Paul Chadwick , BA, MIFA , Director , Archaeology
Paul has over 27 years experience of all aspects of archaeology within planning and development, which has been gained in both the public and private sectors. Paul was County Archaeologist at Berkshire County Council for a period of 8 years from 1983 before moving into private practice in 1991. Paul heads up the Archaeology team within CgMs.

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Kevin Goodwin , BTP, MRTPI , Company Secretary , Planning
Kevin has over 30 years planning experience in both the private and public sectors relating to the full range of land use issues. He worked for the London Boroughs of Croydon and Lambeth before moving into private practice. Kevin has particular specialist knowledge of retail and residential developments and also preparation of Environmental Impact Assessments.

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Erica Mortimer , BA (Hons) FRTPI FRSA , Managing Director , Planning
Erica is Managing Director of CgMs and specialises in planning and development. She has over 30 years experience in planning having worked at Lambeth Council and The Corporation of London before moving into private practice. Erica has undertaken many major planning cases nationwide

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John Stockdale , BSc (Hons) MRICS , Finance Director , Planning
John is a Chartered Surveyor specialising in retail and leisure development. John has over 35 years property experience in both the private and public sectors involving a wide range of property matters. He was formerly a Development Manager within the London Docklands Development Corporation and Director of Colliers Erdman Lewis Property Consultants.

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Jonathan Edis , MA Ph.D, MIFA, IHBC , Director , Historic Buildings
Jonathan specialises in listed buildings and conservation areas and has given evidence on historic buildings issues at 35 public inquries. Before joining CgMs he worked for the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments.

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Richard Atkinson , BA (Hons) DMS MRTPI , Director , Planning
Richard has extensive experience of Development Planning. He has managed a wide range of environmental assessments of major infrastructure projects including light rail, airport, waste water treatment plants and overhead electricity transmission lines. He has also prepared strategies for environmental improvement and recreation provision and feasibility studies to accompany funding bids and support planning applications. He acts as a consents officer for National Grid.

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David Barnes , MBA, BSc(Hons), DipTp, MRTPI , Director , Planning

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Ian Biddulph , BTech(Hons) MPhil DipEP MRTPI , Director , Planning

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Rob Bourn , BA (Hons), MA, Cert Archaeol, MIFA , Director , Archaeology
Rob has over 14 years archaeological experience in both the public and private sectors. Rob was previously the archaeological advisor to Berkshire County Council and its successor Unitary Authorities. Rob advised on projects ranging from mineral extraction to residential and retail development.

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Mike Dawson , BA, M.Phil, MIFA , Director , Archaeology
Michael manages CgMs Midlands in Kettering. He has over 26 years of professional experience in the private and public sector. He has acted in the County Court as an expert witness, at planning appeals and has written Environmental Statements, Heritage Conservation and Management Plans, Heritage Appraisals, Desk Top Assessments and Expert Witness Reports.

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Nicholas Doggett , BA (Hons.), Ph.D, Cert. Archaeol., MIFA, IHBC , Director , Historic Buildings
Nick specialises in all matters relating to the Historic Built Environment, with particular emphasis on planning issues relating to listed buildings and conservation areas, including regular appeal work. With 21 years experience, Nick has worked for County and District Councils, Cadw and English Heritage and remains a consultant to EH on applications for listing and de-listing.

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Philip Grover , MRTPI, IHBC , Director , Historic Buildings
Philip has extensive experience as a practitioner specialising in design, conservation and regeneration of the built environment, including employment in local authorities, higher education and consultancy.

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Duncan Hawkins , BA MIFA , Director , Archaeology
Duncan has over 20 years experience as a professional archaeologist, project manager and consultant. He spent 5 years working for the Museum of London before moving into private consultancy. Duncan has particular experience of working for housing developers and acts for many of the main UK housebuilders on archaeological matters.

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Chris Hicks , BSc (Econ), MCD, MRTPI , Director , Planning
Christopher has over 20 years experience in private practice and has a comprehensive understanding of the planning system specialising in the nitty gritty of development control and issues associated with housing, retail and leisure proposals. Christopher is planning consultant to Nelson Bakewell Property Consultants.

