He ran a large multi-disciplinary Environmental Design and Conservation Team for Newcastle City Council and managed specialist conservation services for the 5 Tyne and Wear Districts before becoming Urban Design Director for a major architectural practice. He was heavily involved with the work of CABE throughout its life and continues this engagement with Design Council CABE. He is now running an independent specialist consultancy and is a visiting lecturer at UCL and Newcastle University. He is an Expert Panel member with Places Matter! and Northern Architecture and an awards assessor for Civic Trust, RICS and Constructing Excellence and has been appointed member of the London Mayor’s Design Advisory Group advising Boris Johnson through to April 2016. He was a founding member of the RTPI’s Urban Design Network and RTPI President in 2012. See Linkedin entry at LINK