Meeting With AIA National President, Peter Exley FAIA

This year’s Keynote Lecture with Tatiana Bilbao brought the current AIA National President, Peter Exley FAIA, to London.  Despite his busy schedule meeting with the RIBA on the day after the lecture, he was able to attend a leisurely breakfast with AIA UK Board Officers and Directors. 

Discussions on a wide variety of topics –  promoting diversity and equity; strategy for COP26 and sustainability; reciprocity; lines of communication with AIA National; and cooperation with other design professionals, etc. – were open and enlightening.  It was heartening to hear that Exley was fully aware that the AIA UK Chapter had maintained its momentum on both events and our policy initiatives throughout the pandemic. 

From left to right: Bea Sennewald AIA, Robert Rhodes AIA, Peter Exley FAIA (National President), Adelina Koleva AIA, Chris Musangi AIA, Mark Breeze AIA, Katharine Storr AIA (President), Lorraine King AIA (Secretary) and Anna Foden Assoc AIA (Vice President).