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Malcolm Honour , BLE, MRICS, MRTPI , Director , Planning
Malcolm is both a Chartered Surveyor and Chartered Town Planner with more than 20 years private consultancy experience. He is involved in advising clients on a wide range of projects. Examples include retail work for Boots and Toys R Us, research and development permissions for Norwich Union Life and Pensions Ltd, mixed use developments for the Corporation of London as well as hotel, housing and town centre schemes. Malcolm is the director in charge of the Development Control team.

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Andrew Hubbold , BA, Phil, MRTPI , Director , Planning
Andrew is involved in a wide portfolio of residential, industrial, retail and environmental planning work. Andrew has considerable experience in managing development projects and in the co-ordination of environmental impact assessment.

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David Keyte , BA (Hons) MRTPI , Director , Planning
David has over 13 years experience in a wide range of statutory planning disciplines gained in both the public and private sectors. He specialises in Land Compensation work and regularly appears on behalf of a variety of clients as an expert witness in public inquiries and the Lands Tribunal. Prior to joining CgMs, David was an Associate with GVA Grimley and held senior positions with Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council.

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Derek Lawrence , BTp, MRTPI, MRICS , Director , Planning
Derek has over 30 years experience in both the public and private sectors. In the public sector he has worked for local authorities in Greater London and Kent. In the private sector he has worked with a number of major housebuilding companies including David Wilson homes, Fairview New Homes, Rialto Homes and Alfred McAlpine homes.

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Nick Lloyd-Davies , BA(Hons), DipTP, MRTPI , Director , Planning
Nick has over 16 years planning experience in both the private and public sectors, with a strong focus on residential development. He has worked for a number of local authorities including Watford Borough Council and Epsom and Ewell Council. He has a specialist background in section 106 negotiations and affordable housing and has acted for major housebuilders and housing associations including Bellway Homes, KingsOak, Fairview New Homes and Metropolitan Housing Trust.

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Jon Lowe , BA (Hons) Arch , Director , Historic Buildings
Jon has an excellent working knowledge of buildings archaeology and historic architecture, with 9 years professional experience. Responsible for the project management and undertaking of building recording and assessment work, Jon´s analytical building interpretations range from industrial sites to military bases, stately houses to Westminster Abbey.

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J Forbes Marsden , BA, MA, Cert Arch, MIFA , Director , Archaeology
Forbes has over 16 years experience in professional archaeology gained in the private sector. He has written desk top archaeological assessments, archaeological and environmental impact assessments, written schemes of investigation, and provided advice to clients, on a wide range of archaeological sites including road schemes, mineral extraction, urban regeneration, residential and retail development, working within multi-disciplinary teams.

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Nathan McLoughlin , BSc (Hons), DipTP, MRTPI , Director , Planning
Nathan has over 8 years experience in a wide range of statutory planning disciplines gained in both the public and private sectors. He provides planning advice for residential and commercial clients on a wide range of schemes varying from individual bespoke developments to major urban regeneration and urban extension projects. His specific area of expertise is in field Environmental Impact Assessments.

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Lynn Messenger , Director , Accounts

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Greg Pugh , BA MIFA , Director , Archaeology
Greg leads the archaeology team for CgMs in the Cheltenham Office. He has over 13 years experience in professional archaeology in the private sector. Previously, he spent 11 years working for the largest Archaeological Contractor in Europe on projects throughout the UK and Europe. Greg has worked on many diverse projects, from large scale mineral extraction, through housing developments, to major urban regeneration schemes.

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Matthew Roe , BA (Hons) MTP, MRTPI , Director , Planning
Matt has over 9 years experience of planning and development projects. He provides town planning advice to a range of clients concerning residential, commercial, retail and mixed use schemes. Matt specialises in negotiating Section 106 agreements and providing strategic town planning advice. He previously worked for NLP, Newham Council and urbis Consultants in Australia.

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Valerie Scott , BSc (Hons), MCD, MRTPI , Director , Planning
Valerie has over 25 years experience in both the private and public sectors relating to a full range of planning issues. She has extensive experience in dealing with major residential, commercial and retail projects. She has particular experience in dealing with complex legal issues relating to Enforcement Notices, Certificates of Lawfulness and Judicial Reviews. Prior to joining CgMs Valerie was the Principal Associate of Anthony Bowhill & Associates.

