Speakers at the London Cycling Show 2014...

Nick Aldworth

General Manager
Barclays Cycle Hire

As Project Manager, Nick was responsible for the definition, procurement and delivery of London’s Cycle Hire Scheme in 2010.  In 2011 Nick took on the role of General Manager with responsibility for the operation and expansion of the scheme.  The multiple award winning scheme is seen as one of the foremost bike share initiatives in the world and serves over 100km2 of the capital. 

David Moores

Technical Director Public Realm
The Project Centre

David Moores is a highly experienced chartered landscape architect, specialising in streetscape and urban design from outline proposals through to implementation, for both local government and private clients.   David's understanding of urban lighting and traffic engineering informs his streetscape designs which have won numerous major awards in recent years including Walworth Road, Rye Lane, Exhibition Road and Kensington High Street streetscape project winner of Civic Trust Awards.

Giles Semper

Director
The Means

Giles Semper is a Director of The means, a 14-strong placemaking and place management consultancy specialising in Business Improvement Districts (BIDs). The means currently runs 4 BIDs - in Bankside, Vauxhall (of which Giles is Executive Director), Streatham and Brixton. In all these BIDs, The means have actively promoted cycling for their business members' employees.

Isabelle Clement

Director
Wheels for Wellbeing

Isabelle Clement, an urban handcyclist, is the Director of Wheels for Wellbeing, a charity which fights for cycling equality for disabled people (supporting disabled people to make cycling a reality whilst pushing for a cycling network that is fully inclusive). She is part of the Inclusive Cycling Forum for London.

Joan Valls Fantova

Deputy Director of Infrastructure
​Barcelona

Joan Valls Fantova is responsible for overseeing the successful installation of 93km of segregated cycle lanes within the district of Barcelona. Joan supervised the technical procedures during the development of cycle lane safety, as well as ensuring that the proposed infrastructure was constructed to a high quality, meeting the needs of both the cyclists and road users.

Lib Peck

Leader
​Lambeth Council

Councillor Lib Peck has been the Leader of Lambeth Council since 2012, and a councillor for the Thornton ward since 2001. She leads a large majority group in Lambeth, with Labour holding 59 out of the 63 available council seats. As Leader of the Council, Lib is responsible for setting the overall political and strategic direction for Lambeth. She is a keen cyclist, using her bike to get around Lambeth most days.

Lilli Matson

Head of Surface Planning
​Transport for London

As Transport for London’s Head of Strategy & Outcome Planning, I lead TfL’s strategy and planning of surface transport priorities and projects – with a focus on managing freight and transport demand, planning for bus priority across London, promoting walking, cycling, accessible public transport and improving road safety.  I have worked with TfL since 2006.

Rachel Aldred

Senior Lecturer
Westminster University

Rachel Aldred is a Senior Lecturer in Transport at the University of Westminster, and leads Westminster's MSc in Transport Planning and Management. Cycling is her specialist area. She conducts both qualitative and quantitative research, as well as being involved in academic modelling projects. Recently, she led the ESRC funded 'Modelling on the Move' seminar series, which brought different perspectives together in dialogue on modelling, from public health practitioners and local transport policy-makers to engineers and geographers. At Modelling World her presentation will draw on themes from the seminar series to explore the traditional marginalisation of cycling within modelling. Rachel's personal website can be found at rachelaldred.org and she tweets at @RachelAldred

Charlotte May

Senior Transport Planner
Waltham Forest Borough Council

Charlotte spent her early working life in teaching and environmental management in Germany, Italy and Spain.  She then spent 12 years working for the British Medical Association in health policy, communications and international roles. From 2008 to 2012, she worked as Sustainable Transport Advisor for three North London boroughs. She is currently a Senior Transport Planner at Waltham Forest, where she leads on cycling policy.

Richard Lewis 

Cycling Officer
Royal Borough of Kingston

Richard is a committed advocate of sustainable transport and cycling in particular. He has over 14 years’ experience in town and transport planning and most recently helped Kingston to win up to £35m of funding to enable the development and implementation of its ambitious mini-Holland programme.

