I am an expert in achieving best value from property through creative thinking and appropriate planning and design solutions. I am the founder and now a consultant to DCa architects and advise other companies in relation to developing their business and professional strategies, structures and systems.DCa is a medium sized architectural practice specialising in architecture, planning, masterplanning and placemaking, building technology, contract and project management, interiors and visualisation. We have divisions specialising in landscape, sustainability and community and stakeholder engagement. I have particular experience in masterplanning and placemaking as well as the commercial office, retail, industrial, leisure, hotels, housing, education, health, airport and prison sectors. I worked on the British Embassy and staff housing in Riyadh (for my professor, Trevor Dannatt) after leaving Manchester University. I then became an associate of the Architectural Project Unit (1985), Associate Director of Geoffrey Reid Associates (1986-1993), a commercial architectural practice before setting up DCa in 1993.I have been a Town Councillor for Olney, a Chairman of the Olney Chamber of Trade, a founder member of the Milton Keynes Chamber of Commerce, a School Governor and I sat on the board of MK Business Leaders. I led the ‘Healthcheck’ appraisal for Olney, based on a government initiative to stimulate the competitiveness of market towns. I contributed to the development of the Diploma for Construction in MK, in collaboration with 'Worktree' and was awarded 'Business Ambassador of the Year'. I am passionate about the opportunities and the potential for Milton Keynes and Bedford, especially in the context of the very pivotal location between Oxford - Cambridge and London - Birmingham. DCa have supported a number of charities and clubs over the years and have been the main sponsors of BOFF - the annual Big Olney Food Festival.I am a graduate of the Goldman Sachs 10K Small Business Programme (GS10KSB) through Aston University Business School. I have been the President of the Surveyors 1921 Club and founder / committee member of PDQ (Property Development Quarterly).My other interests include family, yachting (Yachtmaster), skiing, swimming, cycling and sketching and designing.