneration work since its inception in 2012. She is a proud east Londoner who is passionate about the place and its people. Michelle has focussed her efforts on ensuring that the physical development of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park delivers real and lasting benefits for local people, including the design and delivery of a highly innovative education and skills programme, built on Good Growth principles with diverse, local talent at its heart.