People

The most important part of our business. The people that make it all happen.

Matthew Parkes

Associate Architect

Matt is an associate architect and the current chair of the RIBA Plymouth branch.

David Hunter

Chairman

Head of Architecture

David leads the development of the practice and our employee-ownership journey.

Francesca Johnson

Architect

Francesca is a senior living architect and advocate for health and wellbeing.

Karyn Williams

Senior Associate Technologist

Karyn works in education and healthcare on the post-planning technical delivery of projects.

Paul Seaver

Senior Associate Urban Designer

Head of Masterplanning & Urban Design

Paul leads projects in masterplanning and urban design.

Ian Parkes

Associate Architect

From our Bath office, Ian designs buildings, advises on historic buildings and promotes practice based research.

Craig Brown

Associate Architect

Craig leads an education team specialising in school design.

Pierre Wassenaar

Director

Head of Technology & Innovation

Pierre specialises in technology and innovation and helps run our Cardiff office.

Cora Kwiatkowski

Divisional Director

Head of RIBA Client Adviser

Cora manages our higher education, student accommodation and workplace teams.

Steve Dolphin

Divisional Director for Organisational Change

Steve manages our internal business change projects.

Sarah Jenkinson

Senior Associate Urban Designer

Sarah is an Urban Designer who puts people at the heart of development.

Michela Ravaglia

Associate Architect

Michela is our Residential lead for London and a certified Passivhaus designer.

Robert Sargent

Director

Rob leads both the company’s digitisation and marketing teams.

Tristan Rhodes

Director

Head of Office & Workplace

Tristan manages both our Bath office and the office and workplace sector.

Toni Riddiford

Senior Associate Architect

Toni is a senior associate architect working across Retail and Workplace sectors.

Seya Tansill

Senior Associate Technologist

Head of Design for Manufacture

Seya is a Senior Associate Technologist and certified Passivhaus Consultant

Nik Hoggarth

Associate Architect

Nik is an architect specialising in hotel design.

Rachel Bell

Director

Head of Transport

Rachel heads both business development and transport, and is a key voice for women in property.

Robert Delius

Divisional Director

Head of Sustainability

Rob heads our sustainable design team and leads green initiatives across the company.

Gareth Mason

Divisional Director

Head of Retail

Gareth heads-up our retail sector, leading a team from our London office.

Sam Higgins

Associate Architect

Sam specialises in project delivery and BIM.

Tom Bright

Photographer & Content Coordinator

Tom takes photos of the buildings we create and the people who inhabit them.

John Wright

Director

John is Head of Office for Bristol, our home city.

Ian Tipton

Regional Director

Ian runs our Birmingham studio, formerly the architecture arm of Bournville Village Trust.

Gordon Tero

Director

Head of BIM & Digital Design

Gordon runs our Manchester office and oversees our BIM and digital design team.

Kieran Lilley

Regional Director

Head of Student Living

Kieran is a Regional Director for our Bristol office. He also leads our Student Living team, delivering accommodation across the UK.

Rob Wheaton

Senior Associate Architect

Rob is the design lead for residential and mixed-use developments run from our Cardiff studio.

Simon Boundy

Divisional Director

Simon is a technical expert, specialising in healthcare projects and research design.

Christine Fatania

Associate Architect

Christine is part of the healthcare team. She focuses on primary care, mental health and specialist facilities for disabled people.

John Colvin

Senior Associate Architect

Head of Hotels & Leisure

John is head of hotels and leads leisure projects across the practice.

Rachel Bremner

Associate Architect

Rachel specialises in education projects

James Page

Associate Architectural Designer

James is a design lead for school projects run from our Cardiff studio.

Juan López

Associate Architect

Juan imagines architectural solutions from inception to completion.

Josh Blackledge

Associate Architect

Josh is an associate architect in our London studio. He specialises in early stage design across multiple sectors.

Bethan Hellings

Senior Interior Designer

Beth leads interior design projects from concept through to completion.

Adam Parry

Divisional Director

Adam oversees healthcare projects in Wales and helps manage our Cardiff office.

