Trustees

Maxwell Hutchinson

(Founder Trustee, joined 2005). On Boxing Day 2004, Maxwell was caught up in the Tsunami in Sri Lanka. He saw, first hand, the devastation and horror that a natural disaster brings. In the aftermath he realised that better planning of shelter was a skill architects could deploy to speed the recovery in areas hit by such events. Maxwell asked his friends to help set up a charity to enable this to happen - Vicky Harris took on the job to establish A25 (then Architects For Aid) and Jack Pringle gave Vicky office space as the charity grew from 1 to 20 people over the first couple of years. Maxwell has been a broadcaster and architect for many years presenting programmes on television and radio.  Maxwell is also a past president of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Jack Pringle

(Founder Trustee - joined 2005) Jack is the immediate past president of the RIBA and managing partner at Pringle Brandon. As one of the founder trustees of Article 25 (then Architects for Aid) he has been involved from the very beginning with Vicky, in setting up the charity and working to make our launch a success. Jack's practice, Pringle Brandon, is a major donor to, and supporter of, Article 25, giving us a home for the first years of life.  Moreover, Jack has now also taken on the role of Article 25's Chair.

Lord Foster 

(Joined 2006). Lord Foster is possibly the single most renowned architects practising in the world today. His practice, Foster + Partners, is based in London but has offices worldwide. Since its foundation in 1967 the practice has been responsible for a wide range of projects, from urban masterplans, airports and workplaces to private houses and product design. In 1999, Norman Foster was honoured with a life peerage, taking the title Lord Foster of Thames Bank. Lord Foster was the one of the first people requested to join the board at the formation of the charity and he did not hesitate, becoming a trustee early in 2006.

Peter Murray

(Joined 2006.) Peter is the founder of the London Architectural Biennale (now the prestigious London Festival of Architecture) and Chairman of Wordsearch. He is also Exhibition Director of the New London Architecture Gallery. He was formerly Editor of Building Design, the RIBA Journal, publisher of Blueprint Magazine. He is secretary of the Architecture Club and of the Bedford Park Society. He is a long-distance cyclist and cycles to raise money for wonderful charities like Article 25. Peter is the founder and organiser of the Annual Charitable Cycle2Cannes bike ride to MIPIM every year.

Sunand Prasad 

(Joined 2007.) Sunand the current President of the Royal Insititute of British Architects has accepted the position of Trustee with Article 25 (then Architects for Aid), saying "I am honoured to be asked and... delighted to accept." Jack Pringle said; "We are truly delighted to welcome Sunand to Article 25 and are honoured by his confidence in this innovative and focused young organisaton. Article 25's clear vision and ability to get the job done will only be enhanced by Sunand's welcome addition to the team." Sunand is managing partner of prestigious London architecture firm Penoyre and Prasad.

Dr Joe Giordano

(Joined 2008). Dr Joe Giordano BSc (Hons) MRICS, is a Director and co-founder of Devsol Consulting, a construction and property consultancy, which provides development and funding solutions to the property, construction and finance sectors. He is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor by qualification, who has spent his career advising banks and developers on the risks associated with development and development finance and providing project delivery solutions. He is a specialist in Development/Project Management and Quantity Surveying to mitigate these risks. He is Lead Author of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ recent Project Monitoring Guidance Note. Joe regularly publishes in the property press on the risks associated with construction costs and procurement, and was responsible for the article in International Real Estate Finance headed "Managing Construction Finance Risk: what funders should be looking for". He is the joint owner of Equityinterchange.com, a specialist online equity fund provider, and co-founder of Bluegate Capital, a specialist property fund vehicle. He is also a property developer who has completed a number of schemes. His clients range from the one-man development company to the sovereign wealth fund.

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Dr Victoria Harris,  CEO - (Founder Trustee - joined 2005) See staff profiles.

Robin Cross, Director of Projects -  (Joined 2009) - See staff profiles.