Trustees

Ordinary trustee, elected by members

Stewart is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Jubilee Market Hall Ltd which operates the Jubilee Market on the Piazza in Covent Garden. Stewart has extensive commercial experience in different market sectors, having previously led the UK division of a major Japanese corporation, and also founded his own distribution company prior to joining Jubilee Market Hall Ltd in January 2013.

Nominated by RIBA

Faye is the Managing Director at Burrell Foley Fischer Architects with 20 years experience working on sensitive conservation projects, from alterations to the creative reuse of historic buildings. She is a dedicated Specialist Conservation Architect and Project Lead, with a Post Graduate Diploma in Historic Building Conservation from the Architectural Association. Faye also acts as a mentor for the RIBA conservation accreditation scheme and is a visiting lecturer. She is one of our newest Trustees having joined the Trust in 2021.

Ordinary trustee, elected by members

Jim, who is an architect, was born and has lived all his life in London. He attended the Architectural Association School of Architecture and was one of the founder members of the Covent Garden Community Association back in 1970 and the Secretary of the Covent Garden Area Trust when first established in 1986.

Jim still practises architecture and his firm, Monahan Blythen Hopkins, specialises in the restoration of historic buildings and theatres including the Apollo, Lyric, Garrick, Vaudeville and Duchess theatres.

Jim lectures at a variety of architectural schools and firmly believes that architects have a vital role to play in addressing issues such as global warming and social and economic inequalities. 

Ordinary trustee, elected by members

Jeannine has been a resident and keen supporter of all things ‘Covent Garden’ for the past 13 years. She is also the publisher of The Covent Gardener magazine, which celebrates the past, present and future of the local area.

Jeannine is actively involved with the Covent Garden community and also volunteers at St George’s Hanover Square Primary School where she runs an after school magazine club once a week, which she finds very rewarding.

Nominated by the Institute of Historic Building Conservation

Qualifying as a chartered architect in 1975, Paul Velluet has worked primarily in the field of building conservation, including ten years as Regional Architect and Assistant Regional Director for English Heritage. His involvement with the conservation and development of Covent Garden began in 1978 on his appointment as the City Council’s Principal Conservation and Urban Design Officer for the south area of Westminster. Paul served as a nominated trustee between 1992 and 2004 and as an elected trustee between 2005-2010 and 2018-2024. He now serves as the nominated representative for the IHBC.