Muniya leads BusinessLDN’s Policy, Campaigns and Communications team, with responsibility for our impact, influencing, thought leadership work and membership. She supports our CEO John Dickie in the running of the business and has responsibility for developing the overall business strategy. She was previously Managing Director of Policy and Strategy, and before that, she ran our Corporate Affairs team. Before she joined BusinessLDN, Muniya’s previous senior roles included Managing Director of Corporate Affairs at the award-winning public and communications agency Newington Communications and at the business lobby group, the CBI, where she held the roles of Director of Corporate Communications and Head of News. Muniya began her career as a business reporter at the Liverpool Daily Post before going on to produce news bulletins for ITV News London, CNN and the BBC. Muniya is an independent governor at London Metropolitan University and sits on its finance and resources committee. She was previously a trustee at the Campaign for Better Transport.

Gideon Skinner is Senior Director of UK Politics in Public Affairs at Ipsos where he has worked since 1997. He leads on research into cross-cutting issues that face all public services, such as public service reform, trust, and research into many political and social trends. As Head of Political Research, Gideon has also been involved in coverage and analysis of every general election since 1997 including appearing on CNN as the results of the 2024 general election were announced. Gideon contributes to many published thought leadership reports, including our Understanding Society publication, our regular Global Advisor international polling series, and is part of the Ipsos Thinks team.

He has presented data to many interested audiences and conferences both in the UK and overseas, to Cabinet Ministers, senior civil servants, business people, and students and schoolchildren, as well as appearing on TV, radio and podcasts to discuss public opinion on current affairs.

John Dickie is the Chief Executive at BusinessLDN. Formerly the organisation’s Director of Strategy and Policy, he was responsible for the business membership organisation’s public policy development and its member management team. A former Deputy Leader of Camden Council in London, John was a member of the current Mayor of London’s London Finance Commission, the previous Mayor’s Infrastructure Delivery Board and is a member of the King’s College Commission on London. 

His previous senior roles include Head of Corporate Affairs at the BBC, Regulatory Affairs Director at the European Competitive Telecommunications Association and Managing Director of consultancy Prima Europe, later GPC London, where he provided political and policy advice to major international businesses. John started his career at Swiss Bank Corporation International and has degrees from Oxford University and the London Business School.

Rachel is responsible for delivering commercial and social benefit through our development and investment activity across the country. 

This includes our ongoing investment in Mayfair and Belgravia through development projects such as South Molton and our regional investment portfolio, which comprises 500,000 sq. ft. of office space in the UK’s key cities and our residential debt platform. 

Rachel joined Grosvenor from Legal & General where she was an Investment Director in the Future Cities business, leading the Urban Regeneration team. Here she was responsible for sourcing, structuring and investment management of real estate projects and partnerships including Cardiff Central Square, Newcastle Helix, Bruntwood SciTech and a joint venture with Oxford University.

Prior to that, Rachel held various asset and portfolio management positions across the UK and Europe at CBRE Investors and Tishman Speyer respectively.

CEO of ExCeL London since 2018. I believe passionately in the power of face-to-face events as a driver for positive social and economic change. ExCeL hosts 400 world class events per year and welcomes some four million guests to the venue. I am incredibly proud and privileged to lead such an amazing, hardworking, professional team. Since opening in 2000, ExCeL has firmly established itself as the home of world-leading events, as well as being dubbed one the world’s most connected venues – further aided by the recent introduction of the Elizabeth line. It is also the first and only UK venue to be awarded carbon neutral status to the internationally recognised PAS 2060 standards, all part of our wider roadmap to becoming net zero by 2030 and strengthening our community outreach. Under the ownership and close support of ADNEC, we continue to invest in the venue and its wider footprint with a 25,000sqm expansion programme set for 2024. In addition to the events and venue business we also own two hotels on campus ( Aloft Marriott and Hilton Double Tree) and are maximising property development opportunities building nearly 1,000 flats with our JV Partner Mount Anvil. 

Tunde Olayinka is the Executive Director for Communities and Skills at the Greater London Authority (GLA), where he plays a pivotal role in shaping London’s social and economic development. A seasoned executive with a distinguished career spanning local government, the Civil Service, and the voluntary sector, Tunde is known for translating complex social policy into impactful delivery.

Earlier in his career, while working for Central London Connexions, Tunde significantly reduced youth unemployment in some of London’s most deprived communities. He achieved this by forging a powerful alliance between businesses, skills providers, and employability support services — an approach that remains influential today.

At the GLA, he leads on tackling systemic inequalities, strengthening civil society, supporting young Londoners, and ensuring that businesses can access the skilled talent they need to thrive — while helping Londoners into good work. His strategic oversight of London’s skills agenda directly supports the Mayor of London’s commitment to building an inclusive and future-ready economy.

Tunde’s track record also includes leading the UK’s largest diversity and inclusion programme across the Civil Service, and overseeing critical national and local responses — from Brexit to Grenfell recovery. 

He also serves as a trustee of London Funders and, outside of work, is a proud supporter of Tottenham Hotspur – the current Europa League Champions.

For the past 25 years Dianna has worked on economic development, skills, employment and cultural policy in London local government. She currently supports London boroughs to collaborate and develops policy to support inclusive economic growth. Recent projects include the co-design of the London Growth Plan and the Inclusive Talent Strategy with the GLA.

As Commissioner of TfL, Andy is responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe and reliable transport services to keep London moving, growing and to make life in the Capital better for residents, visitors and businesses. He is responsible for delivering the priorities and objectives set out in the Mayor’s Transport Strategy and TfL Business Plan. Andy joined TfL in November 2019, as Managing Director London Underground having started his career with British Airways as a sponsored undergraduate in 1989, gaining an honours degree in mechanical engineering from Manchester University. His career saw him take on roles across engineering, operations and customer service, culminating as Director of Operations and member of the Executive Leadership Team for just over seven years. Prior to joining TfL, Andy was Executive Vice President at Menzies Aviation leading the business and operations for the UK, EMEAI. Andy is also a NED at Defence Equipment and Support.

Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist KPM leads Frontline Policing for the Metropolitan Police Service, overseeing more than 20,000 officers and staff responsible for local policing, public protection, and specialist crime across London. His remit includes driving performance improvement across frontline policing, managing complex risk, and delivering large‑scale organisational transformation – ultimately to build trust, lower crime and raise standards. 

With a policing career spanning nearly three decades, Matt has held a wide range of senior operational and strategic roles across the Met and nationally. He has led complex change programmes including Command & Control transformation and Central Estates and served as Gold Commander for London’s policing response during the Covid‑19 pandemic. He has also held national leadership roles within Counter Terrorism Policing, with national responsibility for CT Protect and Prepare. As Assistant Commissioner for Met Operations from 2022, he oversaw the policing operation of the Coronation of HM King Charles III and led the MPS response to significant protests, most notably linked to the Israel / Gaza demonstrations. He was also the MPS lead for Firearms and the government-led Accountability Review. As AC for Frontline Policing since Dec 2024, Matt has led significant structural change within the business group and crime performance improvement. 

Matt works closely with government, London partners, and business leaders to support London’s safety, confidence, and economic vitality. He currently serves as Chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council Performance Management Coordinating Committee and was awarded the King’s Police Medal in the 2025 New Year Honours for distinguished service.