We are a dedicated team of 100 professionals, passionate about the art of placemaking. Our team includes Architects, Technologists, Interior Designers, and Masterplanners, supported by specialists in BIM, Heritage, Retrofit, and Sustainability.

Alia is a qualified ACCA accountant with over 10 years’ experience in various sectors. Alia heads up the Finance Team and is responsible for producing the financial statements, ensuring the full accuracy in allowing the Directors a snapshot of the financial performance. She also interacts with all teams across the practice in regard to their projects.

Ben has over 10 years of industry experience spanning the retail, commercial, industrial and office sectors. Ben now undertakes a key role in supporting AEW's retail team to deliver technical design packages for projects on site. He also plays a pivotal role in ensuring Quality Assurance on every project the team delivers. Ben uses the skills and experience gained from his Apprenticeship and subsequent career to encourage and mentor junior team members, helping guide and develop their knowledge.

Ben has delivered large, complex projects with challenging briefs across a variety of sectors. He welcomes complex client requirements and the challenge of maximising a difficult projects potential. Having successfully delivered schemes of varying scales, Ben has the knowledge and experience required to interrogate early-stage designs and develop considered and well resolved proposals for planning and tender information.

Bernard’s sector experience is varied and includes retail and leisure, offices and industrial and spans both new build and refurbishment. His recent work spans from one off projects to long term, multi-phased development briefs to intricate town centre regeneration interventions. Bernard’s commitment to projects is recognised by his clients, working relentlessly and transparently to collaborate with the team to drive successful outcomes for all.

Charlotte has worked across a multitude of sectors, delivering projects of varying sizes and complexities. Her experience includes office refurbishments, new and refurbished industrial units, energy from waste facilities, new and refurbished self storage buildings, heritage work, residential schemes and mixed-use masterplanning projects. Charlotte's varied experience allows her to explore and understand specific client requirements in any given brief, solving problems, developing focused options and a final strategy. Ensuring the best possible design solution that works for the client, the site and the surrounding context.

Dan has worked across a wide range of project sectors from inception to completion - gaining particular strengths in the concept and design development stages. With a keen eye for detail, Dan’s project delivery skills are consistently of a high quality. He now works extensively in the residential sector and, with a combined interest in sustainability, became a Certified Passive House Designer in 2022.

Danny qualified as an Architect in 2022 having gained wide-ranging residential and regeneration experience across new-build, refurbishment and hybrid solutions. With a keen eye for the utilisation of space, Danny has refined his skills on site masterplans and the layout of houses and apartments in particular - pushing design solutions for the benefit of our clients and communities. Building upon his regeneration experience, in 2023 Danny completed his Level 5 Diploma in Retrofit Coordination and Risk Management. Danny is now able to perform the role of a Retrofit Coordinator on PAS 2035 compliant projects.

Hannah’s experience spans from residential and office schemes to retail and leisure projects. Most recently, her work has focused on town centre regeneration and the creative reuse of existing buildings. This mixed-use and regeneration experience gives her a unique insight into industry trends and legislation which she applies and shares with the wider team. Hannah enjoys working through all stages of the project, from concept design and planning through to delivering practical projects on site. Using her detailed technical knowledge to achieve successful projects for our clients.

Jenny is highly skilled in marketing, bid management and public sector procurement. Her focus is on marketing the skills and experience of the practice to the wider industry and bidding for and securing new work. She has worked for architects, contractors and developers - providing her with a well-rounded understanding and knowledge of the property sector.

Jonathan has extensive experience in the retail sector including national roll out programmes for major high street brands. Jonathan combines his technical skills and relaxed management style to lead multiple teams from initial concept to successful store openings - overcoming the many challenges that projects can sometimes throw at us.

Liz is passionate about delivering interior schemes to provide enhanced environments for all. Her experience spans a wide range of sectors from offices and workplaces to retail and leisure. Liz strives to understand a client’s brief from all angles and translates this into high quality design proposals. Liz enjoys collaborating with project teams and stakeholders to deliver projects and exceed expectations. She combines her established sector knowledge with excellent presentation and communication skills.

Prior to specialising in the BIM process, Mark worked across many of our specialist sectors, delivering large, complex projects including Industrial, Education, Offices, Retail and Sports and Leisure developments. Mark's experience allows him to explore and understand the specific issues in any brief and then develop an appropriate strategy for the design solution. Mark specialises in computation design processes and increasing use of automation techniques to deliver consistent data and explore design options which can then be filtered and optimised to meet the design brief. In 2023, Mark passed the Foundation exam in openBIM fundamentals according to the buildingSMART International Professional Certification Program.

Meg specialises in the retail sector with a focus on projects for long-standing client, McDonald’s Restaurants - implementing fast paced, large-scale roll out programmes throughout the UK and ROI to improve the customer experience. Meg is highly skilled in all aspects of the design process from drawing and standard documentation production, to liaising with the project team and presenting to clients through to project tracking and resourcing. Meg is also a QA representative, ensuring all work within here team and the wider practice is delivered in accordance with AEW’s ISO9001 accredited quality assurance procedures.

Rebekah has worked in several of our specialist sectors across design and construction stages with projects ranging from mixed use masterplans and high street regeneration projects to residential and office developments. Her experience allows her to work through complex issues within the brief to reach comprehensive design solutions. Rebekah has experience of both new build and refurbishment / conversion projects - including listed buildings. Outside her architectural role, Rebekah supports volunteering, charity and training initiatives as part of the Social Value Committee and also mentors AEW's Part I Architectural Assistants.

Rob has worked across many of our specialist sectors, delivering some of the practices largest and most complex projects. His sector experience includes offices, retail, sports facilities and leisure developments. Rob’s experience allows him to explore and understand the specific issues in any brief and then develop an appropriate design solution. Rob believes that the most successful outcomes are created by teams that support and encourage each other at every stage. In 2024, Rob joined the RIBA Principal Designer Register.

Stewart is a highly experienced Architect and a knowledgeable and respected property industry business consultant. He is grounded in managing the operational aspects of architecture practices and is passionate about creating opportunities for businesses and individuals to develop. He assists with strategic business planning, coaching and mentoring, maintaining a robust internal and external feedback and improvement programme and our business development activities.

Tom has worked across various project sectors, from inception to completion and has gained strength in the concept and design development stages. Most recently, Tom has been working extensively in the industrial sector, working on projects for a range of AEW's long-standing clients, including Birchwood Park and Carrington Gateway. Outside of his architectural role, Tom mentors AEW's Part I Architectural Assistants.

Using the skills and knowledge Tom has gained from over 15 years in the industry, he oversees large-scale retail roll out programmes for some of our major clients - working with a dedicated team to progress schemes from feasibility through to completion. Tom specialises in the retail sector, specifically working with key clients and retailers to understand their customers’ evolving expectations and developing the retail experience through design and implementation. Tom’s experience includes new build, refurbishment, conversion and modular solutions. Tom also acts as a mentor to Part I and Part II students within the office.

Wayne joined AEW with more than 40 years’ industry experience amassed at several high-profile North West practices. He has extensive experience on the technical delivery stages of projects, from award of planning consent to practical completion. With vast knowledge of the Building Safety Act (BSA), he will ensure that the practice’s outputs continue to not only meet but exceed regulations.