Kate Willard OBE is our Chair, the Government-appointed Envoy for the Thames Estuary and the driving force behind the UK’s most dynamic growth area. She is also one of government’ s appointed National Infrastructure Commissioners.
Her extensive experience in logistics and transport, is just one part of a career, which has taken her from an apprenticeship at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East and roles as an actress and director, to leading initiatives in regional aviation, and chairing the board at Teesside International Airport. A Churchill Fellow and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Kate’s approach is defined by direct involvement in projects that spur regional growth and infrastructure development.
Kate embodies the ethos of effective execution and strategic foresight.
Put simply, she gets shit done.