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Sarah Toy
BEng MSc MICE CEng FRSA FSI
Sarah Toy Consulting
Sarah has 30 years’ experience working on infrastructure projects around the world. Her expertise is focused on developing strategic approaches to healthy urban development. She has worked in diverse roles including Sustainability Advisor at consultancy Arup and Chief Resilience Officer at Bristol City Council. Since July 2018 she has been a freelance Urban Futures Consultant and Research Director at Bristol Futures Global, where she leads on digital placemaking and 5G research.
Jon Tricker
BEng (Hons), CIHT
PJA
Jonathan is a Director at Phil Jones Associates (PJA) and focuses on combining transport, engineering and place-making advice to a range of clients. He is highly regarded within the transport planning profession and brings over 25 years’ commercial experience, focusing on master planning, development planning and street design. He is a highly capable projects director, used to leading, project managing and working with large inter-disciplinary design teams, mainly in Southern England.
Chris Turner
BA(Hons), MArch, PdDip, ARB, RIBA
Poynton Bradbury Wynter Cole Architects
Chris is a Director at Poynton Bradbury Wynter Cole Architects and the current Chair of RIBA Cornwall. Chris has led the delivery of major mixed-use public and private sector regeneration schemes in both the UK and abroad. With a passion for environmentally and socially responsible architecture, Chris has worked with many of the UK's well-known developers and institutions and is adept at taking their projects through complex planning processes and supporting them to create truly transformative places.
Alex van der Nelson
BA (Hons), Dip LA, PG Cert, CMLI
LDA Design
Alex is a landscape architect at LDA Design specialising in the delivery of large scale masterplanning, design and implementation projects. Much of his recent work has been within the energy sector, working on complex and high-profile projects for new nuclear, tidal, wind and solar schemes. He is a strong advocate of good design and the need for collaborative working between co-consultants and stakeholders to unlock the best possible outcomes for projects, people and the planet.
Nick Vaughan
BA(Hons) DipArch RIBA
Alec French Architects
Nick has a special interest in co-coordinating complex projects on challenging sites, whether they are multi-use or for diverse client bodies. Leading projects such as London's King’s Cross Station, Birmingham's New Street Station and Bristol's Wapping Wharf has driven his passion for re-working and creating healthy, enriching and sustainable communities for people to live, work and travel through. From building projects in cities he understands that successful urban design depends on strong collaboration.
Maria Vierma
BSc (Hons) Agriculture Engineer, MA Urban Design
Marrons
Maria works with a range of public and private sector clients on a variety of urban design, regeneration and masterplanning projects. She has experience of working on high-calibre, creative and technically challenging commissions. Maria has worked on sites across the country. She has the ability to combine vision, delivery, and creative design-led approach. She has experience of working on urban extensions, town regeneration and mixed use developments. This includes managing large multidisciplinary teams and inputs from stakeholder engagement. Throughout her career, she has developed design and analysis skills to produce successful strategic development.
John Waldron
DARCH, RIBA Parts 1-3
spaces4learning
John’s career as an architect has primarily been devoted to housing and education projects, with work in the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Spain. As a director of a larger architectural practice, his experience also covers a wider variety of building types. John has been a member of the Bristol Urban Design Forum since its inception, including five years as a co-chair of the design panel, becoming increasingly involved with wider urban design and landscape issues.
Emily Walsh
BSc MEng CEng DUd
Gloucestershire County Council
Emily is a Transport Planner at Gloucestershire County Council where she works at all scales from the development of policy and strategy through to supporting the design of transport infrastructure and streets to enhance places. Before joining Gloucestershire, she worked in both the private sector and local government as an Engineer, Transport Planner and Urban Designer working at local and regional scales on transport strategy development, master-planning, transport capital programme development and delivery. Emily is passionate about the positive role well designed transport infrastructure and streets can play in shaping liveable economically successful places. She applies a ‘place’ and ‘people’ led approach to transport planning and design; frequently working collaboratively with stakeholders and local communities to do this. She has extensive experience of design review and support including as a Panel Chair.
Andy Ward
BA (Hons) DipArch DipUD DipTP RIBA
NEW masterplanning Ltd
Andy is an architect, urban designer and town planner with over 30 years of experience working in both public and private sectors. From designing and implementing major city mixed use regeneration projects, creating visions for towns, strategies for urban extensions, garden villages and detailed housing layouts in sensitive locations, Andy believes in a collaborative process working closely with the wider community, the right professionals and builders to deliver high quality places fit for our future.
