Pooja Agrawal joins Open City trustees

Open City is delighted to welcome architect and chief executive of Public Practice, Pooja Agrawal to its board of trustees.

The Open City trustees are a group of volunteers representing a broad cross section of perspectives and backgrounds who are the legal custodians of the charity and lead Open City’s strategic development.

Agrawal is an architect and planner who worked as a public servant at Homes England and the Greater London Authority. She previously worked at private architecture and urban design practices including Publica and We Made That. She co-founded Public Practice and social equality platform Sound Advice.

Deborah Denner, chair of the Open City trustees said: "I'm thrilled that Pooja is joining the board of Open City, she's an innovative and highly respected leader in our sector who will bring enormous talent and energy to the trustees."

In addition to Pooja Agrawal, the Open City board of trustees currently comprises:

Deborah Denner of Frame Projects (Chair)

Dav Bansal of Glenn Howells Architects (Vice Chair)

Elle Dodd of Collaborate CIC (Vice Chair)

Sara Bailey of Trowers and Hamlins

Albert Williamson-Taylor of AKTii

Anna Liu of Tonkin Liu

Jayden Ali of JA Projects