About Greenwich
Heritage

Len Duvall, OBE

Chair

Len has been a Member of the London Assembly for Greenwich and Lewisham since 2000, before which he was a Labour councillor for the former London Borough of Greenwich for ten years. He was appointed to the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1998. Len was born and raised in Woolwich.

Philip Croall

Vice-Chair

Philip is a retired solicitor who has lived locally for almost 40 years. He worked as a commercial disputes partner at one of the U.K.’s largest firms for more than 25 years, numbering the Bank of England among his regular clients. He retired from professional practice in 2019.

Henrietta Billings

Trustee

Henrietta has been the director of SAVE Britain's Heritage since 2016. She has worked in the planning and heritage sectors for over ten years. Previously she was Senior Conservation Adviser for the Twentieth Century Society. Henrietta is a chartered town planner with extensive experience in private sector consultancy and a background in journalism.

Bill Edgerley

Trustee

Bill is a chartered surveyor, and local resident for almost 40 years. He trained as a civil engineer, worked for UNHCR and one of the U.K.’s largest commercial property developers and now advises on property development projects.

Dr Nigel Fletcher

Trustee

Nigel is a teaching fellow at King’s College London, where he lectures in Politics and Contemporary History. He currently serves on the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives, and is one of its representatives on the Forum on Historical Manuscripts and Academic Research. He lives locally, and was a councillor in the Royal Borough of Greenwich for 13 years.

Richard Goodwin

Trustee

Richard is a local resident, having lived a short walk from Charlton House for more than 30 years. Trained as an architect, he is a management consultant specialising in strategy and visualisation of business problems.

Tony Mitton

Trustee

Tony is a local resident, having lived in the borough for the past twenty years.

Lakshan Saldin

Trustee

Lakshan is a chartered engineer and works as an advisor providing technical, project, and risk management services to a range of industries. He is also a current trustee of the Greenwich Winter Night Shelter locally, and a past trustee of the Museum of the Broads in Stalham, Norfolk. Lakshan has lived in Charlton for over 25 years and is a councillor for Charlton Hornfair.

Jo van den Broek

Trustee

Jo is one of the councillors for Charlton Village & Riverside. She is currently business director of a small charity which teaches counselling and psychotherapy, and worked for many years with a national local government organisation. She has lived in Greenwich for over 40 years.