Alan Welby
Managing Director, Built Environment & Local Growth - Connected Places Catapult
Dr Alison Vincent CBE
Non-Executive Director & Chair of Remuneration & Nominations Committee - Connected Places Catapult
Andrew Carter
Chief Executive - Centre for Cities
Andy Lord
Commissioner - Transport for London
Anna Jordan
CEO - Alchera Technologies
Carolyn Dwyer
Non-Executive Director - Connected Places Catapult
Catherine McGuinness CBE
Non-Executive Director & IUK Nominated Director - Connected Places Catapult
Clare Wildfire
Global Cities Lead - Mott MacDonald
Clare is Global Cities Lead with global engineering, management and development consultancy, Mott MacDonald. Having led regeneration, low carbon and sustainable innovation projects across the globe, Clare uses systemic thinking to push boundaries and, most importantly, improve people’s lives. From her 35 years’ experience in the sector, originally as a building services engineer on sustainable buildings, she combines her practical understanding of construction and development drivers with policy engagement, bringing insight into the technical, political, financial and behavioural aspects of sustainable development and healthy, resilient, low carbon living.
[Could also add this, I’m happy for you to decide] Clare co-created an industry-led collaboration of infrastructure organisations supporting the UK transition to net zero, including authoring a report ‘A place-based approach to net zero’ on the city-scale transition, which explores the challenges and opportunities facing city leaders.
Claudette Forbes
Non-Executive Director & Senior Independent Director - Connected Places Catapult
Darran Messem
Non-Executive Director - Connected Places Catapult
David Hughes
CEO - East West Rail
David’s path has been firmly rooted in the transport sector. From 2021 to 2024, he served as the Director General for Rail Infrastructure Group at the Department for Transport. In this role, he provided leadership and oversight for DfT's portfolio of major rail investment projects. Before DfT, he held the position of Strategy and Programme Director at Transport for the North.
But David's passion for transport goes back even further. He spent 15 years at Transport for London, where he led the development and planning of major rail infrastructure projects, including iconic ones like Crossrail and the Northern Line Extension. Additionally, he played a key role in upgrades across the London Underground network.
Prior to joining EWR Co., David has been at Arup as the Major Programmes Director. There, he focused on supporting and accelerating the delivery of significant national infrastructure and strategic change programmes.
Erika Lewis
CEO - Connected Places Catapult
Gareth Powell
Non-Executive Director - Connected Places Catapult
Graeme Craig
Director & Chief Executive - Places for London
Justin Anderson
Managing Director, Data & Digital - Connected Places Catapult
Kellie Beirne
Chief Executive - Cardiff Capital Region
Kellie Beirne is the Chief Executive of Cardiff Capital Region – the partnership of ten councils working to improve the lives of the 1.5m residents in South East Wales through transforming the economy, business landscape and innovation in the Region. Kellie joined CCR in 2018 from her role as Deputy Chief Executive at Monmouthshire County Council, where she gained a reputation for promoting the entrepreneurial state. Kellie is a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales, an Honorary Fellow of Cardiff University, a Governor at Cardiff Metropolitan University and sits on several innovation advisory boards including the Morgan Advanced Studies Institute at Swansea University, Cardiff University’s International Board and the Connected Places Catapult Advisory Group.
Lucy Yu
Non-Executive Director & Chair of the Projects, EDI & Sustainability Committee - Connected Places Catapult
Mete Coban MBE
Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy - Greater London Authority
Rob Quinn
CEO - MakeSense Technology
Rokhsana Fiaz
Mayor of Newham - Newham Council
Sameer Savani
Transport Managing Director - Connected Places Catapult
Stuart Patrick CBE
Non-Executive Director - Connected Places Catapult
