Cllr Ed Northover is the Chairman of the Association.

Ed has been involved with us since moving to Leytonstone in 2007. He was the parliamentary candidate for Leyton & Wanstead in the 2010 General Election and continues to be a Waltham Forest councillor.

Ed is also a solicitor, specialising in company law, He works in the City for a well-known US law firm. When not chained to his desk or running the Association, he makes time to do charity and pro-bono work. He was born in Liverpool and holds a degree in History from Merton College, University of Oxford. is married to Kitty, a Hong Kong national.