The Board of Trustees ensure LCC’s CEO and staff team are working in the most effective way towards our campaigning and strategic goals.Trustees hold responsibility for making sure LCC meets its legal obligations, ensuring its finances are well-managed, making sure governance structures are functioning well, and overseeing the charity’s internal democracy.
Members of the Board also sit on committees (Campaigns and Active Membership, Business, and HR) and each trustee serves as a ‘link’ for up to four of LCC’s volunteer borough groups, attending their meetings and getting to know their area and concerns.
Being a charity trustee is a great way to skill up in leadership and governance. You oversee all manner of activities, from safeguarding to equality work. You network with people across London and beyond who have deep insight and expertise in cycling, transport, active travel, the climate emergency and more. And you help change the future of cycling in London, and shape our city for the better.
Chair
I’ve been a member of LCC for 15 years, a trustee for three years, and Chair for just under a year.
The climate crisis needs urgent action at local, national and international levels but the pace of change just isn’t fast enough. Cycling is a key component of the climate emergency tool box. Getting more people on bikes and enabling them to cycle safely is a no-brainer.
I want to see children cycling safely, women confident on their bikes and many currently under-represented communities enjoying the freedom enabled by that game-changing invention of 1817, the bicycle.
Treasurer
I am a chartered accountant by training, and have lived and cycled in London all my life. I am the London Cycling Campaign’s Treasurer, and also the Chair of LCC’s Business Committee.
From starting out cycling to school, to seeing the decline and subsequent resurgence of cycling, I have seen how getting around London by bike has been transformed. It is now so much easier to use bikes on a casual basis to get around.
However, there is still much to do. We should aim to ensure that everyone travelling in London feels that choosing to travel by bike is a “normal” and safe option. Increasing the take up of cycling as a form of transport is vital for the health of our city.
Trustee
We are at a tipping point in social willingness to try cycling with 22% of Londoners now “actively considering” getting on a bike. If this happened, we would see more than half of Londoners on their bike.
To start with we need to fully understand the key barriers to starting, whether they be physical, emotional or financial. Then, we need to work in partnership with others in the community to devise and deliver schemes which address these barriers and steadily remove them. Higher levels of cycling are crucial to our adaptation to a net zero way of life.
Trustee
In my professional life, I work for Sustrans, the national walking and cycling charity. I have delivered dozens of low traffic neighbourhoods and cycle routes across the UK, as well as writing new design guidance. I work closely with Transport for London and have been working part time for the new government agency Active Travel England. I therefore have direct experience of working with trustees from the staff side and understand how important they are in shaping the strategic direction of a cycling charity.
Equality, diversity and inclusion is one of my main priorities. As a trustee I use my voice to amplify others and challenge those (who often look like me) opposed to change, so that everyone can see cycling as the quickest, fastest and cheapest way to get from A to B, just like I always have.
Trustee
I am a long-time member of LCC, borough co-ordinator for LCC’s Wandsworth group, and co-founder of LCC’s Cycle Buddies programme to enable people to buddy up with another person cycling in their area for support.
As a trustee I draw on my passion for cycling activism and community engagement – and my extensive background in business and governance. I bring vision, commitment to inclusivity and diversity, and a proven record of financial competence and effective management.
Trustee
I’m a Barnet resident since birth, married with two children, Jewish, and work in operations for tech start-ups. I’ve been a bike rider for most of my life, whether it was tearing round parks, riding to school, commuting, shopping or sports.
I have been a campaigner in Barnet for over a decade as part of the Barnet Cycling Campaign and Better Streets for Barnet and have represented the Borough’s cyclists at Council meetings and in front of the Mayor of London to highlight the lack of cycling within the Borough.
Through my experience with start-ups, I am helping LCC use a “build, measure, learn” ethos, using data driven decisions to really operate smoothly.
Cycling has taught me so much, and I’d love more people to experience this.
Trustee
I’m Izzy, I’m 27, and I live in Lambeth (in a first-floor flat on an A-road, which is a daily reminder of how far we have to go). I’ve been cycling around south London since I was about 5.
Since becoming an LCC member, I’ve attended protests, taken direct action, learnt about the debates and dynamics around cycling, and have become a passionate believer in a liveable future for London. As a trustee, I bring empathy and solidarity with those demanding change, as well as those who could never see themselves cycling here.
I’m keen to see more constructive and empathetic conversations around cycling infrastructure. I know there are a wide range of attitudes towards cycling in London, and I’m keen to engage beyond the in-crowd.
