{"id":4797,"date":"2012-09-28T14:33:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T14:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=4797"},"modified":"2012-09-28T14:33:53","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T14:33:53","slug":"design-council-appoints-john-mathers-as-ce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=4797","title":{"rendered":"Design Council appoints John Mathers as CE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Design Council has appointed John Mathers as its Chief Executive. John joins the Design Council from his role as Chief Executive of the Holmes &amp; Marchant Group, one of the world\u2019s iconic design brands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>John has over 30 years\u2019 experience in the design industry. He has held various roles, including Head of Brand at Safeway, and led a number of marketing, brand and design consultancies in the UK since the mid-1990s.<\/p>\n<p>John has always had a commitment to the development of the design industry, was president of the Design Business Association for an unprecedented three years, and currently acts as the Association\u2019s spokesperson for its 20:20 Mentoring Scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Martin Temple CBE, Chairman of the Design Council, said: \u2018We\u2019re delighted that John Mathers is joining us. The Design Council and Cabe have both been making major contributions to the world of design, architecture and the built environment for many years. With the ever more challenging impact of globalisation, the need to re-balance our economy and greater expectations from our built environment, our role becomes ever more relevant to the UK. John\u2019s impressive experience will add real value to our work in stimulating innovation, improving our built environment and tackling complex social challenges.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on his appointment, John Mathers said: \u2018I\u2019m very pleased, and excited, to be joining the Design Council. It\u2019s an organisation I have worked with, and supported, for a long time and it has a key role to play in the UK over the coming years. I look forward to helping build its importance as an independent champion of the power of design.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Design Council is also announcing the appointment of two key roles in its Cabe team \u2013 to strengthen its programmes for the built environment and lead the process of design review. David Waterhouse has been appointed as the new Head of Programme Development and Alan Thompson is Cabe\u2019s new Head of Design Review.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Design Council Article<\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designcouncil.org.uk\/about-us\/media-centre\/design-council-appoints-john-mathers-as-chief-executive\/\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Design Council has appointed John Mathers as its Chief Executive. John joins the Design Council from his role as Chief Executive of the Holmes &amp; Marchant Group, one of the world\u2019s iconic design brands. John has over 30 years\u2019 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=4797\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4797"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4799,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4797\/revisions\/4799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}