Isabelle Carter

Senior Associate

Head of Landscape Architecture, Landscape Design

Isabelle leads landscape projects across our offices.

Keith Deaney

Associate BIM & Digital Consultant

Keith is an expert in BIM and advises offices across the company.

James Horner

Senior Associate Architect

James currently specialises in higher education, development and research buildings.

Caroline Railston-Brown

Senior Sustainability Consultant, BREEAM

Head of Sustainability

Caroline provides our design teams with sustainability and environmental advice.

Dominic Eaton

Director

Head of Residential

Dominic leads residential projects in our London studio.

Simon Trew

Regional Director

Simon leads our Cardiff office and schools projects in Wales.

Graham Stephens

Director

Head of Town Planning

Graham leads our integrated town planning, masterplanning and urban design team.

Matt Tarling

Director

Head of Universities, Further Education

Matt leads both our higher education and student living teams.

David Bayliss

Regional Director

Head of Defence

David manages the team and oversees projects in our Plymouth office.

Nicholas Morris

Senior Associate Architect

Nick leads education projects and is the joint chair for the RIBA in Plymouth.

Anabel Oreiro

Senior Associate

Head of Interior Design

Anabel is head of Interior Design

Darren Wilkins

Managing Director

Darren is our managing director, having started life at Stride Treglown as a trainee.

Stephen Wilson

Divisional Director

Stephen specialises in commercial projects and helps manage our office in London.

Eilish Barry

Architect

Eilish is based in our London studio and works primarily on schools projects.

Ben Jepson

Senior Associate Architect

With his broad range of experience, Ben is well equipped to deliver projects of any size and complexity.

Caroline Mayes

Director

Head of Schools

Caroline is our director for schools.

Edward Davies

Senior Associate Architect

Ed leads education, university and more recently healthcare projects across the practice.

Paul Mayor

Architectural and Urban Designer

An imagineer; Paul focuses on the broad-brush design.

Laurence Reilly

Head of Design Management

Laurence is focussed on improving our efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery stages of our projects.

Anthony Walsh

Divisional Director

Head of Civic, Community & Culture

Anthony oversees any technical aspects of a project across the company.

Miranda McCabe

Architect

Miranda is an architect in our London studio with a passion for historic buildings and creative reuse.

Penny Burgess

Finance Director

Penny is on the board of directors and handles our financial affairs.

Eirini Christofidou

Architect

Eirini works in the education sector. She has experience in schools, higher education and student accommodation.

Ashley Fillingham

Senior Associate Technician

Ashley is an experienced technician who runs large scale projects from tender to completion.

Sian Briggs

Associate Architect

Sian works predominantly in the education sector, leading and coordinating school and further education projects.

Steve Lomax

Associate Technician

Steve is a technical expert leading education and MoD projects.

James Taylor

Associate Architect

James leads senior living projects from our Plymouth office.

Mark Howell

Associate Project Manager

Mark manages projects and helps clients deliver successful buildings.

Jo Ruston

Learning and Development Advisor

Jo supports our people to learn, grow and be the best versions of themselves.

Neil Hattie

Senior Technician

Neil leads the technical delivery of projects in our London office.

Kasia Jemiol

Interior Designer

Kasia is an interior designer, responsible for the refurbishment of Promenade House.

Daniel Van Luttmer

Director

Head of Healthcare

Daniel delivers major healthcare projects on an international scale.

Vicki Shepherdson

Senior Associate Architect

As part of the healthcare team, Vicki loves designing buildings which can help heal people by reducing their stress and anxiety.

Tony Russell

Regional Director

Tony is a Regional Director leading our Winchester office.

Catherine Bartlett

Associate Town Planner

Catherine leads our planning projects in the South East region.

John Kirkby

Regional Director

Head of Principal Designer

John is a Regional Director for our Bristol office. He also leads our primary school projects and CDM advisory group.

Glynn White

Associate Interior Designer

Glynn specialises in the design and delivery of workplace fitout.

