Alistair is an Associate in Quod’s Environmental Planning team. He is a highly experienced environmental professional with over 14 years’ experience providing strategic environmental planning advice across all sectors and planning regimes. He also has significant background in Digital EIA, having been involved in some of the earliest research projects and developed digital EIA tools. He understands that collaboration is key to fundamental change and is a long-term member of IEMA’s Digital Working Group and currently leads the AI sub-group to develop new guidance to assist practitioners and the public sector.

Lara is a Registered EIA Practitioner with nearly 20 years of environmental consultancy professional experience. Lara is skilled at coordinating environmental inputs throughout project lifecycles, from strategic options appraisal through to option development, refinement, construction and operation, including discharging Planning Conditions and establishing and auditing Construction Environmental Management Plans. Lara has proven experience in the project management of large and complex projects and is practiced at working within multidisciplinary teams to develop workable, but sustainable solutions.

Lara has also worked on the environmental assessment and management of a number of major UK infrastructure schemes, including Northern Powerhouse Rail; Transpennine Route Upgrade; HS2 Phase One and Stansted Airport Second Runway as well as programmes of work for Highways Authorities, Network Rail, water utilities companies and the Environment Agency.

David Lawton is a data, technology and innovation strategist with two decades of experience delivering complex, large-scale, digital transformation for national and international public and private sector organisations.  He leads the creation of award-winning AI-enabled digital products and services.