Graham Hitchen

Graham Hitchen is an independent project adviser, working across the public sector,
specialising in strategic management, relationship building, and high-level facilitation
and negotiation.

He was formerly a Project Director at the London Development Agency, leading the
development of an international design and innovation programme. While at the
LDA, he set up and ran the Creative London programme, and led an international
research project with Toronto, New York, Barcelona and Berlin. He was also head of
the Agency’s work in Manufacturing and Production Industries, and was chair of the
RDAs’ Creative Industries network, and chaired the RDAs’ Design advisory group
with the Design Council.

He now runs a successful consultancy business, advising agencies and organisations

on strategic and major project development. His current or recent clients include the
Technology Strategy Board, the London Development Agency, NESTA, King’s
College London, and Ravensbourne.