Sustainable Infrastructure

Olaide Oboh, Director, Socius Olaide is a strategic thinker and problem-solver with a 15-year record of successful delivery in public and private sector organisations. With a degree in Sociology, Olaide is fascinated by how people engage with one another, with physical spaces and society in general; and this curiosity drives her to continually seek to

Professor Nick Tyler, Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering at UCL and the Director of the UCL Centre for Transport Studies

Richard Quartermaine is Head of Sustainability at Urban&Civic, the leading Master Developer of large-scale strategic housing sites in the UK. Urban&Civic is owned by charitable foundation, the Wellcome Trust. He is responsible for driving the implementation of the U&C Sustainability Framework and continually improving U&C’s sustainable impact across all its operations. Richard’s career in sustainability

Sam Jones, Director, The Green Partnership Sam Jones is a green infrastructure specialist with over 20 years’ experience. Through his various professional roles and stewardship within initiatives suc as The Green Spaces Advisory Board, he has helped drive much needed change and thought leadership in making green infrastructure a solution to solving climate change, whilst

Sarah Greenham,  Clean Air Impact Fellow – Urban Design and Green Infrastructure, University of Birmingham Sarah Greenham is an Impact Fellow at the University of Birmingham, supporting the planning of urban design and green infrastructure to improve air quality for the West Midlands region of the UK. Her research interests include climate change adaptation and

Sarah Spink, Strategic Partnerships Lead, Midlands Connect Sarah has been working with Midlands Connect since early 2016, working to develop the Sub-national Transport Body into a single voice for the region. She spends her time working with the partners to ensure an integrated approach to their work. She also is a Teaching Fellow at Aston

Signe Norberg, Head of Public Affairs and Communications, Aldersgate Group Signe Norberg is the Head of Public Affairs and Communications at the Aldersgate Group, a multi-stakeholder alliance championing a competitive and environmentally sustainable economy. The Group’s corporate membership represents a collective global turnover of over £550bn and include companies with operations across the UK economy.

Steve Hornblow, Head of Special Projects for NW Bicester at A2Dominion Housing Group Steve has 25 years’ public and private sector development experience delivering affordable and private sale housing schemes across the South East. Employed by A2Dominion Group for over 10 years, he has been instrumental in the development of the UK’s first eco-town at

Sue Illman, Managing Director, Illman Young and CIC Champion for Flood Mitigation and Resilience Sue Illman is a landscape architect by training and the Managing Director of Illman Young, a company that has a broad project base from commercial and industrial, to education and leisure, alongside housing at all scales, from new urban extensions to

Susanna Dart is the Climate Change Policy Officer at Lancaster City Council in the Planning and Housing Strategy Team. Her work covers the policies, projects, and priorities of the council in addressing the climate emergency and meeting net zero by 2030. This work is focused on planning policy particularly on holistically integrating climate mitigation, adaptation,

Tom Massey, Landscape and Garden Designer, Tom Massey Studio Since Tom Massey Studio was founded in 2015, Tom’s work has won multiple awards and widespread recognition. As well as leading his design practice Tom gives talks on garden design and related subjects, and lectures at the London College of Garden Design as a visiting tutor.