Manijeh Verghese (she/ her) is an architecture curator, designer and educator. She was co-curator of The Garden of Privatised Delights – the 2021 British Pavilion at the 17th International Venice Architecture Biennale and was the interpretation specialist for the South Asia Gallery at the Manchester Museum in partnership with the British Museum that was co-curated by a collective of over 30 local experts.

She is currently the CEO of Open City and is one of the Mayor of London’s Design Advocates. She was previously the Head of Public Engagement at the Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture, where she also taught the design studio Diploma Unit 12. She is currently an External Examiner for the M.Arch programme at The Bartlett, UCL and is on the Board of Trustees for the Architecture Foundation as well as a member of the advisory board for The DisOrdinary Architecture Project.