Mayor unveils transport and housing chiefs

Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced five senior advisors across housing, transport, crime and planning.

These are:

Val Shawcross CBE as Deputy Mayor for Transport and Deputy Chair of Transport for London.Val Shawcross has extensive experience of all issues relating to London’s transport, having served as a London Assembly member for 16 years, including eight years as chair and deputy chair of the London Assembly transport committee.

Lord Andrew Adonis as Chair of the Crossrail 2 Board. Andrew Adonis brings a wealth of experience delivering major London and national transport projects. Lord Adonis will continue his role as chair of the National Infrastructure Commission.

Sophie Linden is proposed as as Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime. Sophie Linden is former government special adviser to Lord David Blunkett at the Home Office. She is currently Deputy Mayor of Hackney Council with lead responsibility for crime and community safety, neighbourhood and civic engagement.

Fiona Twycross as Chair, London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA). Fiona Twycross, an Assembly Member since 2012, has first-hand knowledge of this brief having served as Vice Chair of LFEPA since July 2013.

James Murray has been appointed to spearhead his ambitious housing programmes as Deputy Mayor for Housing. James Murray is currently the lead councillor for housing and development at Islington council, a role he has held since 2010, having first been elected in 2006.