Jonathan Thompson

Jonathan Thompson MA MBA DipM is CLA policy lead on heritage (listed and other heritage buildings, conservation areas, archaeology, parks and gardens). He is involved in the detailed development of heritage policy in England and Wales, sits on many bodies including the Historic Environment Forum, and chairs the Heritage Alliance’s Rural Group.

Before joining the CLA in 2006, he was an Oxford history and economics graduate, qualified as a chartered surveyor, specialised in property and heritage, was operations director at the Landmark Trust, and chief executive of the Architectural Heritage Fund.