Board

Pam Vick

Pam is a highly regarded non-exec director, commercial business development consultant and strategic consultant to boards. She is an Ambassador for Women on Boards UK and one of Boardroom Advisors’ most experienced Advisors, an organisation that provides part-time CEOs, exec directors and NEDs internationally. Pam is a NED on the board of IMPRESS, the independent …

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Adam Towle

Adam joined the Board of Be First in July 2023. He has considerable experience as a designer, project manager, and built environment expert in both public and private sectors. He trained as an architect and won a prestigious RIBA President’s Medal award, before spending several years at architecture practice 5th Studio. Moving to the public …

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Nabeel Khan

Nabeel was appointed to the Board of Be First in July 2022 and brings 15 years experience of working with senior policy makers and politicians across a range of economic development and regeneration projects in the public sector. He currently heads up the economy and culture division at London Borough of Lambeth, where his remit …

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Davena Wilson

Davena was appointed to the Board of Be First in July 2022. She is currently the Director of Projects at the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) with responsibility for the organisation’s regeneration and economic development programme. Davena started her career in the private sector where she qualified as a chartered development surveyor. …

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Synthia Griffin

Synthia has over 15 years of experience working in museums, local authorities and across the cultural sector and currently curates the Regeneration & Community Programme at Tate. She has extensive experience of leading programmes of work on community and audience participation as well as cultural led regeneration and commissioning artists. She originally studied Fine Art …

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Catherine Thomas

Catherine has held senior marketing and communications roles in real estate and fashion retail including Debenhams and Land Securities, and has a particular affinity with tech, data, content, reputation and experience convergence. Her skills in place making and destination marketing were honed at Land Securities, where she led the communications team for Victoria SW1, including …

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