Daisy Narayanan
Director of Public Realm, The Crown Estate
Daisy Narayanan is Director of Public Realm at The Crown Estate. She was formerly Head of Placemaking and Mobility at the City of Edinburgh Council where she led on delivering a city-wide, integrated approach to transport and placemaking. She trained as an architect and urban designer, before focusing on sustainable transport and climate action over the last decade.
Daisy sits on the Board of Architecture and Design Scotland and is on the judging panel for the National Transport Awards. She was on the Board of the Transport Planning Society and a member of the Evidence Group of Scotland’s Climate Assembly. She was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and is an honorary Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland. She has recently been awarded with an MBE for services to Inclusive Urban Planning.
Drawing on her previous experience working in India, Singapore, England and Scotland, Daisy believes passionately in the importance of creating inclusive places for people: places that reflect and complement the communities that live in them.
A music aficionado, bookworm and linguist, Daisy spends her time enjoying the Scottish outdoors with her husband and two children.