Debbie is an urbanist with 20+ years’ professional experience, working with and connecting businesses, government and people to unlock better city-making at all scales. She was part of the team that launched New London Architecture in 2005 and played an instrumental role over 16 years establishing the organisation as the pre-eminent centre for debate about London’s built environment.
She became its first director in 2010 and managing director in 2019, with responsibility for key stakeholder relationships and commercial strategy, overseeing the growth of NLA’s unrivalled public and private sector network of over 500 membership organisations. She is passionate about shaping better cities for all, sits on the Mayor’s Fund’s Built Environment Steering Group – focussed on making the industry more inclusive to young Londoners from low socio-economic backgrounds – and has been heavily involved in the London Festival of Architecture since its inception in 2004, leading on a number of headline installations in partnership with high profile architects, cultural and academic institutions and grass-roots organisations.