Our Experts
The High Streets Task Force has recruited over 150 Experts, Mentors and Facilitators that will work with towns and cities in England to address the complex challenges they face.
Who are High Streets Task Force Experts?
This expertise provided by our Register of Experts, Mentors and Facilitators was a recommendation of the High Street 2030 Review, which called for additional capacity to support local authorities in transforming their high streets. Experts, Mentors and Facilitators will support high streets directly by providing a range of support services that form part of the wider Task Force programme.
To ensure the highest standards and broadest range of expertise in high street transformation, the Task Force has recruited Experts in partnership with Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), Landscape Institute, Design Council, and Institute of Place Management. The Task Force worked with these national bodies to identify 42 areas of specialism which help ensure high streets are advised by those best placed to do so.
Experts were selected through an open two-stage recruitment process of application and panel selection, with a requirement that they demonstrate relevant educational and professional qualifications and at least 5 years’ experience in their respective specialism
The Register of Experts, Mentors and Facilitators
The full list of appointed Experts, Mentors and Facilitators is provided below.
A number of those appointed have provided personal profiles, detailing aspects of their experience and perspectives on high streets. View the list of expanded Expert profiles.
Arthur Acheson Arthur Acheson MRTPI |
Dr Tayo Adebowale Cirkadia |
Vaughan Allen CityCo |
Shaun Andrews Nexus Planning |
Maayan Ashkenazi Maayan Ashkenazi |
Mo Aswat The Mosaic Partnership |
Nicola Bacon Social Life |
Maggie Baddeley Tibbalds |
Jean Ball Eventful Places |
Martin Band Environmental Associates |
Alistair Barr Barr Gazetas |
Sheena Bell Gillespies LLP |
Penny Bell IntoPlaces Ltd |
Alan Berman Alan Berman Architect + Client Advisor |
Neil Boughey Acorn Planning Ltd |
Jess Bryne-Daniel Leeds Beckett University |
Robin Buckle Robin Buckle Urban Design |
Andrew Cameron Andrew Cameron & Associates |
Kieran Carlin Carlin Planning Ltd |
Philip Cave Philip Cave Associates |
Lynne Ceeney Lytton Consulting Ltd / Hertfordshire County Council |
Dave Chetwyn Urban Vision Enterprise CIC |
Ryan Coghlan Gillespies |
Matt Colledge IntoPlaces Ltd |
Garry Colligan think place |
Phil Collins Phil Collins Associates |
Andrew Cooper Andrew Cooper |
Nick Corbett WSP |
Jo Cox-Brown Night Time Economy Solutions Ltd |
Philip Crichton C3Projects Ltd |
Danny Crump Broadway Malyan |
Richard Crutchley Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design |
Sonia Cubrilo Director at IntoPlaces Ltd |
Diane Cunningham The Assembly Line |
Eugenio Da Rin The Paul Hogarth Company Ltd |
Owen Davies Owen Davies Consulting |
Sophia de Sousa The Glass-House Community Led Design |
Ian Ferguson Patrnershps for Better Business Ltd |
Hayden Ferriby Quarterbridge Project Management Ltd |
Jim Fox Jim Fox Placemaking |
Beatrice Fraenkel N/A |
Graham Galpin Placechanger |
Chao Gao Ciaociao Design |
Ged Gibbons GgConsultancy |
Louise Goodison Cazenove Architects |
Dr Julie Grail The BIDs Business |
Simon Green Arup |
Chris Gregory Heartflood |
Fenella Griffin Untitled Practice |
Sophie Hainsworth LoyalFree Place Promotion App |
Andrew Haley The Paul Hogarth Company |
Katie Hammond Empire Dream Consulting Ltd |
Mike Harrison HarrisonStevens Landscape Architecture and Urban Design |
Liane Hartley Mend |
Michael Hawes Mei Loci |
