David Partridge joined Argent Group PLC in 1990 and was appointed Joint Chief Executive in October 2006. He is a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects and a fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. After a degree in architecture at Cambridge, he became a founding partner of Gebler Tooth Partridge Architects based in Chiswick. At Argent he is responsible for overseeing masterplanning and building design, and has overall responsibility for structuring and establishing cash flow and management programmes on King’s Cross and all of Argent’s projects. He is Chairman of Cityco, the Manchester City Centre Management Company, ex-Chairman of the Piccadilly Partnership and sits on the Practice Committee of the RIBA.