Currently Director of Placeshaping and Town Planning at Westminster City Council, Deirdra has a long career in Town Planning and Regeneration in the public sector. Providing strategic leadership on sustainable places, Deirdra has an eclectic range of experience strategic and local mixed use development, development economics, conservation, neighbourhood advocacy, transport, public health and strategy. Deirdra also sits on the Board of the Dolphin Foundation, a small housing association and has been a school Governor. The chance to be a trustee for RENEW, to contribute to enabling people to heal and reach their potential and assist with the longevity of the charity through smart use of property assets, is a welcome and inspiring task.