Trustee
Kris is an award-winning freelance technology journalist specialising in engineering and computer technology. Kris’s chosen area of focus as an LCC trustee is diversity and inclusion – which is critical to both our campaigning aims in the community, and also inside our own organisation. As Chair of LCC’s Diversity and Inclusion working group, Kris oversees how we can most effectively represent and advocate for all Londoners.
Trustee
I have lived in London most of my life and been riding in the city for nearly twenty years. I see the bike as a liberating factor in my life and have become an advocate for cycling in mental health recovery and management – something which has particular significance for me personally.
I have served two terms on the LCC Board, through the pandemic, and am looking forward to re-connecting with more people in person. The cycling community benefits from its diversity and I want to make LCC an organisation that fully reflects the rich and diverse nature of our city.
Vice-Chair
Christian is a award-winning writer and broadcaster specialising in transport. He was shortlisted as a Mayoral candidate for Labour in 2016 and stood for Parliament in the Richmond Park by-election that year. He is a lifelong cyclist who averages around 50 miles per week as his main form of transport and is a founder of Labour Cycles.
Christian has written a series of books on transport topics including UK transport policy, Crossrail, British Rail and more. His website is www.christianwolmar.co.uk
He is currently Chair of LCC’s Human Resources committee, overseeing both volunteers and staff.
Board of Trustees
Eilidh Murray
Simon Clark
Colin Crooks MBE
Giulio Ferrini
Toby Hopkins
Jonathan Klaff
Izzy Romilly
Kris Sangani
Sarah Strong
Christian Wolmar
There are three vacancies in this year’s election to the LCC Board and eight candidates standing for election. The people elected will serve for three years between the 2023 and 2026 AGMs.
LCC is keen to encourage nominations from people from groups underrepresented in cycling and our organisation, so this year we would especially welcome nominations from younger people, women and people from London’s diverse communities. We are also keen to receive nominations from people with professional experience and expertise in Human Resources. You are particularly welcome to apply if you are considering becoming a trustee for the first time. We are recruiting for potential and learning in the role is expected. Training will be provided and all travel and reasonable out of pocket expenses will be covered. Please get in touch to discuss any additional barriers or concerns you may have.
All LCC members are now invited to vote for their preferred candidates.
Download the candidate manifestos here.
Please check your emails for details of how to vote.
2023 Trustee Candidate
Cycling has been the source of my greatest joy and pain. For many years I travelled everywhere in London on my bicycle and loved it – the freedom, the ease, and being active and outdoors. In 2022, whilst cycling to work I was hit by a lorry driver, I was seriously injured and my right leg was amputated. This life changing experience made me acutely aware of the cost to individuals and communities if we don’t address road safety.
2023 Trustee Candidate
My name is Isabelle, I’m 29 years old, and I have been a cyclist for almost 26 years. As a Belgian, cycling runs through my blood; I am very lucky to have been born into a cycle-confident family and community. Cycling has always been my primary mode of transport, and one that I love with all my heart. That didn’t change when I moved to London in 2016…
2023 Trustee Candidate
Hello- I’m Sara and I’m applying to become a Trustee of London Cycling Campaign because I love cycling and would like to do all I can to help make London a safer and more enjoyable cycling city for everyone…
2023 Trustee Candidate
I’ve had the privilege of living in diverse countries, and wherever I’ve gone, my trusty bicycle has been my constant companion. For me, a bicycle isn’t just a weekend pastime or a sporty plaything; it’s an affordable, healthy, and joyful mode of transportation…
2023 Trustee Candidate
My name is Natalie Lindsay and I am a 53 year old Londoner. I moved to our wonderful city after graduating from university (PPE Oxford) and I’ve raised my family whilst living on a main road. I am a non-lycra wearing cyclist…
2023 Trustee Candidate
Three years ago, when I first ran for election as a trustee, I aimed to promote greater diversity and inclusivity throughout the London Cycling Campaign. We have made significant progress by collaborating with our staff and our members. But there is more to do…
2023 Trustee Candidate
I have been a cyclist for as long as I can remember, have worked in London since 1992 and lived here for over 13 years. I joined Southwark Cyclists through their Healthy Rides scheme and became Climate Safe Streets Champion for the 2022 local election. I have been the Coordinator for Southwark Cyclists since Nov 2022…
2023 Trustee Candidate
I am a lifelong cyclist who has watched facilities in London improve remarkably over the past couple of decades. Whereas once I would be able to say hello to every cyclist I encountered at the lights, nowadays I am delighted by the crowds of fellow two wheelers at every junction in central London…
2023 BOARD CANDIDATES
Nedah Darabi
Isabelle De Pauw
Sara Dowling
Sara Frea
Natalie Lindsay
Kris Sangani
Simon Saville
Christian Wolmar
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