Eric Sorenson
CEO Thames Gateway London Partnership
Eric has spent much of his career on regeneration practice and policy. He has been Chief Executive of Thames Gateway London Partnership since January 2004, working with boroughs and others to promote sustainable development in the area. The Partnership also works closely with Communities and local Government,
the Greater London Authority, the London Development Agency and with the Urban Development Corporation.
For some years he was Chief Executive of the London Docklands Development Corporation, and then led the London Development Partnership. He has also held positions as Chief Executive of the Millennium Commission and as director of a major hospital PFI project. He began his career as a Whitehall civil servant in the then Department of the Environment where he mainly worked on housing and urban regeneration policy.
Eric joined the Building Futures Steering group in June 2008.