The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick is the MP for Newark and formerly served as the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. In 2020, Jenrick oversaw the publication of Living with Beauty, the report from the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission co-chaired by Sir Roger Scruton and Nicholas Boys Smith. In 2021, he oversaw the publication of a comprehensive response, publishing the first National Model Design Code to show how communities can demand beautiful buildings locally and setting out the ambition to establish the Office for Place to pioneer design and beauty in the planning system. Jenrick also served as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from 2018 to 2019.

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Ong-ard Satrabhandhu is an architect from Thailand and principal of Ong-ard Architects, his Ching Mai-based firm. Satrabhandhu received a bachelor's degree in architecture from Cornell University in 1965 and an M.Arch in urban studies from Yale in 1967. His work has long been dedicated to exploring history within architecture and urbanism, and 'reinforcing the principles of the traditional city'. Through his research and advocacy for preservation, Satrabhandhu brought attention to the issues facing Chiang Mai's historic Lanna buildings and temples. He is also the author of A Tradition of Serenity and is the 2020 Driehaus Prize Laureate.

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María Sánchez and Pedro Godoy are the co-founders and Directors of Estudio Urbano, an architectural practice based in Guatemala that specialises in traditional architecture, urban planning and landscape architecture. They serve as Town Architect for Cayalá, which they designed with Léon Krier, and founded Arte Civico, a nonprofit foundation that promotes an integrated vision of placemaking. Both Sánchez and Godoy received their MA in Architecture from the University of Notre Dame and sit on the University's Architecture Advisory Council.

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