Bridget Sawyers is the Chief Executive leading on external advocacy for the organisation and members. She is a qualified architect and urban designer and previously ran a cultural regeneration consultancy, clients included: the Homes and Communities Agency; Coventry City Council; Arts Council England; SEEDA; SMC Alsop; The Building Exploratory; Scottish Arts Council; Yorkshire Forward and she was Secretariat to the London  Development Agency’s International Design Committee on behalf of the Architecture Foundation.  Bridget was Head of Regions at CABE and prior to that Senior Architect at Arts Council England assessing quality of design and construction for arts capital projects. She is a member of the South East Regional Design Panel and Wakefield Design Review Panels.

Louise Forrester is Head of Development. She helps publicise the network's activity and leads on outward facing events, fundraising and support for the network members. Louise has worked with cultural organisations in both the UK and Australia, including managing and curating the Viewfinder Photography Gallery. She has been a guest speaker at London College of Communication, Farnham College and South Bank University. Louise has a BA in Design and an MA in Photography, was previously a committee member of London Independent Photography and is a member of Engage.

Cara Courage as the Head of Learning works with, and advocates for, the education teams around the network and their activity within schools and community settings and within the sector. She is also the Sussex and Brighton Universities Cultural Co-ordinator for the Creative Campus Initiative, the largest higher educational consortia project delivering an artistic response to London 2012. Cara is an arts consultant with a specialism in creative professional development, arts and education, architecture, public and visual arts.

Alison Raimes manages the financial administration for both Architecture Centre Network and the Building Exploratory. She studied Fine Art and has been a practicing multi media artist for over 12 years. Alison is also an active member of Bow Arts Trust where she has a studio and was a key speaker at the ‘Regeneration and the Premises Crisis: Finding the Space for Art’ in 2000. She co-authored the publication from that event and has been proactive in the development of relationships between developers and artists in the East End.

Peter Bishop (Chair)
Deputy Chief Executive of the London Development Agency. Peter trained in town planning at Manchester University. Over the past 20 years he has been a planning director in four central London boroughs and has worked on major projects including Canary Wharf, the BBC’s campus at White City and the Kings Cross development. He was appointed as the first Director of Design for London, the Mayor’s architecture and design studio, in 2006. In 2008 he was appointed Group Director at the London Development Agency. In this role he combined Design for London with the Agency’s land development, environmental, housing and public space programmes. Peter lectures and teaches extensively, is a visiting professor at the faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at Nottingham Trent University, is an advisor to the City of Bucharest and an honorary fellow of University College London.

Andy von Bradsky
Andy is Chairman of PRP Architects and is responsible for the growth, strategic planning and management of PRP's five offices, and his experience lies in large-scale housing and masterplanning projects in urban and suburban locations nationwide for both public and private sector clients.

Paul Grover
Paul is the Chief Executive of the Solent Centre for Architecture + Design, whose aim is to become a vehicle to promote design of the highest quality in the built environment with twin emphases on achieving both environmental and social sustainability.

Belinda Irlam-Mowbray
Belinda is the Director of RIBA North West, based in Liverpool.  She was involved in the establishment of Places Matter!, the architecture centre for the North West and sits on the Advisory Board. Belinda was responsible for the establishment of the milkandsugar gallery and bookshop in Liverpool. Her other key initiatives include A magazine and Architruck, both developed to promote design excellence in the region.

Chris Lamb
Chris Lamb is the director of The Kent Architecture Centre. He practiced as an architect for several years, has an MSc in Architecture, and has spent many years in post-graduate education. Before becoming Executive Director of arc, he founded and managed a highly respected digital media company in London.

Conrad Peters
Conrad is a training and development consultant having worked in the City for Barclays Bank for most of his career. He has an MSc in Training and is a Fellow of the RSA. He is also a trustee and former Chair of the Black Cultural Archives, a Charity embarking on developing the first Heritage Centre for Black British History and Culture in the UK. 
 
Robert Powell
Robert has been the Executive Director of Beam an arts, architecture and learning centre since 1997, and has expertise in financial management, organisational development, the visual arts, photography, literature, journalism and communications.

Victoria Thornton, Hon FRIBA
Victoria Thornton has been involved in the field of architecture for over twenty years. She is Founding Director of Open-City, London’s leading architecture organisation, established in 1992. As well as director and curator of many high-profile exhibitions/initiatives, Victoria established the RIBA Architecture Centre (1994-98);has been Architecture Consultant to the British Council VAD (1998-2000); architectural advisor to the Scottish Arts Council (2000) and judge for the RIBA Awards (2003), Chair and Board Member of Architecture Centre Network (2006) and the DCMS’ Engaging Places Advisory Panel (2007). She is currently a Board Member of the Irish Architecture Foundation. In 2003 RIBA awarded an Honorary Fellowship to Victoria in recognition of her contribution to architecture and the education of future generations and in 2005 awarded an honorary MA degree by London Metropolitan University.  She is also a fellow of the RSA and completed an MA relating to European architecture policy and young people (2009).

Helena Grdadolnik is an architecture critic and activist with expertise in developing public engagement programmes, design competitions and exhibitions. Helena was a Senior Advisor for CABE where she managed the organisations relationship and funding to architecture centres across England, including advising architecture centres on their corporate strategies and governance. Helena is the co-author of Towards an Ethical Architecture and The Contemporary Canadian Metropolis.

Karen Houghton is a regeneration and urban design consultant with particular skills in community engagement, learning and training development, governance, management and fundraising. She also offers facilitation and business planning support to public and third sector clients.

Annabel Jackson is a leading arts and cultural evaluator and has worked in a strategic and advisory capacity in the voluntary, government, regeneration, arts and private sectors and has published widely.

Peter Kavanagh is a marketing and fundraising consultant specialising in developing and implementing strategic and imaginative funding solutions to organisations within the heritage, arts, education and environmental sectors. He focuses on UK projects that are capable of influencing the social agenda.

Nancy O'Brien is a European Cultural and Learning Advisor who has worked as Head of Education for CABE and Project Leader for Engaging Places. She worked for several years as a senior teacher and principal examiner and has broad experience of managing creative learning programmes in the UK and internationally.

Peter Rees-Steer is a chartered accountant and management consultant specialising in governance, strategic and business planning, risk management and interim management across the private, public and third sectors.

Kevin Edwards is a management and regeneration/economic development consultant formerly a head of department with an RDA and CEO of a regeneration company in the Midlands.