team
Jack Sallabank
Director
Jack is a researcher and placemaking strategist. He has worked in a consultancy capacity for local authorities, developers and anchor institutes delivering public and private development and regeneration projects. Jack spent two years working with the LB of Hammersmith & Fulham developing their Industrial Strategy and 18 months with the LB of Sutton working on the development of the London Cancer Hub. He has delivered a number of research and strategy projects on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on behalf of the LLDC.
Jack was chair of the White City Developers Forum from 2016 - 2020 and was named as one of the Rising Stars of Real Estate in 2017.
Jack previously spent 4 years at the UK’s innovation foundation Nesta.
sam franks
Consultant, Regeneration & Development
Sam is an experienced regeneration and development consultant, having worked for public, private and third sector clients across the UK and Ireland. Sam spent five years at PRD working on place-based urban research, strategy and evaluation. Projects included: the new Town Centre Strategy for Hackney Central; an Affordable Workspace Study for LB Waltham Forest; Town Centre demand studies for LB Bexley, LB Enfield and Hammersmith & Fulham; and an impact framework for IPUT Real Estate to measure the impact of their placemaking investments in Dublin.
Sam has a Masters degree in Sustainable Urbanism from the Bartlett School of Planning at UCL and a bachelors in Geography and Management from Loughborough University.
Cecilia Lindström
Consultant, Urban Design
Cecilia is an urban designer specialising in sustainable and equitable placemaking strategies. She has produced strategic visions and regeneration frameworks for public sector and private clients across London and the UK. As an associate director at Studio Egret West, Cecilia led numerous complex, mixed-use projects including: the East Wick and Sweetwater Olympic Legacy masterplan; the regeneration framework for Catford Town Centre and The Old Vinyl Factory mixed-use masterplan on the former EMI headquarters in West London.
Cecilia has a Master’s Degree in Conservation Science and Practice from Imperial College London, a MSc in Urban Design from UCL and a BSc in Architecture from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
Viktoria Jeremies
Associate
Viktoria is a Sports Business and Innovation graduate from Loughborough London, where she gained valuable insights into sports research by conducting a collaborative project with Harlequins rugby club.
Before joining Loughborough, she worked as a Corporate Communication Working Student and Intern at the Mercedes-Benz AG headquarters for a total of 12 months, supporting the HR communication strategy and internal and external activities of the global automotive company. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communication and Media from Erasmus University Rotterdam.