Lichfields promotes trio to directors

Planning and development consultancy Lichfields has appointed three planning directors across its UK offices.

Helen Ashby-Ridgway has been promoted in Cardiff; Gordon Thomson in Edinburgh; and Anna Turton in Leeds.

Ashby-Ridgway joined Lichfields in 2007. The majority of her project work is in the tourism and leisure sector. Thomson, who has been with Lichfields for five years, works across a range of sectors including residential, mixed-use regeneration, and major infrastructure. Turton has experience leading multi-disciplinary teams to deliver on a variety of complex planning projects. She specialises in the preparation and co-ordination of major planning applications.

The firm has also made 13 other promotions:

Associated directors:

• James Harris, London
• Sophie Jefferson, London
• Chris Smith, Newcastle
• Jade Scott-Meikle, Edinburgh
• Melissa Wilson, Manchester

Senior planners:

• Will Christiansen, Newcastle
• Katherine Simpson, Newcastle
• Nancy Stuart, London
• Tom Davies, London
• Maddie Lane, London
• Nuala Wheatley, London

Digital marketing manager:  

• Daniel Orford, London

Senior digital designer

• Mark Kilgallon, Newcastle

Pictured left to right: Helen Ashby-Ridgway, Gordon Thomson, Anna Turton 

Image credit | Lichfields