NLA welcomes its Sounding Board for the first meeting of 2026

Wednesday 28 January 2026

Lucy Musgrave OBE

Founding Director
Publica

Tony Travers

Director
LSE London

Anthony Dewar

Professional Head Buildings and Architecture
Network Rail

Jo Negrini

Director, Cities and Planning Design
Arup

Sophie Rosier

Head of London Mixed Use
Savills

Cath Shaw

Deputy Chief Executive
London Borough of Barnet

Nabeel Khan

Strategic Director
London Borough of Lambeth

Kemi Oguntoye

Associate Director
Inside the Box Advisory

Pui Quan Choi

Architect
Hawkins\Brown Ltd

Richard Meier

Co-founder and CEO
Stories_

Debbie Jackson

Executive Director of Regeneration, Economy and Planning
City of Westminster

Betty Owoo

Senior Design Officer
Greater London Authority

María Fernández Cachafeiro

Head of Sustainability
Multiplex

Graeme Craig

Director and Chief Executive - TTL Properties
Places for London

Jonny Popper

Chief Executive
LCA

Louise Duggan

Head of Regeneration
Greater London Authority

John Bushell

Principal
Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)

Oliver Bayliss

Managing Director
Buckley Gray Yeoman

Binki Taylor

Founding Partner
The Brixton Project

Katie Stewart

Executive Director, Environment
City of London Corporation

Dicle Guntas

Managing Director
HGG London

David Joyce

Corporate Director of Housing and Regeneration
London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Stephen O’Malley

Chief Executive
Civic

Adam Challis

Global Director, Strategic Insights
JLL

Adam Challis

Global Director, Strategic Insights
JLL

Yẹmí Àlàderun

Head of Development
London Borough of Ealing

Emily Prideaux

Executive Director
Derwent London

Sadie Morgan

Founding Director, Chair, Commissioner, Mayors Design Advocate
dRMM Architects, HS2 Independent Design Panel, NIC, GLA, NLA

NLA welcomes its Sounding Board for the first meeting of 2026

NLA has convened the new NLA Sounding Board, welcoming members to their first meeting of 2026 at The London Centre.

Established in 2011, the NLA Sounding Board brings together the most senior urban leaders to provide a leading cross-disciplinary voice on the key issues affecting London and the built environment. Sitting at the highest level of NLA’s structure, the Board acts as the arbitrator of the New London Agenda, NLA’s multi-year framework setting a vision for the future of London and identifying the priority issues and solutions for the capital’s next political term.

Chaired by Sadie Morgan, the Sounding Board plays a central role in taking soundings on ideas and evidence for the New London Agenda, with input from NLA’s wider network of Committees, Expert Panels and guest contributors. Together, these groups form a multi-disciplinary network of over 300 industry professionals and community leaders helping to drive NLA’s work, inform policy and produce thought leadership.

The meeting opened with a fabulous moment from Lucy Musgrave OBE Cartwheel for a Cure with a celebratory cartwheel. Following treatment for Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML), Lucy began doing a cartwheel each day to celebrate recovery and is now encouraging others to take part in the national campaign, which aims to raise £200,000 to fund research into kinder, more effective AML treatments.

During the session, members reflected on NLA’s work to date and the impact of the New London Agenda and The Built Environment Sector report. Discussion also focused on shaping a new London 2050 vision, exploring how the values set out in the New London Agenda can underpin the capital’s future success. Members were also updated on NLA’s upcoming Connected Capital report.

A brief fire alarm during the meeting saw members continue their discussion outside before returning to The London Centre to close the session, a small but telling example of the group’s commitment to maintaining dialogue on the issues shaping London’s future.

We are delighted to welcome the new members appointed under Sadie Morgan’s chairship and look forward to their contribution to this senior industry forum. We also extend our thanks to those members stepping down from the NLA Sounding Board for their insight, leadership and valued contribution to NLA’s work.

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