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• Tell us something about you that not many people know?

  I’m a 2nd degree black belt and qualified instructor in ITF Tae Kwon do. (now retired due to injury).

• Where and what did you study to get yourself where you are today?

  I studied at Richmond upon Thames College from 1988 to 1992 with experience gained through full time employment to pass my professional qualifications in 2013.

• Where have you worked previously?

  My first job was with an architectural practice between 1998 and 1999, I had a business between 1998 and 2002 but closed this due to injury, I then worked with a developer and then an architects in Guildford, before coming to ME

• What is the most interesting/exciting/unusual project you have worked on to date?

  The most technically challenging project I worked on was a bespoke contemporary house, it was a steel framed zinc clad building with cantilevered floors, the challenge was to produce the design concept using traditional and modern materials to utilize the contractors skill base

• What is your favourite building, it can be anywhere in the universe?

  I really like gaudi’s casa mila, it’s so unique and completely different. I like the Lloyds building in London, its not to everyones taste but I appreciate the complexity of it on a technical level, and this was the driving force of its design. I also like Frank Lloyds Wrights work, he doesn’t have a standard solution to architectural problems, from fallingwater to Guggenheim shows his range of skill in design and material use.

• How long have you been working in this industry / how long have you worked at MELLP?

  I’ve been in the industry 31 years and with ME 11.

• What do you want to be when you grow up?

  Happy, healthy and inspirational to my kids

• What did the ‘6 year old’ you want to be when you grew up?

  I’ve always loved animals and wanted to be a vet, that and being spiderman!!