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Deb Stephens , MPhil, MRTPI, MCIPR , Director , Planning
Deb has more than 20 years experience in both public and private sectors, including a period at Thames Water where she was the first in-house planner. She has also spent 8 years in a public relations consultancy working on consultation and community engagement for a wide range of development proposals. Before joining CgMs Deb was a Technical Director with Jacobs UK Ltd.

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Mike Straw , BA, BTp, MRTPI , Director , Planning
Mike has advised some of the UK’s leading developers, funding institutions and landowners, local planning authorities and other public sector organisations. His advice ranges from the prospects and planning strategy to maximise the prospects of the consent, to the project management of the planning process for mixed use development projects. For local planning authorities, Mike has advised on regeneration strategies, negotiations of planning agreements as well as acting as expert witness at planning appeals and undertaking retail impact and need assessments

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Richard Tilley , MA, MRTPI, MRICS , Director , Planning
Richard is both a Chartered Town Planner and a Chartered Surveyor, with over 22 years experience of all aspects of the planning system. He worked for the London Borough of Camden before moving into private practice, and in recent years has gained direct experience of the development industry, by working for a major national housebuilder. He was Chairman of the London Branch of the RTPI in 1991.

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Duncan Bennett , BA (Hons), DipTP, MRTPI , Senior Associate Director , Planning
Duncan has a wide range of experience gained from working on various types of projects in private practice. This has included planning appraisals, the preparation, submission and monitoring of planning applications and appeals, listed building and conservation area consent applications and advertisement consent applications. He has experience of various aspects of planning including commercial development, housing schemes, leisure proposals, historic buildings and transport projects.

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Alun Evans , BA (Hons), MRTPI , Senior Associate Director , Planning
A range of experience gained from working on various types of projects in private practice. This has included planning appraisals, the preparation, submission and management of planning applications and appeals. Alun has experience of various aspects of planning including retail, Residential and commercial schemes

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Steve Forman , BA(Hons), MTP, MRTPI , Senior Associate Director , Planning
Steve has a wide variety of experience and has been involved in projects dealing with residential, commercial and industrial developments in London and the southeast. Steve has experience in the preparation of planning appraisals, planning and advertisement applications, certificate of lawfulness applications and the preparation of evidence for planning, advertisement and enforcement notice appeals.

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Sian Griffiths , BSc(Hons), DipTP, MScRealEst, MRTPI, MRICS , Senior Associate Director , Planning
Sian is a Chartered Town Planner and Chartered Surveyor (P&D), with over 9 years experience in a wide range of planning and regeneration projects throughout the UK. She has worked for local authority planning departments, in private sector consultancy and for residential developers. Her specific area of expertise is in residential development and residential mixed-use development.

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Catharine Patrick , BA, DipArchaeol, MPhil, MIFA , Senior Associate Director , Archaeology
Catharine has extensive knowledge and experience of the archaeology of Birmingham and the Midlands and of archaeology within planning and development. She has input to numerous desk studies and environmental statements and is routinely responsible for the management of archaeological matters through the development process, working within multi-disciplinary teams.

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Nick Rawlings , BA(Hons), MA, MRTPI , Senior Associate Director , Planning
Nick has worked on a wide range of residential, industrial, commercial and mixed use projects for a diverse client base including major developers, national house builders, landowners, financiers and local authorities.

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Alex Abbott , BA (Hons) BPl, MRTPI , Associate Director , Planning
Alex has a wide range of experience gained from working on various projects in public and private practice, including two years overseas in NZ and Australia. Alex has experience of various aspects of planning including retail and commercial with a strong focus on the leisure industry.

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Julian Bagg , BSc (Hons), IHBC , Associate Director , Historic Buildings
Julian has a thorough skills base covering heritage issues in relation to construction, conservation and planning which he has gained through over 20 years of experience both in the public and private sectors.

