Arthur Kay
Founder & Chief Executive | Skyroom
Arthur Kay is an entrepreneur, urban designer and advisor, building solutions for sustainable cities.
Arthur is the founder of several urban design and technology companies, including the clean technology company – Bio-bean; the design, technology, and development company – Skyroom; and the £100 million ESG private equity fund – The Key Worker Homes Fund.
Arthur is an advisor to various organisations focused on building sustainable cities, including serving as a Board Member of Transport for London (TfL), the Museum of the Home, and Fast Forward 2030. He is an advisor to organisations including Innovo and the Royal Academy of Engineering. He holds academic appointments, as Hon. Associate Professor and Entrepreneur in Residence at UCL Institute for Global Prosperity, and has lectured on design, sustainability, and entrepreneurship at LSE, Imperial, NYU, and MIT.
Arthur is the author of Roadkill, Unveiling the True Cost of Our Toxic Relationship with Cars (Wiley, 2025), with Prof. Dame Henrietta Moore.