Eight new trustees join the Quality of Life Foundation board

We’re excited to announce the appointment of eight new members to our board of trustees. 

The cohort includes representatives from inside and outside industry to bring new perspectives to enhancing health and wellbeing across the built environment.  

The eight new board members will be responsible for developing the Foundation’s strategy and building a platform that will impact industry and government in the next five years, with a particular focus on: 

  • overcoming the barriers to health equity
  • improving community engagement to improve people’s sense of influence over their environment
  • encouraging the use of health and wellbeing outcomes as the basis for social value measurements. 

The new trustees  join our existing board members Jonny Anstead (Chair), Professor Flora Samuel, Michael Chang and John Alker, pushing for positive change across all aspects of the sector. 

Following an extensive recruitment process, we selected the newly appointed members from a variety of sectors including policy and research, urban development, placemaking, planning, government and architecture, across both the public and private sectors:

  • Rachel Fisher, Deputy Director for Land Use Policy, DEFRA
  • David Roberts, previously Director and Deputy CEO of Igloo Regeneration
  • Yemí Aládérun, Senior Development Manager, Meridian Water for Enfield Council
  • Debbie Whitfield, Director of Impact, Fabrix
  • Christine de Ferrars Green, Solicitor 
  • Cat Langdon, Head of Strategic Operations, ODI
  • Dr Kelly Watson, Director, Hatch Urban Solutions
  • Jo Lancaster, Public Servant

Our founder, Professor Sadie Morgan said: “We’re thrilled to be expanding our board from eight to 12 exceptional members from a range of different sectors outside the built environment. When it comes to shaping and improving peoples’ quality of life, it is vital that we have a diverse array of perspectives feeding into these conversations so we remain focused on improving all life everywhere. 

“Growing our board and having members from research, housing, international development and architecture backgrounds will ensure that the foundation can deliver its full potential of creating homes and communities that prioritise people’s physical, social and psychological wellbeing over the long term.”

We’re all really excited to work with our new trustees as we take the Foundation’s work to the next level.

Find out more about the trustees and our implementation team.