Sadiq Khan has appointed Lyn Garner to manage City Hall’s housing delivery programmes.

The Mayor of London announced yesterday he has made Garner, chief executive of the London Legacy Development Corporation, his senior professional lead for housing delivery.

Garner will oversee “programme and performance management across the group”. She will manage the overall pipeline of land and housing opportunities and oversee collaboration on delivery. The new role was created to implement recommendations made by Lord Bob Kerslake as part of the peer’s review of housing delivery by the GLA.