Chris Watson



Chair, Tower Hamlets Forum
Chris is partner and head of the Telecoms team at CMS Cameron McKenna. He is dually qualified as a solicitor in England and as an avocat in France and speaks seven languages.

 

David Robinson



Finance Director
David is a Chartered Accountant, who retired in 2004 after a career in the City with ED&F Man & Man Group plc. He has worked with ELBA for over 15 years, both as a volunteer trustee with several local charities and later as Financial advisor to the ELBA Board. He is a member of ELBA’s Finance Committee.

 

David Willetts




David is Chairman of Reeve Hepburn Asia Pacific, and has been involved in regeneration initiatives in London for over 25 years. He was a founding member of ELBA and serves on ELBA’s Finance Committee. David is on the Council of the London Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

   

Eileen Taylor

Chair, Hackney Forum
Eileen Taylor is a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank where she is Global Head of Diversity. She is the Treasurer of Democrats Abroad UK and serves on the events sub-committee for Opera Holland Park Friends.

 

Ian Bacon

Chair, Newham Forum
Ian is Chief Executive of Tate & Lyle, Sugars based at their Thames refinery in Silvertown.

 

James Graham

Chair, Legacy Board
James is a Managing Director at UBS Investment Bank and vice chair of the UBS Community Affairs Committee. He chaired the Hackney Forum 2004 – 2008. He is Chairman-elect of the Governors of an independent London day school.

   

Mike Cooper-Mitchell



Deputy Chair
Mike enjoyed a career in insurance in the City and retired as MD Marsh Corporate in 2005. He is a non-executive director of Arthur J. Gallagher, Chairman, Hartford Financial, and Association Member of BUPA. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, and Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Insurers. Mike’s community interests include Chairman, Music in Hospitals and VP of the London Phoenix Orchestra and he is Chair of ELBA’s Finance Committee.

 

Richard Reid



Chair
Richard is London Chairman at KPMG with a proven track record of leadership and a wealth of boardroom experience. He is on the boards of The National Heart and Lung Institute and the British Lung Foundation and sits on the Marketplace Leadership Team of Business in the Community (BiTC). Richard is also Chairman of Safer London Foundation, the principal charity of the Metropolitan Police and a Governor of an independent Girls’ school.