Board of Trustees

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.

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.

Making roads safer is a public health issue. My background is working as a GP in the NHS, and it is my role to promote a healthy environment for the community. I have previously worked with Lambeth Council to promote better accessibility to active travel through their pioneering ‘Kerbside Strategy’.

In 2022, whilst cycling to work I was hit by a lorry driver, I was seriously injured and my right leg was amputated. I’m part of a community of cyclists who have sustained life-changing injuries, and the circumstances that led to the collisions we were involved in are depressingly similar; dangerous junctions, HGVs that don’t allow good visibility, lack of adequate cycling infrastructure and training around sharing roads with ‘vulnerable road users’ in London. In addition, there is often a lack of justice for victims in a system that fails to protect cyclists. All issues that the LCC has and continues to campaign for.

In a time where cycling is often used as a political football, I hope to humanise the issue of road safety and remind people that real lives are at stake.

I bring over 30 years’ experience working in the charity sector. I am currently the Deputy CEO and Director of Operations at RoadPeace, the national charity for road crash victims.

I’ve lived in Lambeth since the early 90s and I love the benefits and freedoms that cycling brings. For me, cycling is the solution to many of society’s challenges, from public health, the climate crisis, air quality, inclusion, and the cost-of living crisis, as well as a joyous and empowering activity that improves our quality of life.