We’re looking for new Trustees and a Chair who share our passion for better places to join us in 2025
Everyone deserves good design. At Design South East, we believe it is fundamental to quality of life – and to the development of healthy, resilient and sustainable communities.
As a not-for-profit organisation, we work entirely in the public interest, working with our panel experts to help shape better places.
To help further this mission, we are seeking to appoint new trustees to our board, including a new Chair, in 2025.
Trustee of the Board
We are looking for new Trustees to join us with skills and experience in at least one of the following specific areas:
- Planning
- Business strategy, growth and development
- Urban design, architecture and built environment-related disciplines
- Sustainability and the built environment
- Human resources
- Information technology
To read more about the role of our trustees, click HERE
Chair of the Board
We are also seeking a new Chair – a well-known and highly respected leader in design, architecture, planning, or development, with experience of:
- Influencing government and its agencies
- Working for or with local authorities
- Working as an executive director
If you share this passion for community and the environment, and believe you can help grow our influence and deepen our impact, then we want to hear from you
To read more about the role of our Chair, click HERE
These are unpaid pro-bono positions, with an anticipated time commitment of 1-2 days per month for the Chair, and about half a day per month for Trustees.
We are committed to ensuring we reflect the communities we serve in terms of background, life experience and skills, and we particularly welcome applications from younger people and groups traditionally under-represented within the built environment.
Our current trustees are:
Hilary Satchwell, Director, Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design
Ben Rogers, Chair of Design South East; Professor, University of London and Bloomberg Distinguished Fellow at LSE Cities
Mary Cook, Planning Barrister and Founding Partner of Town Legal LLP
Jonathan Martin, Director of Inward Investment at the London Borough of Waltham Forest
Joy Nazzari, Founding Director of brand consultancy DNCO
Jeremy Stockwell, Design South East Finance Sub-Committee Chair
How to Apply
If you would like to discuss the position further before making an application, please contact Chris Lamb chris@designsoutheast.org
To apply please submit your CV, a short covering letter explaining your interest in the position, and an outline of your relevant experience to Chris Lamb at the above email address.