Experience

East Midlands Development Company

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Non-Executive Director

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  The East Midlands has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to supercharge its economy and create tens of thousands of new jobs via three landmark developments of national significance. These new plans could create 84,000 jobs and add billions in value to the regional economy. The developments cover the size of three Olympic Parks with transformational opportunities around three main growth clusters. For more details see www.emdevco.co.uk The East Midlands has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to supercharge its economy and create tens of thousands of new jobs via three landmark developments of national significance. These new plans could create 84,000 jobs and add billions in value to the regional economy. The developments cover the size of three Olympic Parks with transformational opportunities around three main growth clusters. For more details see www.emdevco.co.uk



High Streets Task Force

• United Kingdom
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• High Streets Task Force Expert

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  Appointed by the High Streets Task Force to help communities and local government transform their high streets. Appointed by the High Streets Task Force to help communities and local government transform their high streets.



Design Council

• United Kingdom
• Design
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Built Environment Expert

  • Sep 2012 - Present

  Appointed by the Design Council to promote design in the public interest. Services include Design Review of significant development projects, Design Enabling, Local Plan Panel Reviews, Design Workshops and Design Training. Member of Greenwich Design Review Panel Member of Brent Design Review Panel Appointed by the Design Council to promote design in the public interest. Services include Design Review of significant development projects, Design Enabling, Local Plan Panel Reviews, Design Workshops and Design Training. Member of Greenwich Design Review Panel Member of Brent Design Review Panel



Think Place

• United Kingdom
• Architecture and Planning

• Founder and Director

  • Jul 2006 - Present

  I founded Think Place in 2006, a spatial design and planning practice specialising in urban strategies, urban design, infrastructure and landscape. The practice works internationally, engaging in urban issues at a range of scales, for the public sector, private sector and NGOs with a focus on issues that impact society and the environment including climate change, biodiversity, diversity and social inclusion, re-use and re-imagining of historical contexts, community engagement and regeneration. Over the last decade or so, Think Place has had a positive impact on projects as diverse as the Chelsea Barracks redevelopment in London, supermarkets in sensitive locations in the Home Counties, positioning of a Metro Station in Dublin and the conceptual plan for a new eco-city in China. Show less



Think Villages

• Co-founder and Director

  • Apr 2015 - Apr 2019

  Property development company committed to the creation of sustainable, community-focused neighbourhoods. Property development company committed to the creation of sustainable, community-focused neighbourhoods.



Transport for London

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Urban Design Advisor

  • Apr 2017 - Jul 2018

  For five years I provided design and advisory services to TfL: a) Design: leading on the public realm of major projects including the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street, Waterloo City Hub and Victoria Terminus Place b) Design Management: as part of the client team commissioning, briefing and managing urban design services provided by external consultants. Schemes include Vauxhall Cross and Kings Cross. For five years I provided design and advisory services to TfL: a) Design: leading on the public realm of major projects including the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street, Waterloo City Hub and Victoria Terminus Place b) Design Management: as part of the client team commissioning, briefing and managing urban design services provided by external consultants. Schemes include Vauxhall Cross and Kings Cross.



Place Research Lab CIC

• W6 0LH

• Co-founder and Director

  • May 2011 - Jul 2015

  A collaboration with the University of East London to explore links between sustainability and neighbourhood planning. A collaboration with the University of East London to explore links between sustainability and neighbourhood planning.



Urban Design Learning

• United Kingdom
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Urban Design Surgeon

  • Sep 2010 - Mar 2012

  London Design Surgeries are informal sessions that support boroughs and other organisations such as TfL to develop well designed schemes and is run by Urban Design London (UDL); a not-for-profit organisation that supports built environment professionals. It is run by a Board comprising Design for London, Transport for London, London Councils, CABE and Housing Communities Agency London. I was appointed a Design Surgeon in 2010 and have reviewed some interesting schemes including The Shard and Exmouth Market. Show less



East Midlands Design Review Panel (Cabe-affiliated)

• Leicester, United Kingdom

• Panel Member

  • Mar 2009 - Mar 2012

  The East Midlands Design Review Panel is run by OPUN (the Architecture Centre in the East Midlands): a charity that promotes good design practice. It works across the East Midlands with the aim of improving the quality of new and restored places for the communities that live and work in them. OPUN runs a Design Council Cabe-affiliated Design Review Panel which comprises a peer group of experts chosen to appraise schemes with the developer and often the local authority present. I was selected to join the Panel in 2009. Show less



Farrells

• United Kingdom
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Urban Design Director

  • Jun 2002 - Jul 2006

  As Urban Design Director at Farrells I was privileged to work closely with Terry on many of his visions that have shaped the way London is now perceived: Marylebone-Euston Road Vision, Euston Road Underpass Project, The Nash Ramblas Vision, the Thames Gateway Vision, ‘Connecting London’ and ‘Walking London’. I continued my long association with Paddington Basin with a number of masterplans including The Paddington Health Campus: an audacious public-private initiative that, had it come off, would have been the largest health campus in Europe. The integration of large-scale health campuses into sensitive contexts was a theme of my work at Farrells where I also prepared masterplans for The Royal London and The Barts Hospitals. Show less



Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)

• United States
• Architecture and Planning
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Manager

  • Jul 2001 - May 2002

  I gained international experience project managing Campolide Park: the regeneration of 5 city blocks in Lisbon. I also project managed the public space enhancements at Broadgate, London. I gained international experience project managing Campolide Park: the regeneration of 5 city blocks in Lisbon. I also project managed the public space enhancements at Broadgate, London.



Grimshaw

• United Kingdom
• Architecture and Planning
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Project Director

  • Sep 1990 - May 2001

  I regard myself as very fortunate to have joined Grimshaw when the International Terminal at Waterloo was still at the design stage, and to see the project through to completion including 18 months as site architect. The project won the Mies Van der Rohe Prize for the best building in Europe in 1994 and began a long association I enjoyed with transport buildings: the redevelopment of Manchester Airport Terminal 1 (described by Building Magazine as ‘the most complex construction project in the UK’); Masterplans for Paddington Station and Highbury and Islington Station, Miami Intermodal Centre, Orlando South Terminal and turning full circle in 1997, a masterplan for Waterloo Domestic Station. Another long association began here. In 2000 I led a masterplan for Ballymun Business and Technology Park, the first phase of which (0.5M sqft) was granted planning permission. I have been a frequent visitor to Ireland ever since and think place had an office there for a couple of years. Show less