My work includes projects focussed on sustainable development, health, wellbeing, education and service innovation
RCA Driverless Futures
RCA's Project manager for this £8m research project which aims to understand and overcome the technical, legal and societal challenges of implementing automated vehicles in an urban environment.
2016 -
MedNav
Design Director for this innovative service that helps teams manage medical emergencies. The service includes a digital application and redesigned emergency trolley. It was developed with funding from CW+ and is now being launched as a social enterprise with a focus on supporting emergencies in resource poor settings.
2012 -
Imperial College NHS Quality Improvement
Design Facilitator for these creative events that bring together doctors, nurses, managers, patients and creative professionals to develop new solutions to complex problems in the NHS.
2014 - 
RCA Service Design
Service Design Tutor at the Royal College of Art, responsible for project partnerships and project development across the first year programme. This included over 20 interdisciplinary projects for 60+ Master's students across a wide range of public, private and third sector organisations. These included Imperial NHS, Mind and Bromley by Bow Health Centre (Healthcare); TFL, RBKC, Camden and Lambeth Council (Public Services); ICAEW and Policy Lab (Strategy / policy development); Design Museum and Natural History Museum (Culture); Sainsbury's and Lane Crawford (Retail).
2013-2016
Eight Associates
Managing Director for this friendly sustainability consultancy with expertise in strategy, building performance analysis, environmental assessment and ecology consulting.
2013 
Buro Happold
Director for Sustainability at one of the world's leading engineering consultancy. Responsible for developing the sustainability strategy, people, teams and services.
2009-2012
The SEA
Founder and managing director of this forward thinking design consultancy. We consulted on the future and invented interesting prototype services that pointed towards a more engaging, caring and creative world. Clients included Orange, France Telecom, DCMS, NHS Scotland and Camper. We also developed a number of start up services including OOKL, an education platform for cultural venues; and WeGlu, a social network that helped friends stick together!
1998-2009
Designs for a healthy home - an ecofriendly approach
Author of this beautiful, inspiring, and practical guide to natural home design. Designs for a Healthy Home is an invaluable resource for homeowners with an interest in ecology and a desire to approach the environment responsibly. The book shows how to design and furnish homes that not only promote health and well-being but also reduce pollution and conserve natural resources. Ecofriendly homes was published by Harper Collins in the UK (2000), by Conari Press in the USA (2003) and by
Battle McCarthy
Creative Director with responsibility for concept design, competitions and research at this leading sustainable engineering practice. Important projects that I led with the partners included Greenwich Millennium Village with Ralph Erskine, Jubilee Campus at Nottingham University with Michael Hopkins and Partners, Rare Headquarters with Feilden Clegg Architects, and Peckham Library with Alsop and Stormer.
1995-1998
Arup
Project Engineer working on a range of complex buildings projects, including Eastgate Centre in Zimbabwe, Osaka Maritime Museum and Castle Mall in Norwich.
1987-1995
