Tessa intends to stand for election alongside Peter Dunphy and Joanna Abeyie in the forthcoming Council elections in March 2025.

Tessa has worked in the City of London for 18 years bringing music to the streets of the City and into businesses through her company ‘Music in Offices’. She has served on boards including the Culture Mile BID and has recently joined the Board of Publica’s ‘Right to the City’ reclaiming the streets for Women. Celebrating International Women’s Day Tessa produced the 2024  ‘City of Women’ championing women in senior leadership roles & City women who have broken the mould throughout history and specifically in the Ward of Cornhill and creating a march & performance in the City through song. Working closely with the Corporation of London, Tessa curates cultural happenings and recently also produced the City Festival of Music, Invention & Knowledge for Lord Mayor Michael Mainelli. Tessa was awarded an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music and won the most Influential in Women in Business Awards 2024.

Tessa (left) with Peter Dunphy and Joanna Abeyie