David Green has been associated with Belsize Architects for 30 years and a director for half that time. A significant part of Belsize Architects’ portfolio involved work on existing buildings. The built environment is in his blood as his engineer father worked at the Building Research Establishment (before its privatization) on innovation in the use of concrete. In addition to his role at Belsize Architects, where he champions sustainability, he has also made public contributions to built environment policy, most recently contributing to the Don’t Waste Buildings initiative which is seeking to influence political opinion to ensure our existing stock of buildings is used in the best way possible, both for citizens and for the global environment.

He is not a qualified architect, but was educated as a classicist and then economist at Cambridge and the University of Wales. He had an earlier career in the Bank of England, IMF, FSA and FRC and has co-authored books on global financial regulation and on central banking. In consequence the economics of the construction industry is a particular interest.