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Greg Beale , MSc, BA (Hons), DipTP, IHBC, MRTPI , Associate Director , Historic Buildings
Greg has over 15 years experience in the Heritage field including historic building legislation, the appeal process, historic architecture especially vernacular building types and issues relating to historic properties. Greg has been involved in the listed building process ranging from individual properties through to large-scale regeneration schemes acting for both private and public sector clients.

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Andrew Case , BA (Hons), MSc, DipUP, MRTPI , Associate Director , Planning
Andrew is a chartered Town Planner with over six years experience, mostly in the public sector. He has wide experience of residential, mixed use and commercial redevelopment projects.

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Mary Clemence , BA (Hons), DipTP; DipBldgCons(RICS); MRTPI , Associate Director , Historic Buildings
Mary has an extensive experience as a planning, conservation, urban design and regeneration specialist in the public sector, working collaboratively and creatively with different professions and agencies, and with a good knowledge of relevant legislation.

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Lorraine Darton , BA (Hons), MA, AIFA , Associate Director , Archaeology
Lorraine has more than ten years experience in professional archaeology. With a background in field archaeology focused in London and the south-east, she provides archaeological advice to clients, manages fieldwork, produces desk based assessments, EIA reports and impact assessments. She has provided archaeological input into sustainability frameworks and heritage strategies, and archaeological management plans.

Sally Dicks , BA(Hons) AIFA , Associate Director , Archaeology
Sally has over 7 years experience as a professional archaeologist. She is reponsible for project management and assigning sub-contractors; also writing environmental impact assessments, desk based assessments, written scheme of investigations and providing advise to clients.

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Myk Flitcroft , BA(Hons), MSc, MIFA , Associate Director , Archaeology
Myk has more than 20 years professional experience in the public and private sectors. Prior to joining CgMs, Myk led Northamptonshire County Council’s Historic Environment team and acted as principal advisor to the county’s local planning authorities on the management of archaeological issues within the planning process. He has extensive experience assessing the Historic Environment implications of development proposals and of negotiating programmes of archaeological measures to mitigate impacts and monitoring their successful implementation.

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Ignus Froneman , B. Arch. Stud. (BAS), AIFA , Associate Director , Historic Buildings
Ignus has a good working experience of architecture and historic buildings in urban, rural and industrial environments. Responsible for all illustration, digital mapping and drawing within the department, Ignus specialises in historic building recording.

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Peggy Hui , BA (Hons), MSc, MFIA, MRTPI, AIEMA , Associate Director , Planning
Peggy has over 7 years experience in UK. She has been involved in an extensive range of projects including major retail, residential, commercial and mixed use schemes. Her main strengths lie in retail planning ranging from site appraisals, preparing Retail Capacity and Impact Assessments, advising on town centre redevelopment schemes, out of centre retail extensions, sub-divisions and installation of mezzanines.

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Karl Hulka , AIFA , Associate Director , Historic Buildings
Karl has a thorough working knowledge of above and below ground archaeology, with a track record of historic building analysis, assessment, report preparation and archiving. His 20 years professional experience in the heritage field have accumulated a well rounded portfolio, with projects ranging from urban complexes to ecclesiastical sites, stately homes, industrial structures and government buildings.

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Gemma Jenkinson , BSc(Hons), MSc, MRTPI , Associate Director , Planning
Gemma is a town planner with over 7 years experience. She has a wide range of experience involving retail, residential, office, leisure, and mixed-use projects for both the private and public sector.

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Nicholas Lawrence , MTCP (Hons), MRTPI , Associate Director , Planning
Nick has experience of various aspects of planning including complex mixed use redevelopment projects, residential schemes, commercial development, retail development, leisure proposals, historic buildings and transport projects.

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Richard Meager , BA, MA, MIFA , Associate Director , Archaeology
Richard has extensive experience in archaeological consultancy, including project management of a range of archaeological projects predominantly within London and the south of England. His work also includes the production of Archaeological Desk Based studies and Impact Assessments, Specifications and Written Schemes of Investigation, together with Environmental Impact Assessments and Environmental Statements.

