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Our work is overseen by the RTPI Northern Ireland Executive Committee and implemented by the Director and staff team based in Northern Ireland. The Executive Committee’s remit includes:

• supervise, promote and direct the Institute's relations in Northern Ireland on planning issues (other than education and membership) whether with local government, other professional bodies, pressure groups or the general public;
• implement and monitor the EC’s policies for the development of planning thought, to review those policies from time to time; to recommend any modifications or changes; and to develop related policies within Northern Ireland
• inform the Board of Trustees of issues that the Committee considers that it should be made aware of; and
• support members in their professional activities.
Details of the rules governing the work of the Executive Committee can be found in the Scheme of Delegation.

The Executive Committee is represented on the RTPI's General Assembly, committees and panels. Following elections, the membership of the Executive Committee for 2020 was confirmed at the Annual Review Meeting in December 2019.

Following a call for nominations, the RTPI Northern Ireland Executive Committee for 2020 was confirmed at the Annual Review Meeting on 13th November 2019.

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RTPI Northern Ireland Executive Committee

Angus Kerr MRTPI

RTPI NI Chair

Angus Kerr MRTPI

RTPI NI Chair

Angus Kerr is Chief Planner & Director of Regional Planning (Department for Infrastructure) and is responsible for developing planning legislation and policy in line with Ministerial direction. Angus is a chartered Town Planner with over 24 years experience working in a wide range of planning posts across Government. Angus was most recently Project Director over the planning reform and transfer project which was responsible for reforming the planning system and transferring the majority of planning functions to the new 11 Councils on 1 April 2015.

Gemma Jobling

Senior Vice Chair

Gemma Jobling

Senior Vice Chair

Mura Quigley

Junior Vice Chair

Mura Quigley

Junior Vice Chair

Mura is a chartered urban planner and designer with over ten years’ experience working on climate, sustainability and placemaking across a range of sectors. She has worked for Transport for London, the Prince’s Foundation, Lisburn City Centre Management, Ards Borough Council, and more recently in Ulster University. Mura currently works for Urban Scale Interventions, a creative design consultancy that adopts an inclusive design-led approach to projects in urban resilience, cultural regeneration and climate proofing. She is currently completing her PhD which explores the role of design in creating urban resilience and the ability for cities and towns to adapt to change and uncertainty.

Emma Walker

Immediate Past Chair

Emma Walker

Immediate Past Chair

Emma has been a Planner for 15 years having practiced in England and Northern Ireland and is a chartered member of the RTPI. She is currently an Associate Director with Turley, based in Belfast.  Her work includes a variety of projects in the residential, regeneration, minerals and energy sectors. Her role ranges from the preparation of planning applications and supporting statements to the management of Environmental Statements and the preparation of representations to local development plans as they have emerged.

Before moving home to Northern Ireland in 2015, Emma was Senior Vice Chair for the RTPI North East Branch. She joined the Northern Ireland Committee in 2016 and was elected as Chair for the branch in November 2018.

Carol Ramsey

General Assembly Representative

Carol Ramsey

General Assembly Representative

Catharine McWhirter

Corporate Member

Catharine McWhirter

Corporate Member

Catharine is the Community Planning Manager for Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council and is responsible for managing and facilitating collaboration between a number of statutory partners delivering services to improve the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of local people. She has been a town planner for over 30 years having previously worked in Wyre Borough Council and Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council before returning to Northern Ireland to work in the voluntary sector on planning projects with community groups. A graduate of Birmingham Polytechnic, Catharine strongly believes in the importance of involving communities in making decisions which ultimately impact on their lives.

Sharon Mossman

Nations and Regions Rep

Sharon Mossman

Nations and Regions Rep

Sharon currently works as a Senior Planning Manager in Local Government following the transfer of planning powers in 2015 and leads Local Development Plan. She has over twenty years planning experience in Central Government. Her remit has included Development Management and Enforcement. Sharon also spent an extensive period in the former Department of the Environment’s Planning Headquarters bringing forward guidance on planning, reform of the planning system and led the team responsible for major waste applications in Northern Ireland. Sharon also worked for five years in the then Department of Regional Development in the implementation of the Regional Development Strategy and the preparation of new planning policy.

Alistair Beggs

Corporate Member

Alistair Beggs

Corporate Member

Alistair Beggs was appointed Director of Strategic Planning Division in February 2018. A graduate of Dundee University, he is a Chartered Town Planner with over 25 years’ experience working in a wide range of planning posts. Prior to spending 13 years with the Planning Appeals and Water Appeals Commissions Alistair worked with Dundee City Council, Angus Council and Fife Council. Alistair joined RTPI NI Executive Committee in December 2019.

Michael McQuiston

Corporate Member

Michael McQuiston

Corporate Member

Michael currently works as a Senior Planning Officer within Newry Mourne and Down Council’s Development Plan team. Prior to the transfer of planning powers to local government in 2015 Michael spent thirteen years working for Department of the Environment’s Planning Service in Development Management and Development Plan roles. This included a period in DOE Planning Headquarters developing planning guidance. Michael also spent two years working for the Department for Social Development’s Belfast Regeneration Office supporting the delivery of their Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy.

Chris Bryson

Corporate Member

Chris Bryson

Corporate Member

Chris Bryson is Director of Planning with Gravis Planning, a consultancy with offices in Belfast and Dublin, and leads a team of planners on large-scale development schemes. A graduate of Queens University Belfast, he has over 18 years’ experience working on a wide range of projects throughout Northern Ireland. Prior to joining Gravis Planning, Chris worked for the Planning Service (DoE) in the Belfast office, as part of the Development Control city centre team.

Ryan Walker, RTPI NI Young Planners Committee Chair

Corporate Member

Ryan Walker, RTPI NI Young Planners Committee Chair

Corporate Member

A graduate of Queen's University of Belfast, Ryan Walker is a chartered Planning consultant with a strong drive for high quality and sustainable placemaking. Currently working at The Paul Hogarth Company delivering multi-disciplinary projects across the UK and Ireland, Ryan also has previous experience working at Local Authority level including developing the first Local Development Plan for the city of Belfast since the decentralisation of Planning powers. Ryan is the current Chair of RTPI Northern Ireland Young Planners Network, the Vice-Chair of the UK-wide Young Planners Chair Group and Corporate Member of the RTPI NI Executive Committee.

Vacant

Student/Licentiate Rep

Vacant

Student/Licentiate Rep

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