City Shaper Roger Madelin

How do you transform an underused inner-city area into an attractive and thriving place to live and work? Awarded a CBE for Services to Sustainable Development, Roger Madelin is credited with regenerating London's grotty King's Cross into a thriving carbon neutral residential and commercial precinct. Joint Head of Canada Water at British Land, Madelin's currently leading the development of a 53-acre site on the Thames just minutes from Central London by tube, which will become the UK's newest town. He has previously led major development projects in Manchester, Birmingham, and the City of London.