Minnie joined the Design Council as Chief Executive in March 2021. She has introduced and led the Design for Planet mission to help address the climate crisis. Minnie spent years
Laura joined enthusiastically in March 2022 to lead the Marketing & Communications team, tasked with raising the profile of the Design Council brand and its wide range of inspirational
Rachel is a Senior Skills Manager at the Design Council, in the Knowledge team. Having worked across the private, public and third sector, Rachel brings her multidisciplinary background to
Frederik is the Head of Place & Infrastructure who specialises in placemaking, economic regeneration, and social innovation. Frederik works with public and private sector clients – as well as
Alison Brooks is one of the UK’s leading architects. Born and educated in Canada, she moved to London in 1988 and founded Alison Brooks Architects in 1996. Her design philosophy fuses history,
Andrew is an engineer with a background in transport, architectural engineering and urban design. He is passionate about how we can plan for low-carbon movement whilst at the same time creating
Angela is an architect director of award winning Brady Mallalieu Architects, set up with Robin Mallalieu and based in London, specialising in contemporary sustainable design. They work on projects
Annie is a landscape architect, a Fellow of the Landscape Institute and has a master’s degree in planning. Annie is co-chair of the Northwest’s design review panel, panel member of the HS2
Trained as an architect, Fred moved into public sector management. Since retiring from Southwark he has worked as an internal critic at the Heatherwick studio. At Southwark He oversaw the
Dr Gillian Horn is an architect, committed to interdisciplinary design and the valuable contribution of research in design and in practice. She studied at Cambridge University and Harvard Graduate
