Mick is a qualified Town Planner and Urban Designer with nearly 20 years’ experience. He spent a considerable amount of time working in London across a range of complex planning, regeneration, and development projects, including spending 12 years working for the Mayor of London in various roles including; interim Chief Executive of the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation; a senior officer helping coordinate the Mayor’s response to the London Riots and associated programme of ‘Placemaking’ improvements in some of London’s most deprived locations of Croydon and Tottenham; as well as working as a planning and design officer on the preparation of plans for large development projects including the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.