Paul Finch has been appointed as the new chair of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and will take over for Sir John Sorrell this December. Finch is currently program director of the World Architecture Festival, and editor emeritus of Architectural Review and Architects’ Journal.

He has chaired CABE’s London 2012 design review panel since 2006.

A former commissioner and deputy chair of CABE, Finch spent five years as chair of CABE’s design review panel, and also chaired its regional committee.