Avnesh joined LCA in July 2020, having developed extensive work experience across the built environment sector. In the last four years, he has provided communications support on a number of large-scale regeneration projects, focusing on political engagement, community consultation and campaigning.
Avnesh began his communications career at Newington in 2017, where he supported a range of clients on regeneration projects across Southwark, Tower Hamlets and Barnet. He then moved to MPC, where he spent a year working on various housing schemes across Greater London and the East of England. Most notably, Avnesh provided PR support for the proposals to develop the West Tey Garden Community in North Essex.
At LCA, Avnesh is supporting the Earls Court Development Company on their plans to regenerate the former exhibition centre sites and Get Living on the final phases of development at East Village, Stratford. He is also providing PR support to the architectural practice Broadway Malyan, where he is leading the media and stakeholder campaign on their latest initiative, the Reimagined Village.
Outside of work, Avnesh is an active member of the Labour Party. Having joined the party in 2014, he has developed strong links to a variety of politicians at local and national levels. In 2018, Avnesh was elected to his Local Labour Party’s Campaign Forum, where he helped to select candidates contesting the upcoming local elections. In the same year, he successfully served as a Campaign Manager for a local by-election.
He graduated from King’s College London in 2016, with a masters’ degree in Medieval History.