At the Annual General Meeting on 16 March 2020, the following were elected members of the committee for the next year. Read the minutes here. View the slides shown at the meeting here.
Minutes of meetings
Stephen Taylor (Chair) first came to Hampstead as a student at what was then Westfield College. He was married in Hampstead Town Hall, and has since lived and worked around the world. In 2001 he returned to Hampstead, where he writes software for a living.
Alex Nicoll (Vice Chair) is a writer and editor. He was a journalist at the Financial Times and Reuters, and a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He has lived in Hampstead for 35 years.
Janine Griffis (Secretary) has a professional background in public relations and has lived in Hampstead since 1992. Active in a number of local organisations, she has been chair of the Pilgrim's to Willoughby Residents Association since 2001 and chaired the Camden Community Police Consultative Group for seven years. She was chair of Hampstead Neighbourhood Forum from its foundation in 2014 until 2020.
Clyde Whittaker (Treasurer) spent 20 years in the IT industry, latterly as a board director in the finance sector, and has lived in Hampstead for 13 years. His specific interests are housing quality, traffic and the street environment. A member of the Georgian Group, he belongs to Hampstead’s bell-ringing team and is a Vice President of Epsom Hospital Radio.
David Castle is an architect, now retired, who has lived in the area most of his life. He chairs the Planning Subcommittee of the Heath & Hampstead Society and was Vice Chair of Hampstead Neighbourhood Forum from 2014 to 2020.
Linda Chung has a background in HR and business development. The majority of her professional career was dedicated to international executive search and selection but her interests are also in public service, particularly the health sector. She has served on the boards of several health authorities and latterly for a large health trust. She has considerable voluntary and charitable interests, and works with several local and national charities. Linda was a Camden Councillor in 2008–14, when she held the Shadow Culture and Environment Portfolio.
Andrew Haslam-Jones has been assisting the Forum over the past year in connection with its constitution and other matters. He lives in Hampstead and is a solicitor and a partner in a niche law firm in the City of London.
Sue Kon (co-opted 16 June 2020) is a Jungian Analyst, now retired. She trained at the Society of Analytical Psychology, Hampstead. Her committee and professional support work included Honorary Secretary, Member of Diversity Working Group, Clinic Review Group. Sue is Deputy Chair of Trustees and Clinical Trustee at the Maya Centre, which provides a free counselling service for women who have experienced mental health issues which may stem from trauma including domestic violence, physical abuse or sexual abuse in childhood and war and conflict as well as harmful practices. Other recent voluntary work has included convening a Carers’ Support Group and membership of a committee concerned with combatting isolation in the community. Sue has lived in Hampstead for ten years.
Glen Robinson is a semi-retired architect and environmentalist living in Hampstead and who, until 2015, had an architectural practice based in Belsize Park for over 25 years. The practice specialised predominantly in community architecture, social housing and heritage projects.
Nicola Sinclair has lived in NW3 for about 20 years, apart from a short period living in New York City. She has been involved in the Downshire Hill Residents Association since moving into the road. Nicola has a background in banking and psychoanalysis. Formerly a Director at ING and before that JPMorgan, she is currently a fulltime mum to two children, both of whom attend Hampstead schools.
Guy Wingate has lived in Hampstead for over 50 years and is the fourth generation of his family to have done so. He is passionate about preserving and protecting the Village and led the campaign to save The Old White Bear pub from residential development in 2014. He is also a Trustee of Hampstead Community Action, the charity that oversees the running of the Hampstead Community Centre and Community Market. Educated locally at New End and UCS, his career in media included being a key member of the original team that created London’s Kiss FM. As well as radio, he has also worked extensively in music, television and cinema.