Planners' stories

Kate Houghton, former urbanist at Junto Al Barrio in Santiago, Chile, talks about her work and the issues that faced the area, including social and environmental inequalities in society.

Ishaku Maitumbi MRTPI, is a spatial planner and programme manager for the United Nations Human Settlements Programme based in Nairobi, Kenya. Here he talks about his work and the issues facing Somalia, where he works.

Anne Fisher, heritage planner at Town of Milton, Ontario in Canada, talks about about her work and the issues facing the area.

George Browne, deputy chief town planner at Barbados Town and County Planning Office, Saint Michael, talks about his work and the issues facing the area.

Jiaqi Chen, planner and consultant at Citynet International Architects & Associate, talks about her work and the issues facing the area.

Asad Shaheed, CH2M's director of urban planning in Europe, talks about his experiences working in Europe and around the world.

Dale Bristow, team leader in strategic planning and sustainability at Maroondah City Council in Melbourne, Australia, talks about his work and the issues facing the area.

Steve Butler, head of environmental planning at the Falkland Islands Government, talks about his work and the issues facing the area.

RTPI member Gemma Conlon talks about her work in New Zealand.

Arup planner Michael Baker talks about his career journey so far

Urban designer George Weeks talks about his work for TfL, his career aspirations, and why he got into planning

Planning consultant Deborah Baker talks about her work at Indigo Planning and her career aspirations

Senior development planning officer Josie Turner talks about the work she is doing to help transform Birmingham city centre and why she got into planning

Senior planner Marlon Deam talks about his experience at a local authority in Australia and working on large scale regeneration projects

Senior marine planning manager Susan Kidd talks about her most memorable career achievement

AECOM director Tom Venables tells us why he got into planning

Former chief planning inspector Chris Shepley shares his career highlights

2016 RTPI president Phil Williams tells us how he got to where he is today

Graduate planner at AECOM Daniel Stanley tells us about how he started his career journey