Biography April 2016

William McKee’s other current appointments include: Joint Managing Director of property consultants LAPAR; Director, Newcourt Residential Ltd; Chair of the Old Oak & Park Royal Development Corporation Planning Committee and a member of the main Board; Chair of the Faculty Board of Advisors, Southampton University Faculty of Business, Law and Art; Member of the Governing Body of the North West Surrey Clinical Commissioning Group; and Director and Trustee of the Rambert Dance Company.

His past appointments include: Chairman of property investment and development company Tilfen Land; Chair of the Mayor of London’s Outer London Commission; CEO, British Property Federation; member, Bank of England Property Committee; Chair, Thurrock Urban Development Corporation; Chairman, European Property Federation; Chairman, CBI Trade Association Council; member, CBI President’s Committee; Vice-chairman, National Planning Forum; Chief Executive, London Borough of Merton; member, Advisory Board, University College London Grand Challenge of Sustainable Cities; visiting Fellow in Property, Reading University; visiting Lecturer in Property, University College London; and visiting Lecturer in Town Planning and Transport Planning, Imperial College London.

A member of numerous Government review bodies, in 2002 William was appointed CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to the property industry and in 2016, Southampton University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Letters.