Jan Bessell FRTPI

RTPI President 2026

Jan Bessell has been a Fellow of RTPI since 2015 and has over 30 years’ experience as a  planning professional in both the public and private sector. Jan is currently a Strategic Planning  Adviser at Pinsent Masons and is a former Examining Inspector for the Planning Inspectorate.

She is a past Board Chair of the National Infrastructure Planning Association and volunteers for RTPI as Vice Chair of the English Policy Committee and North East Regional representative on the RTPI General Assembly and Planning Aid.