Placemaking

Speaker profiles

After gaining a first class honours degree from Oxford University, Roger worked in Japan for three years as a financial sector analyst, followed by more than 10 years in London for various investment banks. Before his election to KCC, Roger’s political life included two years with the Conservative Party’s Democracy Task Force and a further three years as a Research Director at the Policy Exchange. He has written two books and many shorter publications on local government, constitutional issues and international affairs.

Richard Hicks, Deputy Chief Executive, Director of Place, Medway Council As Director of Place and Deputy Chief Executive, Richard drives the delivery of the council’s placemaking agenda, seeking to establish Medway as a great place to live, to work, to learn and to visit. Richard has responsibility for Frontline Services, Culture and Community, Regeneration and Communications and Marketing. Richard has held a number of roles at Medway since its inception in 1998, and before that time worked in a range of positions across Kent County Council, both at corporate and service level.

Andy Martin, Director of Communications and Strategy, London Resort Company Holdings Andy Martin has been working with the London Resort since the project was first thought of back in 2011. In those years his role has morphed from external communications agency advisor managing consultation and stakeholder relations to Director of Strategy and Communications managing engagement with all partners. Andy’s PR career spans some twenty years and combines a career rooted in politics and media relations with a track record in property and regeneration across the UK.

Placemaking

Lisa Carlson, CEO, Canterbury Business Improvement District and Chair, Association of Town and City Management Lisa Carlson is CEO of the Canterbury Business Improvement District, leading multiple forums and working groups representing business interests across a range of topics from inward investment and destination management to climate change and safety and security. She represents the BID as a Board Director of Canterbury for Business, the Canterbury Climate Action Partnership, and Chairs Canterbury in Bloom. Lisa is also Chair of the Association of Town and City Management (ATCM), representing the town and city management industry across the UK and Ireland. She represents Canterbury and the ATCM on the High Streets Task Force Sector Leaders Group and the All Party Parliamentary Group for Towns and City Centres. Lisa previously worked at the World Bank in Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development, as a researcher at the London School of Economics and has a background in media and operations in the charity sector.

Simon Storey, Chief Executive, Kent Cricket Simon Storey joined Kent Cricket as Chief Executive Officer in November 2018 after six years as CEO at Derbyshire CCC. Before entering the world of sporting administration in 2012, he enjoyed a successful