Antonia is Chief Executive Officer at the Centre for London. She joined CfL September 2023, and has over 15 years’ experience in charities, think tanks and campaigning organisations promoting new economic thinking. She has expertise across progressive local economic development and heterodox economics, and prior to joining CfL worked as an Associate Director at the Centre for Local Economic Strategies.  Antonia holds a Master’s degree with distinction in Politics and Communications, and a BA (Hons) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. She is the former Chair of the board of Rethinking Economics, and is a Commissioner on the Mayor of London’s London Sustainable Development Commission.

What do you love about London?

I love London’s amazing food, music and culture. As a global melting pot, London is second to none when it comes to the food you can eat, the gigs you can go to and the exhibitions you can attend – brought to us by communities from across the world, who are proud to call London home.

What would you change about London if you could?

Extreme wealth alongside extreme poverty. Despite being the UK’s heart of economic growth, poverty levels in our capital are abhorrent. Living in Tower Hamlets, which includes both Canary Wharf and one in two children in child poverty, shows me that we need to make sure that growth in the capital is inclusive, and its proceeds are better shared.