CHRISTOPHER MARTIN
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Christopher is an influential urban strategist, designer and advisor, and a respected commentator on cities, mobility and public life. He works with governments, political leaders, developers, communities and cities to turn ambitious ideas into deliverable change, helping define missions, navigate competing priorities, build confidence and consensus, and create practical routes from ambition to implementation.
As Co-Founder and Managing Director of Urban Movement and Head of Urban Design + Strategy, Christopher has spent more than twenty years working where urban strategy, movement, public life, politics and delivery overlap. He has led complex urban transformation projects at every scale, using streets, public realm and transport investment to unlock wider outcomes for growth, health, social equity, climate resilience and quality of life. His approach combines strategic thinking with deep delivery experience, integrating urban and landscape design, transport and engineering while working across the governance, partnerships and decision-making that make ambitious change possible. His work explores the creative tension between strategy, design, delivery and ambassadorship, maintaining ambition, building collaboration and pushing where necessary to secure better outcomes. Christopher is Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of Living Streets and chairs its Technical Walking Design Expert Group; a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts; Trustee of the Commonwealth Association of Architects; and former Vice Chair of the Urban Design Group. He advises governments and global consultancies, lectures regularly at the Bartlett School of Planning, UCL, and is a recognised keynote speaker and media commentator on cities, regeneration and mobility. Combining project leadership, strategic advisory, governance and research, Christopher brings an unusually broad perspective on what it takes to turn urban ambition into lasting change. |
