Claire Day is a Fellow of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Claire has over 20 years’ experience in planning consultancy; she was the first female director at multi-disciplinary firm, Iceni before leaving to co-found her own, award-winning consultancy, Hybrid Planning and Development, in 2017. Claire’s experience encompasses mixed-use, residential, retail, employment, leisure and heritage schemes across the UK. Claire is passionate about sustainable and thoughtful placemaking that helps towns, cities and communities evolve. Equally committed to making planning as inclusive an industry as possible, Claire has been an RICS mentor for over a decade and APC assessor since 2013, supervising the next generation of planners and surveyors.

Mike is a chartered town planner and MBA qualified manager with over 40 years’ experience in local government, most of that in London and 14 years at service head level and above. He is a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute, formerly president of the Planning Officers Society and now chair of its Board. Mike works closely with government and across the sector to shape planning in England. During his local government career, he successfully delivered major redevelopment and regeneration projects.

Working at the Greater London Authority, Rohan is involved in shaping London’s growth through the London Plan. He is committed to tackling London’s housing affordability and homelessness crisis, and securing affordable housing through effective planning policy. Prior to the GLA he worked in various transport planning roles at Transport for London and is therefore particularly interested in how we shape places that enable people to travel - and live - more sustainably. He is also a big fan of sitting on the front seat of the Docklands Light Railway.

Ransford is an experienced planning consultant, local authority chief officer and interim manager. He is also a founding member of the BAME Planners Network. Formerly, Head of Planning and Transportation and member of the Corporate Management Team at Watford Council, he now runs Stewart Management & Planning Solutions, a town planning and management consultancy. He has worked with 16 Councils and a National Park in London, the South and the Midlands. He has also worked with 3 Quangos and 2 of The Big Four on nationwide management projects. He is a Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute, the Chartered Management Institute, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He was made an MBE in the 2022 New Year’s Honours List.