Jennette Arnold

Jennette Arnold was elected to the Greater London Authority in 2000. She has chaired the Mayor's Cultural Strategy, which contained the Mayor's pledge to bring the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to London.

From 2002 to 2006 she was a member of the Arts Council England - London Board. She is currently Chair of the London Health Commission and campaigned for national legislation to ensure a smoke free London.

Her other political appointments include membership of the UK delegation on the European Union Committee of the Regions. Jennette is currently a council member of the Royal Court Theatre and Governor of Sadler's Wells Theatre Foundation. She is patron of Victoria Climbie Foundation and former Chair of the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust.

Jennette's first career was in nursing, eventually becoming a Senior Officer of the Royal College of Nursing. She began political life in 1992 when she was elected to Islington Council. In 2007 she was listed in the top 50 of Britain's most powerful black women, published by New Nation, and among the Evening Standard's list of the 1000 most influential Londoners.