Profile: since leaving Kensington and Chelsea, Feilding-Mellen has become the director of ‘psychedelic venture studio’
Rock Feilding-Mellen was treated to dinners and entertainment by property lobbyists while in charge of housing at Kensington and Chelsea council. Photograph: Richard Gardner/Rex/Shutterstock
Rock Feilding-Mellen was treated to dinners and entertainment by property lobbyists while in charge of housing at Kensington and Chelsea council. Photograph: Richard Gardner/Rex/Shutterstock
Mon 17 May 2021 14.38 EDT
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Rock Feilding-Mellen has run a property development company since 2009, and in 2011, at the age of 32, was promoted to a cabinet position at the Conservative stronghold of Kensington and Chelsea council.
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