Katherine Findlay is an experienced and creative heritage project manager who works mainly with historic buildings, landscapes and archives. She has been developing and managing heritage projects for nearly twenty years, at sites ranging from Bronze Age hill forts to Second World War airfields.

Laura Owen is an independent Oral Historian and Project Manager and led the day-to-day delivery of the Petticoat Lane Heritage Trail project. Laura has a background in heritage engagement, and has delivered numerous oral history and community heritage projects with a range of audiences and participants across the UK. She is passionate about sharing everyday stories to foster relationships and empathy between communities in the UK. Laura also specialises in creatively sharing oral histories through exhibitions, digital resources, and audio formats such as podcasts and soundscapes.

Dr Susan Skedd is a London-based historian who divides her time between working for the English Heritage blue plaques scheme and freelancing for a range of heritage projects, including the Petticoat Lane Heritage Trail. She learned her trade researching girls’ education in 18th century Britain, then joined the staff of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Throughout her career Susan has been drawn to researching the lesser-known aspects of our history and those which are taken for granted. She relishes the opportunities to communicate these stories in ways that engage and challenge people’s preconceptions about the past.

Maria Andrews was born in Stepney and is a freelance photographer, videographer and historical researcher based in Tower Hamlets. Maria is currently studying for a PhD on the east End photographer, Harry Diamond. She holds the first collaborative studentship between the National Portrait Gallery and Central Saint Martins School of Art and is curious to hear from anyone in the borough who knew or met Harry Diamond.

Jasper is an associate and Senior 2D Designer at make:good and led the co-design workshops for both the temporary and permanent trail. He has worked on numerous engagement and public realm improvements projects where he has delivered engaging participatory workshops and then translated this work into semi-permanent and permanent interventions in the public realm.

Dan Cruickshank is an architectural historian, a resident of Spitalfields since the late 1970s, a trustee of the Spitalfields Historic Buildings Trust, and author of 'Spitalfields: the History of a Nation in a Handful of Streets’, published by Random House in 2016.