Shaista is a highly skilled and experienced communications and media specialist, working in crisis communications and in complex emergencies. She is a high profile campaigner and skilled political analyst, she carries out her work through the lens of Intersectionality. Her broadcast journalism and writing has appeared in international media including the New York Times, Washington Post, Aljazeera, CNN and the BBC and she is a published author. Shaista is an experienced facilitator, media trainer and regular public speaker and media commentator. Shaista is training in Transactional Analysis.

She has experience of securing change in legislation and business practice across a range of sectors, most recently as part of Which?’s work to tackle online fraud through the Online Safety Bill, and to secure free access to cash for consumers via the Freedom to Pay campaign. 

Before Which? she worked for various public affairs agencies.

As a contributor to the burgeoning Humanise campaign, he has creatively supported a drive for our cities to become more joyful and engaging through the design of buildings.

Kim is also a journalist, regularly covering sustainable and inclusive architecture for Metropolis. As a feature writer, he has contributed to the Economist, the Guardian, the Observer, the Independent, the BBC and Sight & Sound, covering everything from design and culture to politics and sport. He is also a Trustee of Hue Help, a charity in central Vietnam that works to improve the health, education and future prospects of disadvantaged children across the country, and which campaigns to promote water safety awareness and swimming training to combat drowning, the leading cause of death in children in Vietnam.

With a career spanning architecture, the creative industries, urban regeneration, community development and social disadvantage, she has led major campaigns that shift attitudes and inspire change.

Abigail joined Heatherwick Studio in 2024 to lead Humanise: a new 10 year global campaign for more joyful, engaging and human buildings and cities. With a focus on research, action and boosting public debate, Abigail is working with partners and allies who have the power to make change possible.

Before joining Heatherwick Studio, Abigail was Director of External Relations and Strategic Partnerships for Leeds 2023 Year of Culture, using the arts to drive social and cultural transformation in the city. Previously, as Deputy Director of Advocacy and Public Engagement at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Abigail spearheaded campaigns that reframed the UK’s poverty debate. By blending data, storytelling and grassroots collaborations, she brought lived experiences into mainstream policy discussions, and influenced national conversations on social justice.

She is an advocate for youth voice and climate justice, helping to build young people’s campaign confidence through participatory learning.

Marcia currently coordinates Save the Children International’s global child led campaign on climate change and inequality. Previously she worked as an evaluator for Mencap, Amnesty International UK and Global Witness. She has also worked as a global campaign strategist for the Global Call for Climate Action (GCCA) and campaigned to End Period Shame with Plan International UK.