URBAN DESIGNER
2010 - present
The most important thing about design is how it relates to people
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Award winning specialist in concept visions, strategic plans, development frameworks, detailed master plans, urban designs.
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Group Board and Senior Management experience.
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Winner of the Royal Town Planning Institute’s “Control in Action” Award.
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Multi-disciplinary team leader and team player.
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Over 40 first prize winning international master plan designs.
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“Recognised Practitioner in Urban Design , Urban Design Group, UK.
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Urban design advisor to the Government of Dubai.
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Urban design advisor the Government of the Republic of Mauritius and Rodrigues.
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Urban design advisor to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.
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Strategic advisor to the Central Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Asian Development Bank.
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Author of many planning and design publications.
2010 - present
Employment History
Design Director
Chengdu Zhixin Industrial Group Co Ltd
Current. China.
Zhixin are a large finance and development company based in Chengdu, China, specialising in residential, commercial, industrial, amusement parks, office buildings & mixed-use development.
Key Roles: Responsible for the strategic and detailed urban planning and design direction for the development of Zhixin’s land holdings and real estate throughout China.
Real Estate Executive
Terra Mauricia Ltd
2009 – 2014. Mauritius.
Terra Mauricia are one of the largest sugar producing and power generation companies in Mauritius owning large areas of land across the north of the island.
Key Roles: Led the planning and property arm of Terra in the strategic development of the Groups land holdings and property portfolio in Mauritius. Member of the Group’s Executive Committee involved in all things operational (e.g. flood alleviation; agricultural diversity; infrastructure investment; distillery expansion; mixed use land development). Development Director on Terra’s L’Aventure Sucre and Rhum Experience Board advising on land and property development opportunities and issues in and around the museum complex.
International Director
Halcrow Group Ltd
2002 – 2009. International.
Halcrow - one of the UK’s largest international engineering, planning and design consultancies.
Progressed to being International Director working across the UK, Europe, Middle East, and Asia. A Halcrow Shanghai Engineering Co Ltd Board Director; member of the Halcrow Consulting Business Group senior management team.
Key Roles: senior management; business development; strategic analysis, risk assessment, complex problem solving; client liaison; budget control; staff recruitment, appraisal, and retention; contract review; multi-disciplinary team coordination; creative leadership and project design.
EARLIER STUFF:
Urban Designer
Turley
Urban Designer
The Planning Bureau, McCarthy and Stone
Urban Design Director
Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago
Principal Planning Officer
Borough of Poole
Planning Officer
Worthing Borough Council
Planning Technician
Hove Borough Council
Education
Oxford Brookes University
Linked Diploma (Distinction) Master of Arts, Urban Design
1994
London South Bank University
BA (Hons), Town and Country Planning
1989