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Danielle Morgan , Associate Director , Historic Buildings
Danielle joined CgMs in 2002 and acts as Project Manager for the Historic Buildings Team. Co-ordinating the movements of her colleagues in the team, Danielle keeps abreast of the department’s projects, oversees research, report production, deadlines and manages the group’s marketing. Any clients with initial enquires for the Historic Buildings group are welcome to contact Danielle who will allocate a consultant suited to your project needs.

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Simon Mortimer , MA (Oxon), MIFA , Associate Director , Archaeology
Simon has over 12 years experience as a professional archaeologist. He is responsible for advising public and private sector clients on all aspects of archaeology within the planning process. He has managed a diverse range of projects from new settlements and distribution parks to highway schemes, quarries and cemetery extensions. He has also presented expert evidence at Public Inquiry.

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John Smith , BA (Hons), Dip TP, MRTPI , Associate Director , Planning
John has five years private sector experience dealing with a wide range of planning issues. This includes applications, appraisals, appeals, local plan representations, enforcement notices, third party objections, and certificates of lawful use and lawful development. Before joining CgMs, John previously worked for Anthony Bowhill & Associates and Planning & Regeneration Ltd.

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Chris Telford , BSc (Hons), Dip TP, MRTPI, IHBC , Associate Director , Planning
Chris has over 10 years experience gained in local planning authorities. He has been involved in policy research, development and implementation including completion of related background studies, landscape and heritage conservation, and urban regeneration, including preparation of character appraisals and provision of design guidance.

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Sarah Watt , BA, PGDipArchaeol, DipEnvPol(Open), AIFA , Associate Director , Historic Buildings
Sarah has nine years professional experience in the historic environment sector, including survey work, historical research, the preparation of assessments and input to Environmental Statements. Before joining CgMs she coordinated the English Heritage-funded ‘West Midlands Regional Research Framework for Archaeology’ and has edited the annual journal ‘West Midlands Archaeology’ for the CBA for six years. Sarah has prepared a number of Conservation Area Character Appraisals and assessments of significance and impact for individual buildings and larger sites as part of the planning process.

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Suzy Wilson , BA (Hons), MA, MRTPI , Associate Director , Planning
Suzy has a wide range of experience gained in both local authority and consultancy positions. This has included planning appraisals, planning applications and appeals, listed building and conservation area consent applications and Environmental Impact Assessments.

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William Bridges , Senior Planner , Planning
Recently joined from working within Developement Control in Local Government. Has experience of dealing with a wide range of applications and Development Control issues ranging from residential and mixed uses applications to Conservation Area Consents and Lawful Development Certificates.

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Holly Jones , BSc (Hons), DipTP, MRTPI , Senior Planner , Planning
Holly has over 8 years experience in dealing with a wide range and variety of planning projects in both the private and public sector.

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James Lloyd , BSc (Hons), MSc, MRTPI , Senior Planner , Planning
James has experience as a planning advisor in both large and small-scale proposals including retail, leisure, residential, commercial, industrial, and mixed use schemes; focusing on providing advice for developers and operators with particular areas of expertise in strategic planning policy, Environmental Impact Assessments, retail impacts, and complex mixed-use proposals.

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John Mumby , BA (Hons), MRTPI , Senior Planner , Planning
John has three years of planning consultancy experience working in the private sector for a wide range of clients. Experience includes the preparation, submission and management of planning applications and advertisement applications, submission of local development framework representations, representing clients at committee meetings, submission of planning appeals and negotiation of S106 Agreements and planning obligations.

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Katie Ng , BSc, MSc, MRTPI , Senior Planner , Planning
Katie has joined the London Planning Team as an Assistant Planner. She has just completed an MSc Degree in Town and Country Planning at University College London

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Kiran Williams , BA (Hons), DipTP, MRTPI , Senior Planner , Planning
Kiran has six years Private Sector experience and has a wide range of experience in submitting planning applications, appeals and undertaking planning appraisals. Kiran has experience of various aspects of planning including retail, residential and commercial schemes.

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Suzanne Gailey , BA (Hons) MA MIFA , Senior Archaeological Consultant , Archaeology
Experience in coordinating and managing fieldwork projects, production of archaeological Desk Based Assessments, Archaeological Impact Assessments and Environmental Impact Assessments. Experience in offering development control advice, digitised characterisation projects and historical and archaeological research.

