Tom has chaired the City of London Corporation’s two principal plan-making committees – the Planning and Transportation Committee and the Planning Applications Sub-Committee – since his appointment in May 2025.

He previously chaired the Investment Committee, responsible for a multi-billion-pound real estate portfolio, and the Property Investment Board, which is freeholder for around a quarter of the Square Mile. As Chair of the Barbican Centre, he launched the £191m Barbican Renewal programme.

In 2023, Tom joined a City of London Corporation delegation to Ukraine, meeting senior political and cultural figures including the Governor of the Lviv region and the Deputy Mayor of Kyiv. The delegation lobbied the UK Government to strengthen cover for UK goods and services to Ukraine and to support the Ukrainian economy.

Outside the City, Tom is Co-Chair of the Mayor of London’s Cultural Leadership Board and a Non-Executive Director at the Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority.