Our team

Following a number of marketing and business development roles, both in the UK and Europe, Richard has nearly twenty years’ experience of commercial and corporate services leadership roles with leading membership and third sector organisations. At the RTPI he is responsible for the Human Resources, Information Technology, Facilities, Governance, Marketing, External Affairs and Communications functions. He also leads the institutes’ commercial development activity including the national events programme and membership growth activity. Outside of work Richard holds a Burnley FC season ticket, keeps hens and is a listening volunteer with the Samaritans.

Craig is Director of Scotland and Ireland. In this role he leads the Institute’s policy, public affairs and member services work in Scotland and Ireland and is the lead Director for our work in our English Regions. 

Prior to this Craig set up and managed the Scottish Centre for Regeneration in Scottish Government and its agency Communities Scotland, as its Director.  He has also been Chief Executive of the Scottish Urban Regeneration Forum (SURF); Scottish Planning Policy Officer with the RTPI; and a planner and economic development officer for the London Borough of Kingston upon Thames.  Craig is a Fellow of the RTPI, a Fellow of the RSA and an Academician of the Institute of Urbanism.  He was appointed by Scottish Ministers to chair the National Walking Strategy Delivery Forum and previously sat on the Boards of Scotland’s Towns Partnership, Resilient Scotland, Built Environment Forum Scotland, Greenspace Scotland and the Jim Boyack Memorial Trust.

In his spare time Craig spends time with family and enjoys walking, listening to music, attending gigs, playing the guitar and urging Rangers FC to win a trophy.

Andrew is a Chartered Town Planner and urban designer and has worked in consultancy, local and national government planning roles since 2000. As Director of Education and Profession at the RTPI he is responsible for Institute-wide education policy and accreditation procedures, student advice and support including the new RTPI Bursary project, member’s lifelong learning and CPD monitoring and standards, and the RTPI Future Planners volunteer initiative to promote planning as a career choice to young people.

Anil is the Chief Technology Officer at the RTPI. 

Rebecca has worked in senior communications, public affairs and marketing roles across the private and public sector since the 1990s, including running her own public relations agency in the mid-2000s. As Interim Director of Communications at the RTPI, Rebecca is responsible for corporate communications, parliamentary affairs including campaigns, brand, marketing and the RTPI’s national events programme.