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Ranjit Singh Baxi
Ranjit Singh Baxi is one of the UK's most highly regarded
Asian business leaders. His own business, J and H Sales based in
Redbridge, exports waste paper from Europe, the UK and USA to the
Indian sub-continent and the Far East, and has become one of the
leading recycling export companies in Europe. Ranjit is also a
Divisional President of the Bureau of International Recycling, an
international trade federation based in Brussels and a Non-
Executive Director of Think London. A Governor of the University of
East London, Ranjit is actively involved with the UK Punjabi
Community and is the President of the World Punjabi Organisation
(European Division).
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Nick Bitel
Nick Bitel is Chief Executive of the London Marathon and one
of the country's leading events experts. A partner in sports law
firm Max Bitel Greene LLP,
he is a member of the Events for London Steering Group, a member of
the London Community Sports Board and former Vice Chairman of Wigan
Athletic.
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Aman Dalvi
Aman Dalvi has lived in East London all his life. He is
Corporate Director, Development and Renewal at the Borough of Tower
Hamlets, is a former Chief Executive of Gateway to London, and
former Chief Executive of Ujima Housing Association and has
extensive experience of housing development and regeneration. He
leads on Tower Hamlet's Olympic activities and is a former member
of the Board of English Partnerships. He sits on the Board as an
individual member and not as a representative of the Borough of
Tower Hamlets.
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Keith
Edelman
Keith Edelman is the former Managing Director of Arsenal
Holdings and a key player in the Emirates Stadium project. He is
currently Chairman of Nirah, and a Non-Executive Director of Beale
plc, Arnotts Holdings and Safestore Holdings. He is a former
Non-Executive Director of Eurotunnel and formerly Chairman of
Glenmorangie.
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David Edmonds
David Edmonds has had extensive experience within the
housing and regeneration sectors and was the senior civil servant
in charge of the Government's Inner Cities programme in England. He
is a former Chief Executive of the Housing Corporation, Board
member of English Partnerships and Chairman of Crisis, the charity
for the single homeless. He was also the UK's telecoms Regulator
for five years and the Chairman of NHS Direct for four years. He is
currently the Chairman of the Legal Services Board, and Chairman of
logistics company, Wincanton PLC.
David is a Non- Executive Director of property company Hammerson
PLC and a Non-Executive Director of William Hill PLC.
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David Gregson
David Gregson is Chairman of Phoenix Equity Partners, one of
the leading private equity groups in the UK. He is currently
Chairman of Abel & Cole and of Precise Media Group, a Director
of Letts Filofax Group, and a trustee of the World Wildlife Fund-UK
and of The Climate Group. David was previously Chairman of the
Mayor of London's Legacy Board of Advisors.
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Robert John
Robert John is a director of a number of private sector
companies which focus on housing and regeneration issues. He has
held senior roles at Canary Wharf and has a continuing interest in
transport and regeneration. He was appointed Chair of Wales in
London in 2006 and is involved in a broad range of activities in
Wales. He also advises on property development in Africa and
India.
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Sir Robert
Kerslake
Sir Robert Kerslake is Chief Executive of the Homes and
Communities Agency beginning in post as Chief Executive Designate
from 31 March 2008. From 1997 to 2008 he was Chief Executive of
Sheffield City Council. He was previously with the London Borough
of Hounslow initially in the post of Director of Finance and then
for seven years as Chief Executive. He has held previous roles with
the Greater London Council, handling Transport Finance, and with
the Inner London Education Authority, He is a former Non-Executive
Board member at the Department for Communities and Local
Government.
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Philip Lewis
Philip Lewis is a chartered surveyor and Deputy Chairman of
Lambert Smith Hampton, one of the UK's largest property
consultants. He is a former Chairman of Sport England, London and
past President of the British Council of Shopping Centres. He was
previously Chief Executive of Milner Estates plc and Executive
Chairman of Safestore plc. He has held Non-Executive roles in a
number of companies and is involved in various charitable
organisations.
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Lord Andrew
Mawson
Lord Mawson is one of the UK's leading social entrepreneurs.
Over 25 years he has created a family of projects, in particular
the renowned Bromley-by-Bow Centre in East London. Today he is
leader, motivator and adviser to major projects including St Paul's
Way Transformational project in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
and Water City, a visionary plan to revitalise east London.
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Elizabeth
McMahon
Elizabeth McMahon is Managing Director of Madison Muir, strategic
marketing, brand and business development advisors. Liz was Head of
International Marketing for the London 2012 Games bid and was
Director of Marketing Services at the International Olympic
Committee. A former Director at Citigroup and JP. Morgan, she also
managed the global corporate marketing and communications
department at 3M. She tutors in marketing communications and
sponsorship at the Westminster Business School and the George
Washington University Olympic Games MBA programme. Liz sits on the
Corporate Development Board of the NSPCC and the Board of the
International Womens Forum UK.
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Jules Pipe
Jules Pipe was re-elected as Mayor of Hackney for a second
term in May 2006, having become the Borough's first directly
elected Mayor in October 2002. Before becoming Mayor, Jules worked
as a newspaper journalist, working for, among others, the Sunday
Times and Sunday Telegraph, as well as serving as a ward councillor
from 1996 to 2002, and Leader of Hackney Borough Council from June
2001 until elected as Mayor in 2002.
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Tessa Sanderson
Tessa Sanderson is an Olympic Gold Medallist, our ambassador
for the London 2012 Games and head of the Newham Sports Academy
which was set
up to find and train talent for the London 2012 Olympic and
Paralympic Games. A former Vice-Chairman of Sport England, she has
won Sports Personality of the Year and Athlete of the Year three
times and presents sport on various international television
channels.
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Sir Robin Wales
Sir Robin Wales is Mayor of Newham Council. He was a
Councillor from 1982 to 1986 and then from 1992, becoming Leader in
1995. In 2002, he
became the Borough's first directly elected Mayor and was
re-elected in 2006. His major interests are raising employment,
increasing affordable housing and regeneration in the Borough. He
is local government Board member on the London Organising Committee
of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) and is Chair of LOCOG's remuneration
committee. He is also Chair of the Five Olympic Host Boroughs and
is a member of the Olympic Park Regeneration Steering Group.
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