Prof Stephen Crow CB

Stephen Crow is an eminent practitioner of Statutory Planning, having held one of its highest offices in Britain as Chief Planning Inspector (1988-1994) and Chief Executive (1992-1994) at the Planning Inspectorate. From 1995 until 1999 he was the Independent Planning Inspector for the Isle of Man, and in 1998-1999 he chaired the Public Examination of the draft Regional Planning Guidance for SE England, for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. He has a continuing role as Honorary Professor of Town & Country Planning Practice at the School of Urban and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, beginning in 1995. He has experience of all aspects of appeal and quasi-judicial processes relating to statutory planning, including examinations in public.

Christopher Collison

Chris Collison is an independent planning and regeneration advisor with experience of working in Scotland, the Midlands and in London. He is a qualified professional in the fields of Town Planning, Economic Development and Historic Building Conservation. He has served as a member of the Co-ordinating Group of the Joint Planning Authorities Team for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and was a member of the National Coalfields Taskforce. He has experience of Regional Planning and Regional Economic Strategy work and has been a member of inward investment and infrastructure groups working at regional and sub-regional levels. He chaired the North Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire Sports Action Zone. Chris has held several Chief Officer posts in Local Government. He has expertise in the analysis of deprivation and areas suffering economic decline, and has played a leading role in successful regeneration and renewal programmes.

James Froomberg

Since 2003 James Froomberg has been Commercial Director at British Waterways, a publicly-owned corporation responsible for the country's 2000-mile network of rivers and canals. His role is to lead the development of a range of businesses and Public-Private Partnerships that generate a positive social and economic impact upon the communities served by the network, as well as income for British Waterways. He was Director of Corporate Development at Wembley plc from 1999 to 2003, building up racing and gaming businesses here and in the USA. He was previously a Partner with KPMG, leading on leisure, tourism and property development consulting.

Neil Mundy

Neil Mundy is a Chartered Public Finance Accountant with over twenty years' experience in regeneration and was Director of Integration, and Director of Finance and Corporate Services, at ONE NorthEast Regional Development Agency during the period 1999 to 2004. He was Director of Finance and Deputy Chief Executive of Tyne & Wear Development Corporation from 1992 and, at the end of a successful period of operation, was responsible then as Chief Executive for the Corporation's exit strategy, leading to its dissolution in 1998. His earlier career included management consultancy, specialising in Urban Renewal with KMG Thomson McLintock (now KPMG), and in local government finance with the London Borough of Brent. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of the Port of Tyne Authority and of Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust, and is Chairman of the UK Microsystems and Nanotechnology Network Group.

Deep Sagar

Deep Sagar's background combines management, economic and social development, consultancy and analysis. He worked for over 15 years in senior management for multinationals like Unilever Bestfoods and Coca-Cola internationally. More recently he has been a management consultant, working more closely with the public sector. He has expertise in the not-for-profit and regulated sectors as well. Presently his roles include being chairman of Turnstone Support and non-executive director of Communities Scotland and HM Inspectorate of Education.