Meet the planners
Find out more about some of our inspirational planners, some of whom dreamt of entering the profession from a young age, and some who stumbled into it!

Rafaela E. Christodoulou
Graduate Planner
Rafaela works as a Graduate Planner for Arrow Planning Ltd
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Laura Hemsley
Town Planner
Laura is a Town Planner at Jacobs
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Adam Place
Director
Adam is a Director at Viable Placemaking
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Paulina Zemke
Planning Technical Support Officer
Paulina is a Planning Technical Support Officer at the London Borough of Wandsworth
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Keith Wu
Town Planner
Keith is a Town Planner in the Planning Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government
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Kate Bailey
Head of Strategic Growth
Kate is Head of Strategic Growth at Wyre Forest District Council
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Kate Kwok
Senior Planning Consultant
Kate is a Senior Planning Consultant at Arcadis
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Lisa Lamb
Head of Planning and Major Infrastructure
Lisa is Head of Planning and Major Infrastructure and the National Trust
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Joe Ayoubkhani
Director
Joe is Director at Fraser Strategic Land and Highlight Planning
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Alastair Welch
Senior Policy Adviser
Alastair is a Senior Policy Adviser in the Marine and Fisheries Directorate at Defra.
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Joshua Morgan
Graduate Planning Technician
Joshua is a Graduate Planning Technician at Swansea Council.
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Joe Maphosa
Strategic Land Manager
Joe is Strategic Land Manager for Metis Homes
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Craig Allison
Senior Planning Enforcement Officer
Craig is Senior Planning Enforcement Officer at Hambleton District Council.
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Daniel G Wilson
Development Manager
Daniel is Development Manager at Hill Group
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Danielle St Pierre
Director
Danielle is Director and Co-founder, Hybrid Planning & Development
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Kim Boal
Planning Officer
Kim is a Planning Officer at Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
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Benjamin Marshall
Planning Officer
Benjamin is a Planning Officer with the Development Management team at Guildford Borough Council
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Frances Summers
Senior Planning Policy Officer
Frances is a Senior Planning Policy Officer at Dorset Council
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Rebecca Burrows
Head of Heritage
Rebecca is Head of Heritage at Lanpro Services
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Sarah Temple
Senior Planner
Sarah works as a Senior Planner at LUC.
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Sean Vincent Kelly
Senior Project Officer
Sean is Senior Project Officer at Glasgow City Council
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Rachel White
Senior Planning and Development Consultant
Rachel is a Senior Planning and Development Consultant at NJL Consulting
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Maryam Watson
Town Planner
Maryam is a Town Planner at BDP (Building Design Partnership) Ltd
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Nia Roberts
Graduate Planner
Nia is a Graduate Planner at KEW Planning
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Farhana Hussain
Senior Planning Consultant
Farhana is Senior Planning Consultant at Arup
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Toneisha Williams
Monitoring and Enforcement Officer
Toneisha is a Monitoring and Enforcement Officer at Dorset Council
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Dafydd Rhys Thomas
Planning Officer
Dafydd works as a Planning Officer at Snowdonia National Park Authority.
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Jordan Martin
Senior Planner
Jordan works as a Senior Planner at DWD. He was a recipient of the RTPI Trust Bursary.
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Pan Chong
Principal Planning Officer
Pan is a Principal Planning Officer on the Development Management team (Strategic Applications) at the London Borough of Enfield.
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Hannah Flynn
Planning Officer
Hannah works as a Planning Officer at Derry City & Strabane District Council
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Natalia Trossero
Associate Urban Designer
Natalia is an Associate Urban Designer at Barton Willmore
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Christina Sriramula
Christina works at Westminster City Council within the Planning Department
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Judith Onuh
Chartered Town Planner
Judith is a Chartered Town Planner at WSP
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Timothy David Crawshaw
RTPI President
Timothy is RTPI President 2022
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