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Paul Gajos , BA, MIFA , Senior Archaeological Consultant , Archaeology
Paul has a background in commercial field archaeology and has worked on and directed excavations of all periods, from the Palaeolithic to the post medieval, in many locations across the British Isles. He has wide experience in the production of archaeological desk-based assessments, written schemes of investigation and providing advice to clients on a wide range of archaeological issues.

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Roy Lewis , BA (Hons), MA (Arch Cons), MRTPI, IHBC , Senior Historic Buildings Consultant , Historic Buildings
Roy is a chartered town planner with a specialism in urban design and conservation of the historic environment. He is a chartered town planner with a specialism in urban design and conservation of the historic environment.

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Jody Morris , BA (Hons), MA, AIFA , Senior Historic Buildings Consultant , Historic Buildings
Jody has an initial background of working in both the academic and commercial archaeological worlds. She then specialised in historic buildings and has four years experience within this sector working on investigative, analytical and recording projects as well as providing advice to clients and conservation practitioners on a wide variety of issues concerning historic buildings.

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Elizabeth Stephen , BA (Hons), MSc , Senior Historic Buildings Consultant , Historic Buildings
Elizabeth joined the historic buildings team after completing a degree in Archaeology. She has recently completed her Masters in Historic Conservation whilst working at CgMs and has undertaken a range of work involving individual listed buildings and conservation areas to larger projects including wind farms and major development sites. Elizabeth is an Affiliate member of the IHBC and belongs to the SPAB.

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Steven Weaver , BA, MIFA , Senior Archaeological Consultant , Archaeology
Steven has over 12 years experience in professional archaeology gained in both the public and private sector. As a former Local Government Officer and Senior Project Manager with Oxford Archaeology, he has been responsible for providing advice on all aspects of archaeology. He has worked on a wide range of projects that include residential/commercial (brown and greenfield site), highways, minerals and historic garden/heritage lottery funded parks projects.

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Chris Brocklebank , BA (Hons), Dip TP, MRTPI , Planner , Planning
Chris has over 4 years experience gained in the private and public sectors. His work includes the preparation, submission and management of planning applications; the preparation of detailed planning appraisals; the submission of development plan representations and the submission of planning appeals.

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Sam Chisholm , BSc(Hons) , Planner , Planning
Sam has a variety of experience in the private sector including the preparation of planning applications, the writing of Design and Access Statements and providing Planning Appriasals. Sam provides planning research and undertakes Local Development Framework monitoring. Sam also has experience in the public sector managing his own planning application, listed building consent and certificate of lawfulness case.

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Alex Christopher , BA (Hons), Dip TP , Planner , Planning
Alex has over four years of planning experience gained in both the private and public sector, dealing with a wide range of planning issues. This includes writing Planning Design & Access statements; preparing and co-ordinating applications and appeals; preparing site appraisals; making Development Plan document representations; dealing with enforcement matters and preparing proofs of evidence.

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Janet Lee , BSc (Hon), Dip TCP, MSc Housing, MCIH , Planner , Planning
Janet has a variety of experience in the private sector including the preparation, submission and management of planning applications and planning appeals.

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Jemma Cam , BA(Hons), MPlan , Assistant Planner , Planning
Jemma undertakes research and assessments for prospective and existing clients, works alongside Regional Director on strategic land promotion, in particular a mixed use strategic urban extension North of Cheltenham. She also considers sites for strategic housing applications, completes analysis on housing numbers and makes representations on Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessments.

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Brian Coughlan , BA (Hons), MSc , Assistant Planner , Planning
Brian joined CgMs in 2007. His duties include undertaking planning appraisals, assisting in the preparation of planning applications, provision of supporting research in relation to planning appeals, information support to the planning team and undertaking Plans Monitoring Service for major corporate clients.

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Philip Deeley , MPlan (Hons) , Assistant Planner , Planning
Philip has obtained a variety of experience since joining CgMs in November 2007. Including undertaking planning appraisals of sites, assisting in the preparation of planning applications and provision of supporting research in relation to planning appeals.

