The Society’s 2022 AGM will take place on Wednesday 25 May at 7.30pm at ArtsEd, 14 Bath Road, Chiswick W4 1LY. All current members are welcome to attend.
As well as the formal business of the meeting, which includes the proposal to change the status of the Society to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, we will update you on our current priorities and allow time for you to ask any questions.
Drinks will be available beforehand from 7.00pm and also after the conclusion of the meeting. This will give you an opportunity for informal discussion with members of the Executive Committee and to meet other members of the Society.
The following documents are available by clicking on the relevant buttons below the list:
- Accounts for the Year Ended 31 December 2021
- Minutes of the 2021 AGM
- Background information about the resolution to change the Society to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) in the form of two documents:
- CIO Summary of background
- CIO Executive Committee paper – more detailed information
Biographies of Executive Committee nominees
The resolutions to appoint the following nominees will take place at the AGM.
David Blackburn
I have been involved with the Bedford Park Society as an occasional volunteer for many years and have lived in the Conservation Area since 1987.
I joined the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in 2017, becoming Chair earlier this year. I have a wide interest in matters that impact Bedford Park whether it involves traffic, cycling or the general environment. I have a particular interest in trees – promoting good maintenance and new plantings.
I believe it is important to have a good relationship with local councillors in Ealing and Hounslow and I work, with other Committee members, to maintain a dialogue with them.
I spent my career in commercial insurance broking, working first for a Lloyd’s underwriter and then two international insurance brokers, specialising in liability business. Since retiring in 2015, I have continued to conduct Underwriting Review consultancy and have acted as an Expert Witness in insurance disputes.
Nick Bueno de Mesquita
I spent my professional career working for a major European management consulting firm. On my retirement I took a Masters’ degree and subsequently completed a doctoral thesis on early twentieth century architecture at the Courtauld Institute of Art.
We moved as a family to Bedford Park in 1978 and have lived here since then – in two different houses.
I joined the Bedford Park Society Committee in 2008 as Minutes Secretary and have been Hon. Secretary since 2013. In addition, I have been active on a range of heritage issues, including recently the project for the restoration of ‘The Tabard’ sign and the planned relaunching of the Bedford Park logbooks.