Emir Feisal

Biography

Emir joined the Planning Inspectorate Board in October 2023. Emir is a Chartered Accountant and a specialist in transformational change. The majority of his career was spent at the Sunday Times as Associate Managing Editor. He now holds a portfolio of Non Executive directorships, including being the Chair of Audit on a number of Boards.

He is a Commissioner for the Judicial Appointments Commission. His present portfolio consists of being on the Boards of the Disclosure Barring Service, the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency, the Bar Standards Board, British Transport Police Authority, the Honours Committee and as a trustee of The Henry Smith Charity. He is involved in a number of initiatives in the diversity and inclusion arena. He has held non-executive board member positions with The Serious Fraud Office, Lambeth Clinical Commissioning group, and the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, amongst others.