To better understand how the recovery from Covid-19 will look, I’ve spoken to 5 leaders across the private, public and civic society sectors to see what they think about these extreme times and what they think will follow. 

Jack Hopkins, the Leader of the Lambeth Council

Paul Miller OBE, the Managing Director and CEO of Bethnal Green Ventures, Europe’s leading early stage tech for good VC

Jake Ferguson, Hackney CVS Chief Exec and trustee of NCVO, adviser to Sadiq Khan on serious youth violence and chair of the London CVS Directors Network

Shazia Hussain, Assistant Chief Executive at the London Borough of Brent

Simon Holden, Director, AND Digital, one of the UK’s fastest growing tech firms, Top 10 of the Times 100 (2020). 

I’ll share an interview every two weeks, starting with Jake Ferguson on Monday. They are worth reading in the round and I’ll share my overall thoughts next month. 

They make for great reading, so thanks to Jack, Paul, Jake, Shazia and Simon for their candour.