Executive Member for Inclusive Economy & Jobs, London Borough of Islington

CAPE Policy Fellow

Asima Shaikh is the Executive Member for Inclusive Economy & Jobs at the London Borough of Islington. She has lead Member responsibility for shaping the council's inclusive economy and community wealth building approach to economic development.

She has a background in urban economic development planning, starting her career in international development in 1990s working in South Africa, Pakistan, India and FYR Macedonia. In the UK, she has worked in public policy for the last 21 years, including as a senior policy adviser in the Department for Communities and Local Government working on community cohesion and conflict following the 2001 riots. She was a Neighbourhood Renewal Adviser in 2000s, assisting local authorities and Government Offices nationally.