Mitra Anderson-Oliver is the Head of Urban Design and Strategy at Impact Investment Group. Previously a planning adviser to the Victorian State Government, Mitra is interested in the politics of city building and the creative forces that shape it. Mitra is also co-founder and committee member of Yarra Pools, a community-led proposal to re-introduce recreation and water-play to the lower Yarra. She has a background in law and wrote her Masters thesis on barriers to affordable housing in Melbourne.