Michael Hayes Michael Hayes Consulting |
Colin Haylock Spence and Dower |
David Hills DSDHA |
Eric Holding JTP |
Daniel Houghton FPCR |
Alan Houghton Alan Houghton Planning Ltd |
Lindsay Humblet Planit IE |
Tristan Hutton WYG/Tetra Tech Planning |
Sue Illman Illman Young Landscape Design Ltd |
Emma James Places Made Limited |
Paul James Conversation PR Ltd |
Tim Johns The Environment Partnership (TEP) Ltd |
Dan Jones Civic London |
Philip Jones PJA |
Roland Karthaus Matter Architecture |
Mihalis Kavaratzis University of Leicester School of Business |
Stephanie Kerr BID Leamington |
Sven Latham Noggin |
Caroline Lewis Access Design Solutions UK Ltd |
Holly Lewis We Made That |
Tom Lonsdale Tom Lonsdale PLACECRAFT |
Tania Love FaulknerBrowns |
Andrew Lowson The York BID Company Ltd |
Glen Macfarlane Macfarlane + Associates |
Graham Marshall Prosocial Place |
Helen McHollan Illman Young |
David McKenna Street Spirit Design |
Finlay McNab Streets Reimagined |
May Molteno Pathways Consultancy |
David Moores Phil Jones Associates ( PJA) |
Nicholas Morgan We are Placemaking / We are the Fair |
Mel Morris Mel Morris Conservation |
Dr. Jo Morrison Calvium |
Penny Moss Planning Potential |
Dr Jackie Mulligan ShopAppy Ltd |
Elizabeth Murphy Elizabeth Murphy |
Peter Neal Peter Neal Consulting Ltd |
Alyn Nicholls Alyn Nicholls, Chartered Town Planner |
Charlotte Norman AREA landscape architects |
Steven Norris Lambert Smith Hampton |
Sylvia Oates Six Till Six Ltd |
Judith O'Doherty eutopia |
Stephen O'Malley Civic Engineers |
David Orr David Orr Consulting |
Paul Osborne LHC Design |
Helen Palmer LandShape |
Annie Pang Adrian Salt and Pang Limited |
Dharmista Patel Dharmista Patel Planning and Design |
Rob Pearson Nexus Planning |
Xanthe Quayle Xanthe Quayle Landscape Architects |
Toyubur Rahman ToyTowns |
Cristina Refolo Refolo Landscape Architects |
Paul Reynolds Urben |
Mark Reynolds Context Planning Ltd |
Amanda Reynolds AR Urbanism |
Andy Roberts Planit I.E. Ltd |
Juan Rodriguez Dominguez Arup |
Nicole Roe Barton Willmore |
Joanne Rogers Prowse & Co. Ltd |
Ed Salter LDA Design |
Laura Scott-Simmons Benton Scott-Simmons |
Lisa Sharp Sharp Business Insights Ltd |
Paul Shuker Lambert Smith Hampton |
John Simpson LDA Design |
Christina R M Sinclair Edinburgh World Heritage |
James Singer Nexus Planning |
Jack Skillen Team London Bridge |
Emma Skippins Stolwood Architects |
Darryl Smith P.I.E.S consultancy |
Stefano Smith Stefano Smith Planning |
Graham Soult CannyInsights.com Retail Consultancy |
Ben Stephenson BAS Consultancy |
Prof. Dr. G. Keith Still Crowd Risk Analysis Ltd |
Richard Stones OBE CPTED-UK |
Julie Tanner Place Planning Ltd |
Mike Taylor Chilmark Consulting Ltd |
Nick Taylor Carter Jonas |
Keith Thomas PER Consulting Ltd |
Vaughan Thompson Place Studio Ltd |
Sophie Thompson LDA Design |
John Till thinkingplace |
Marc Tomes Allen Scott |
Peter Tooher Nexus Planning |
Scarlett Towse LDA Design |
Graeme Tulley Tulley Bunting |
Glyn Tully Levitt Bernstein |
Joanna van Heyningen van Heyningen and Haward |
Martin Venning Venning Consulting |
Atam Verdi Aspinall Verdi Limited |
Chris Wade The People & Places Partnership Ltd. |
Charles Wagner ND The Built Heritage Consultancy |
Nigel Wakefield NODE |
Benjamin Walker LDA Design |
Jonathan Wallace Lichfields |
Camilla Ween Goldstein Ween Architects |
Neil Wild Wild Property Consultancy |
Peter Williams the means |
James Williams JWPlanning |
Richard Wood Richard Wood Associates |
Emily Woodason Arup |
Graham Woodward Woodward Studio |
Esther Worboys Workman LLP |
Dr Julian Zarb Researcher, Academic and Local Tourism Planning Consultant |