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Philip Marsh co-founded dRMM Architects in 1995 with Alex de Rijke and Sadie Morgan.

Since joining Penoyre & Prasad in 2004, Rafael has worked on a variety of education and development planning projects including Kings’ College in Dubai, a £39m competition-winning design for a 2000 place all through school to meet high environmental targets.

Richard leads EC Harris’ Schools Direct business, delivering a full range of construction consultancy services to schools, Dioceses and Local Authority clients. 

Simon is a highly experienced education professional with a long and varied career spanning more than 30 years across all aspects of the education landscape.  He has been: a teacher and senior manager in schools (primary and secondary sector); an adult literacy tutor/manager; a teacher trainer; an education adviser and inspector (including as a registered inspector with Ofsted); an assistant director of education for a major Unitary Authority; and extensive work as a senior director in education consultancy and services management. 

Sue has worked in Birmingham all her professional life, initially as an early years practitioner in a range of schools. She moved into Primary headship in 1988, just as the National Curriculum, OFSTED and Local Management of schools were making their debut, and took up her second headship six years later leading a newly amalgamated school on a split site.