Mercedes Baldasarre

Architectural Designer

Mercedes is an Architectural Designer in our Bath office.

Helen Cooke

Associate Architect

Helen is an experienced architect with a passion for providing inspiring and innovative school design.

Pete Badger

Associate Sustainability and Planning Consultant

Head of Sustainable Assessment

Pete advises clients and projects teams on sustainability and environmental matters.

Nicole Elliott

Architect

Nicole leads education projects from our Winchester office.

David Banner

Senior Associate Architect

David is an architect, visualisation specialist and chair of our Employee Forum.

Andrew Kingdon

Senior Associate Architect

Andrew has led a number of our most significant university projects.

Alan Humphrey

Senior Associate Building Surveyor

Head of Building Surveying

Alan leads our building surveying team.

Ben Honey

Associate Technologist

Ben leads the technical delivery of projects in the South West.

Thomas Sheehan

Associate Architect

Thomas is a project team leader in our Manchester office.

Daniel Murphy

Technologist

Dan is a Technologist based in our Bath studio.

Carl Harding

Divisional Director

Carl delivers projects from our Truro and Plymouth offices.

Danny Harris

Senior Associate Architect

Danny is an senior associate architect, working on Schools and Higher Education projects across the UK.

Gareth Brown

Associate Architect

Gareth is an associate architect specialising in project delivery.

Bryony Staples

Senior Associate Architect

Bryony is a senior associate architect in our Manchester office.

Ray Cottrell

Associate PM and Cost Consultant

Ray advises the company on issues of cost and project management.

Paul Channing

Associate Architect

Head of Historic Buildings & Conservation

Paul heads historic building conservation and has a full-time focus on heritage projects.

William Jones

Divisional Director

Head of Senior Living

Will heads our specialist living team, with expertise in elderly living.

Mark Rees

Senior Associate Technician

As part of the management team in Bath, Mark leads project teams, with a particular focus on delivery.

Greg McKay

Senior Associate

Head of Landscape Delivery, Landscape Architecture

Greg leads landscape projects across the practice.

Christopher Preston

Architect

Christopher is experienced in design and project delivery across a number of specialist sectors.

Martin Andrews

Senior Architect

Martin is our Winchester Residential lead.

Aditi Kumar

Building Surveyor

Aditi coordinates and manages projects from our Cardiff office.

Lauren Cook

Senior Associate Town Planner

Lauren works in our town planning team, specialising in the delivery side of planning.

Cliff Messent

Senior Associate Project Manager

Cliff is a project manager and technical advisor to the MoD.

Philippa Klaschka

Associate Architect

Philippa predominantly runs education projects and is involved in business development across our Southampton region.

Phil Grant

Senior Associate Architect

Phil is an expert in school design and leads major education projects.

Shona Holland

Architect

Shona specialises in education projects and is passionate about sustainability.

Claire Symons

Associate Landscape Architect

Claire leads landscape projects in our London office.

Alastair Wilson

Director

Alastair leads our Plymouth and Truro offices.

Steven Bradshaw

Associate Technician

Steven leads technical delivery in our Manchester office.

Joe Trevail

Architect

Joe integrates design solutions that add long-term value to healthcare estates.

Jonathan Healiss

Regional Director

Jon leads large, complex projects in our Manchester office.

Sarah Lee

Associate Architect

Sarah is a front-end architect, leading projects in our Plymouth office.

Richard Davies

Senior Associate Architect

Richard is an experienced architect working within our education studio.

Ellie Laws

Planning Consultant

Ellie carries out a wide variety of planning tasks, from research to planning applications.

Dougal Anderson

Divisional Director

Dougal is a senior associate architect in our Bath office.

Ray Williamson

Regional Director

Ray runs our London studio, establishing our presence in the South East.

Jacqui Pollard

Senior Associate Architect

Jacqui delivers residential schemes in our mixed-use team.

Thomas Barstow

Architect

Thomas is an architect in our London office with a passion for reuse and future-use.

Clive Tanner

Associate

Head of Graphic Design

Clive leads our branding and visual identity.

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