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Richard Blakeway

Richard Blakeway

Director of Housing

Richard spent seven years working in Westminster, including the Conservative Party's policy review and housing advisor to Boris Johnson during his Mayoral campaign. In 2004 he helped launch and edit the International Development Magazine circulated to over 100 countries. Richard is a Young Ambassador for the Samaritans and Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts.

Appointed: 22 September 2008 to the end of the Mayor’s term of office in 2012
Status: Mayoral appointment
Summary of role: To lead the political, strategic and operational framework for the development of the Mayor’s statutory housing strategy and other housing and homelessness policies to help deliver the Mayor’s housing responsibilities and plans.
Salary: £80,000
Interview date: 18 September 2008
Register of Interests: Richard Blakeway Register of Interests
Gifts and hospitality: To be announced

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Anthony Browne

Anthony Browne

Policy Director

A former national journalist, Anthony Browne was Director of the leading think tank Policy Exchange, and has written reports on issues ranging from the NHS to housing, education, environment and welfare reform for several think tanks. Anthony has a degree in mathematics from Cambridge University. He is married with two children and lives in north London.

Appointed: 6 October 2008 to the end of the Mayor’s term of office in 2012
Status: Mayoral appointment
Summary of role: To provide policy advice to the Mayor, and to research and develop new policies for London.
Salary: £124,364
Interview dates: 21 July and 21 November 2008
Register of Interests: Anthony Browne Register of Interests
Gifts and hospitality: Anthony Browne gifts and hospitality register

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Isabel Dedring

Isabel Dedring

Director, Environmental Policy

Isabel Dedring spent five years at Transport for London as Director, Policy Unit and before that as Chief of Staff to the Transport Commissioner. Isabel has also worked for Mckinsey and Ernst and Young. She has degrees in law from Harvard and is a qualified lawyer in the US. She is fluent in German, Russian and French.

Appointed: Seconded from TfL from 7 October 2008 to the end of the Mayor’s term of office in 2012
Status: Mayoral appointment
Summary of role: To lead the development of the Mayor’s six statutory environmental strategies and other discretionary environmental policies to improve London’s environment.
Interview date: 28 August 2008
Register of Interests: To be announced
Gifts and hospitality: To be announced

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Guto Harri

Guto Harri

Director of Communications

Guto spent more than a decade as a political correspondent for BBC News. He was also posted by the Corporation to Rome and New York. He has presented some of the flagship programmes on Radio 4 and left the BBC to become senior Policy Advisor consultant for Fleishman Hillard before joining the Mayor's team.

Appointed: 12 May 2008 to the end of the Mayor’s term of office in 2012
Status: Mayoral appointment
Summary of role: To advise the Mayor on matters relating to media and communications and to lead and direct media and communications strategy and policy development to support the priorities and objectives of the Mayor and GLA.
Salary: £124,364
Interview date: 8 May 2008
Register of Interests: Guto Harri Register of Interests
Gifts and hospitality: Guto Harri gifts and hospitality register

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Munira Mirza

Munira Mirza

Director of Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy

Munira has a background in journalism, lecturing and policy research, and has worked for a range of cultural and charitable organisations including the Royal Society of Arts and Tate. She is a member of Arts Council London, MLA London, a Council Member on the UK Committee of the European Cultural Foundation and is a founding member of the Manifesto Club. She did her PhD at the University of Kent on the subject of local cultural policies in the UK.

Appointed: 2 June 2008 to the end of the Mayor’s term of office in 2012
Status: Mayoral appointment
Summary of role: To lead on policy and strategy to meet the Mayor’s manifesto commitments for Arts and Culture and to represent the Mayor in engaging with relevant stakeholders.
Salary: £80,000
Interview date: 9 May 2008
Register of Interests: Munira Mirza Register of Interests
Gifts and hospitality: Munira Mirza gifts and hospitality register

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Kulveer Ranger

Kulveer Ranger

Director for Transport Policy

Kulveer was a delivery manager of the Oystercard for London in 2003. He led commercial negotiations on behalf of the Secretary of State to support the King’s Cross redevelopment and the procurement of a £70m Thameslink station. Kulveer is a former Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party.

Appointed: 27 May 2008 to the end of the Mayor’s term of office in 2012
Status: Mayoral appointment
Summary of role: To provide policy advice and direction, set priorities and take decisions relating to transport issues on behalf of the Mayor.
Salary: £100,000
Interview date: 12 May 2008
Register of Interests: Kulveer Ranger Register of Interests
Gifts and hospitality: Kulveer Ranger gifts and hospitality register

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Dan Ritterband

Dan Ritterband

Director of Marketing

Daniel spent the first six years of his career at Saatchi & Saatchi, producing communications for brands such as the NSPCC, Sony, Visa, Lexus and Proctor & Gamble. In 2005 he moved into politics - working on the 2005 General Election; then for David Cameron as Head of Communications. Daniel was Campaign Director of Boris's election campaign for Mayor of London.

Appointed: 1 July 2008 to the end of the Mayor’s term of office in 2012
Status: Mayoral appointment
Summary of role: To lead on developing marketing and brand strategies, and policy development to support the priorities and objectives of the Mayor.
Salary: £124,364
Interview date: 3 June 2008
Register of Interests: Dan Ritterband Register of Interests
Gifts and hospitality: Dan Ritterband gifts and hospitality register

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