RTPI Conduct and Discipline Panel

Lisa is Head of Planning and Major Infrastructure at the National Trust.  She is the professional lead for Planning and sets the strategic direction for the organisation.   A significant part of her role is external engagement and advocacy working collaboratively with the planning and heritage sector and responding to key consultations around planning policy and reform.  She leads the Trusts engagement with major infrastructure proposals across a range of sectors.  She joined the National Trust in 2016 and has over 20 years' experience working as a planner with experience in both Development Management and Planning Policy gained in Local Government environments. Lisa became Chair of the Panel in June 2024.

Since 2019 Graham has been the Director of Operations at the Planning Inspectorate providing strategic operational leadership for its case officers, planning and environmental officers and planning inspectors.  He has 14 years’ experience working at a senior level in local government and the civil service and considerable experience of demonstrating high professional standards in a highly political and sensitive environment. Graham has also previously been Chair of the Board of Trustees of the RTPI during which time he has championed the importance of upholding standards within the Institute and profession.  Graham is the Vice-Chair of the Panel.

Simon became a Chartered Civil Engineer in 1990 and during his career has primarily provided transport planning and engineering advice to a range of largely private sector clients. Simon has worked for contractors and consultants including spending 17 years with Travers Morgan while it was first acquired by Symonds and then by Capita where, before he left, he was its Director of Development Transport and Infrastructure. More recently Simon has been the Principal of his eponymous private practice. Simon has been active in the Institution of Civil Engineers serving as the National Chairman of its Associate Members Graduates and Students section and more recently as a Supervising Civil Engineer overseeing graduates seeking chartered membership. Simon is a lay member of the Panel.

Gill Eaton is Operations Lead and Planning Director at Third Revolutions Projects and has over 25 years of town planning & property experience with Central London planning consultancies including Iceni Projects, Montagu Evans and Turley and draws on her public sector experience from busy LPAs including St Albans and Ealing Council. She is experienced in considering the nuances of consultancy as well as the planning officer perspective from appraisal stage to appeal stage and this hands on experience extends across residential, commercial, leisure, energy, technological, innovation, heritage, education and cultural sectors. She frequently works with solicitors and barristers to minimise planning risk and is actively involved in a wide range of project work including residential and renewable projects. She has been a chartered town planner since 2000. Gill joined the Panel in June 2024.

Francis is a Solicitor with experience of working in both the private and public sectors. He has dealt with all areas of public law and is currently Director of Legal and Democratic Services at a large local authority. He has worked in all public law areas ranging from Planning and Environmental Law to insolvency, Governance and Ethics. As well as being a legal practitioner he has also, as a senior manager and Board member, had responsibility for various departments, including Human Resources, Health and Safety, Communications, Legal Services, Democratic Services, Elections and Democratic Services. He is currently the authority’s statutory Monitoring Officer and the Statutory Returning Officer for elections. He has been a member of the Law Society’s Planning Panel for over 15 years and was an examiner on the Panel. Francis is the Legal Associate member of the Panel.

Karen Jones is a partner and head of leading Thames Valley law firm Blandy & Blandy’s nationally-recognised Planning & Environmental Law team. With over 30 years’ experience, Karen’s expertise includes strategic planning advice, planning appeals, public inquiries and environmental law, particularly nature conservation law.  

She has practiced as a parliamentary lawyer and had considerable involvement in The Channel Tunnel Rail Link project. Karen has also worked in local government (in roles including interim head of legal and solicitor to the council), where the majority of her projects involved significant planning, environmental and conservation considerations.

Karen is a legal associate of the Royal Town Planning Institute (LARTPI) and is recommended in both Chambers UK and The Legal 500. She has also been recognised among the top planning lawyers in the UK by Planning magazine on several occasions.

Anne is the Chief Operating Officer for the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.  She is a qualified accountant with over 30 years’ experience in various not-for-profit organisations.  She has led organisations through complex change management and has been responsible for governance, finance and resources in a number of public sector agencies. Prior to joining the IFoA in 2011, Anne was the inaugural Director of Finance & Corporate Services for the Infrastructure Planning Commission, and prior to that the Director of Corporate Services and Communications for the Sustainable Development Commission. She is also an independent Council member of the Association of Accounting Technicians. Anne formerly held the position of Director of Resources for the Royal Parks Agency and various other positions within central government. From 2011 to 2020, Anne was also a lay member of the Surrey and Sussex Magistrates Advisory Committee.

Roisin became a Chartered Town Planner in 1994 and was elected as a Fellow in 2016.  She is currently the One Planet Programme Manager at Cardiff Council and prior to this she was the Director for the RTPI for Wales, Northern Ireland and Planning Aid England. Roisin has substantial planning experience having previously worked in both the public and private sectors, mainly within Wales but also working across Europe.  Roisin is an independent member of the Active Travel Board Wales and was awarded an OBE for Services to Planning in Wales in 2017.