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Vanessa Garner , BSc (Hons), MA , Assistant Planner , Planning
Vanessa has obtained a variety of experience since joining CgMs in February 2008. Her duties include, undertaking planning appraisals of sites, assisting in the preparation of planning applications, provision of supporting research in relation to planning appeals and providing research and information support for the planning team.

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Poonam Kara , BSc (Hons), MSc , Assistant Planner , Planning

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Katherine MacDonald , BA (Hons), MA , Assistant Planner , Planning
Before she started studying for my masters Katherine undertook work experience in the Planning department of a Local Authority. On a day to day basis Katherine undertakes research and assesments for prospective and existing clients, writes accompanying statements for applications and assists with preparing a submitting planning applications for a wide range of land uses.

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Laura McKenzie , BA (Hons) , Assistant Planner , Planning

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Setareh Neshati , BSc, MA TCP , Assistant Planner , Planning
Setareh has obtained a variety of experience since joining CgMs in August 2007. Her duties include, undertaking planning appraisals of sites, assisting in the preparation of planning applications and providing research and information support for the planning team.

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Julieanne Saxty , BRTP (Hons) , Assistant Planner , Planning
Julieanne joined CgMs in 2007 after graduating from the University of Queensland in Australia. Prior to joining CgMs Julieanne gained experience working in the private sector, where her duties included the preparation, submission and monitoring of planning applications and strategic planning projects.

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Summer Wong , BA(Hons), MSc , Assistant Planner , Planning

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Roderick Dale , Archaeological Consultant , Archaeology
Roderick has worked as an archaeologist for 17 years throughout the UK. He has experience of a wide variety of sites and periods and worked at a senior level in contract archaeology before moving to consultancy. Prior to joining CgMs, Roderick has managed large-scale infrastructure projects, undertaken the archaeological component of EIAs and ESs, working closely with specialists from other fields, and has designed and managed a wide variety of fieldwork projects.

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Karen Francis , BA, MIFA , Archaeological Consultant , Archaeology
Karen has 18 years experience as a professional archaeologist and researcher and has worked extensively in Britain, Italy and Albania. Before joining JSAC as a Project Manager early in 2005, she worked as a full-time Research Associate with the Institute of World Archaeology (IWA), based firstly at the British School in Rome, Italy; and later at the University of East Anglia in Norwich.

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Matt Gadsby , BA Cert. Arch. Adv. Cert. Arch , Historic Buildings Consultant , Historic Buildings
Matt has over 10 years experience gained in a variety of operational and managerial roles, for both archaeology and historic buildings. Matt is responsible for advising on a wide range of public and private sector clients on all aspects of historic buildings within the planning process and has managed a wide range of projects; including the personal undertaking of full recording projects of historic buildings.

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Clare Herring , BA, MPhil (Cantab) , Archaeological Consultant , Archaeology

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Ken Hollamby , BSc, FSAScot, FRGS, FEI, AIFA , Archaeological Consultant/Archivist , Archaeology

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John Lord , BSc MSc AIFA , Archaeological Consultant , Archaeology
John has recently taken a broad range of knowledge into the consultancy field. He has experience of research processes and the production of desk-based assessments, technical knowledge of AutoCAD, GIS and illustration packages, and of technical survey methodology. He also has experience of historic landscape assessment and analysis, and of the application of various techniques to historic landscape investigation.

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Matthew Smith , Archaeological Consultant , Archaeology

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James Gidman , Archaeological Researcher , Archaeology

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Hannah Heard , BSc (Hons), AIFA , Archaeological Researcher , Archaeology
With a background in archaeological geophysics and survey, Hannah has a broad knowledge of archaeology from all periods and regions. Her current responsibilities include the assimilation and production of desk based assessments through documentary and cartographic research.

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Maurice Hopper , BSc, MSc , Archaeological Researcher , Archaeology
Maurice has six years experience as a professional archaeologist, including four years working for the Archaeological Investigations Project. He has worked on numerous field projects for Birmingham Archaeology and Bournemouth University. He is currently involved in archaeological research for all phases of archaeological consultancy and in the writing desk-based assessments and HMR heritage assessments.