Dan Hawthorn
Executive Director, Homes and Communities | London Borough of Camden
Dan has over twenty-five years local government experience, for London boroughs and the Mayor of London. He currently leads Camden Council’s work across landlord and homelessness services, and on wider community support including with asylum seekers and refugees. Before that, he was Executive Director for Housing & Social Investment at Kensington & Chelsea Council (where he led the housing service during recovery from the Grenfell tragedy); Director of Housing, Regeneration and Planning at Haringey Council; Head of the London 2012 team at the Greater London Authority; and former Mayor Ken Livingstone’s senior advisor on planning and development. Dan is also co-chair of the London Housing Directors Group.
As well as strong professional interests in local government, housing and the built environment, Dan places high priority on breaking down barriers between different sectors and different tiers of government; on widening public participation in municipal life and decision-making; and on tackling London’s entrenched poverty and inequality.