Mark Chetwynd

Chair
London Grid Board and Royal Borough of Kensignton and Chelsea

Mark Chetwynd has chaired the Board of the Central London Cycling Grid since Spring 2013. He is responsible for transport policy in the Kensington and Chelsea, and has overseen a number of cycling projects in the borough, including two-way cycling on one-way streets – for which the Council received a National Transport Award this year. 

Matt Hill

Public Realm Programme Manager
Southwark

Matthew Hill is the Public Realm Programme Manager for Southwark Council.  He has worked for Southwark for 4 years having previous experience in consultancy, with TfL and other London boroughs.  He is a transport planner by background.  His responsibility in Southwark is for all highways capital project delivery including the Council's cycling programme, as well as 'soft' projects including road safety and sustainable travel.

Richard Ambler

Cycling Officer
Lambeth Borough Council

Ashok Sinha

CEO
London Cycling Campaign

After a PhD in renewables and working on climate change models Ashok moved into policy with Forum for the Future and then advocacy, heading up Jubilee Debt Campaign. He helped create and lead Make Poverty History, led the Climate Coalition and is now the Chief Executive of London Cycling Campaign.

Stuart Horwood

CEO Brixton Market Traders' Federation
Brixton

I have been a licensed stallholder in Brixton street market since 1984. In 2006 I was elected to be the chair of Brixton Market Traders' Federation and in 2010 oversaw the Federation's restructuring into a Community Interest Company. I take an active part in Brixton business affairs and endeavor to inform council policy. I am also a keen cyclist, commuting 100+ miles per week. 

Paul Treadwell

Sales & Marketing Director
FWT

Tony Lau

Architect & MD
Cyclehoop

Alan Rogers 

Associate Director 

AECOM

Alan Rodgers is an Associate Director who leads the preliminary design and road safety teams in our St Albans office.  He has experience at all project stages from feasibility to supervision including on Cycle Superhighways.

Nick Lester

Corporate Director
London Councils

Nick is responsible for the delivery of services with an annual budget of more than £350m. This role includes the general regulation of decriminalised parking enforcement and specific responsibility for traffic courts. Nick is recognised as an expert in urban transport and has been a member of the Mayor of London’s Roads Task Force since 2012. He has been a member of the British Parking Association’s council since 1995

Elisabeth Zorn

Department of Urban Planning and Building
City of Munich

Born 1966. City of Munich, Department of Urban Planning, responsible for neighbourhood mobility, car parking regulation and traffic data. Studies of biology, environmental technics, mobility management and regional traffic planning 

Salla Karvinen

Planning Engineer 

City of Espoo

Salla Karvinen works as a Planning Engineer in the Transport Planning Unit of the City Planning Department of Espoo, Finland. She is involved with Espoo’s “Cycling Promotion Programme 2013-2024”, which aims to double the modal share of cycling in Espoo in the next ten years.

Simon Hollowood 

Associate 

Steer Davies Gleave

Simon is an Associate at Steer Davies Gleave where he specialises in planning for walking and cycling. He has been responsible for a number of research studies including into the behavioural responses of different road users on the Cycle Superhighways. He has also reported on the links between central government funding for cycling and levels of cycling to school.

Brian Deegan 

Principal Technical Specialist 

TfL

He is currently revising the London Cycling Design Standards as well as supporting the Cycling Vision Delivery. He was Project Development Manager for the London Cycle Network and is a pioneer of light segregation.

"Brian is the Wayne Rooney of Cycling" 

- Andrew Gilligan, London Cycling Commissioner

Eoin O'Mahony 

Chartered Engineer 

AECOM

Eoin O’Mahony is a Chartered Engineer with AECOM. Since graduating from University College Cork with an honours degree in Civil Engineering, Eoin has specialised in the traffic engineering discipline.  His particular areas of expertise include the design of cycling schemes, development of cycle networks, and research into the understanding of the critical success factors for cycling infrastructure.  

Mark Trevethan

Transport Policy Manager

Lambeth Council

John Hix

Regional Director

AECOM

Charlie Holland

Coordinator 

Lambeth Cyclists 

Charlie Holland is the Coordinator of Lambeth Cyclists and works professionally as a cycle trainer, ride leader and consultant on cycling schemes.