Andrew is a serial social entrepreneur. He is best known for founding the Bromley- by-Bow Centre in East London, Community Action Network (CAN), Poplar Harca (one of the first housing companies) and Leaside Regeneration Ltd. Andrew has now “graduated” from most of these ventures and each of them continues as a successful organisation. He has now created Andrew Mawson Partnerships as a vehicle both to grow and replicate his approach and successes.
Recently, under the AMP banner, he co-founded One Church 100 Uses CIC and launched Water City CIC to create and implement a vision for East London revitalised by the opportunities of the 21st Century and the 2012 Olympic Games. Since 2006 Andrew has been leading the St Paul’s Way Transformation Project, an integrated and aspirational £100m regeneration programme in Tower Hamlets. Andrew has also been working with local communities in the Royal Docks, and has worked on proposals for the 62 acre Silvertown Quay site.
Andrew was made a life Peer in 2007 in recognition of the social impact of his work and he now sits as an independent Crossbench Peer in the House of Lords. In 2012, he was made a Freeman of the City of London. He is also the bestselling author of the book, “The Social Entrepreneur: Making Communities Work.”
Over a sixteen years ago Andrew and his partners wrote one of the earliest papers proposing that the Olympics Games be brought to East London with the architect Richard Rogers. He is today a Director of the London Legacy Development Corporation. Over the next 20 years, this company will plan, develop, and manage the Olympic Park in East London and create a lasting legacy from the 2012 Games.
