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New Head of Environmental Impact Assessment amongst June promotions

We have announced a new Head of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), alongside three new Directors as part of 18 promotions across our UK and Ireland teams.

Bristol-based Andrew Malcomson will lead our EIA team, which has seen sustained growth over recent years. Andrew joined the team in 2019 and takes on the role from Andy Ricketts who has headed up the team since it was established in 2018. Andy will assume a Strategic Director role, focused on strategic growth of the service, whilst maintaining his role in project direction and delivery.

Elsewhere, across our planning teams, Lee Hannigan and Sam Lake have been promoted to Director in Derry~Londonderry and the Midlands respectively. Lee will continue to focus on leading and growing our residential and commercial offer in the north west of Ireland, while Sam will focus on our industrial and logistics offer in the Midlands. Andrew Heasley and Donna Lyle have also been promoted to Associate Director in our Belfast planning team. 

In our Strategic Communications team James Simondson has been made Director in London, alongside Mercedes Antrobus who has been promoted to Senior Consultant in Manchester.  

Other promotions  include:

• Victoria Bellamy, Associate Director, Heritage & Townscape, London
• Amy Whitten, Senior Urban Designer, Bristol
• Ffion Middleton, Senior Planner, South West and Wales
• Kinari Tsuchida, Planner, London
• Elizabeth Lawrence, Planner, South West and Wales
• Robert Stott, Consultant, Economics, Manchester
• Sareen Mathew, Consultant, EIA, Manchester
• Adam Gambles, Credit Manager, Manchester
• Daniel Orzel, Senior Manager, Business Development & Marketing, Manchester
• Lindsay Hart, Head of Research, Trends & Innovation, Manchester
• Alanah Smith, IT Support, Manchester

These promotions further strengthen our offering across our services and business support teams, championing our commitment to ensuring people, places and planet can thrive.  

Speaking about the promotions, Chief Executive, Stephen Bell said:

“We believe in using business as a force for good and our talented people are at the heart of this, working hard to create a meaningful impact and generate value for our clients in everything they do. I’m absolutely delighted to be able to recognise the dedication and achievements of the 18 co-owners promoted in June.”

3 June 2024