The Hackney Wick & Fish Island Community Development Trust (HWFI CDT) was formed in 2017 by four local social enterprises - Stour Space and The Yard Theatre, Creative Wick and Grow, Hackney - who were concerned about the impact of property development on the heritage and culture of the local area.
Executive Team
Our executive directors have responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the CDT.
Patrick Scally
Executive Lead
Patrick joins us from LB Hackney and Tower Hamlets' CEZ, bringing a wealth of knowledge about the local area and place-based economic development.
Alex Russell
Executive Director
Alex is a director at Augarde & Partners, she specialises in place-based strategy, inclusive economies, communications and engagement, facilitating change, delivery models and partnerships.
William Chamberlain
Executive Director
William is founding director of Creative Wick and the founder and chairman of the CIG, a local business to business innovation network established in 2010.
Paul Reynolds
Executive Director
Paul is a Chartered Landscape Architect and Urban Designer, and founding Director at Tapestry - a specialist urbanism and placemaking consultancy based in London, UK.
Our full board is made up of the executive team alongside additional non-executive Directors – business and community leaders who work and/or live in the area. Their role is to support the executive team and ensure that our mission stays focused on supporting the local community in Hackney Wick and Fish Island.
Our Board
Sam Hansford (chair)
Co-Executive Director, Soho Theatre
Abdi Mohamed
Public Affairs Manager, Scope
Brian Akintokun
Co-Founder, Hackney Wick FC
Jenna Clark
Executive Headteacher, Gainsborough Primary School
The Advisory Panel consists of a group of experts in community development, local economy, planning, regeneration, finance and housing, who advise the Board on relevant matters on an ad hoc basis.
Advisory Panel
Robin Nicholson, Fellow, Cullinan Studio
Simon Donovan, CEO, London Development Trust
Bill Parry Davis, Consultant and Solicitor in civil litigation regarding land and property
Hannah Gardiner, Consultant Community Wealth Building, Sustainability and Environment, Societal Transformation
Chris Brown, Founder, Igloo Regeneration and Managing Director, Climatise
Anna Harding, Space Studios
Gunther Jancke, Bootstrap
Frances Hollis, Reader in Architecture at London Metropolitan University and Director of the Workhome Project
Cllr Chris Kennedy, local Wick ward Councillor and Cabinet Lead for Health, Adult Social Care and Leisure at the London Borough of Hackney