Theresa May has directly appointed Nabeel Hamdi (AADipl 1970), a professor in housing and planning, to sit alongside the head of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry panel

May’s decision to widen the panel for the technical phase of the inquiry follows pressure from survivors and families of victims – a call backed by a 156,000-strong petition.

Nabeel Hamd, worked on housing at the Greater London Council and was previously associate professor of housing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has consulted on housing, participatory action planning and upgrading of slums in cities to all major international development agencies, charities and NGOs.

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