Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of built environment experts

The Clear Futures team brings together a diversity of experiences and complementary skills. We use our public sector and built environment expertise to help you turn short- and long-term development, infrastructure and services goals into meaningful action, and ambitions into reality.

Clear Futures Joint Venture board

Charlotte Cordingley

Chief Executive Officer

Charlotte is responsible for operational and strategic management across our partnerships, working both with participants and supply chain partners.

Rob Cottrill

JV Board Chair

Rob chairs the joint venture board between the founding participants of Clear Futures. He manages the performance of Strategic Delivery Partners and ensures they deliver the Clear Futures 5-year business plan objectives.

Helena Rivers

Chief Strategy Officer

Helena focuses on growth, service offerings and strategic relationships, bringing together diverse teams to deliver sustainable outcomes across the built estate. decarbonisation and energy workstreams

Phil Tandy

Chief Operating Officer

Phil is responsible for ensuring the Clear Futures team are compliant and governed in a responsible way so that our partnerships are transparent and accountable across the board.

Ian Fitzpatrick

Planning & Regeneration Lead

Ian is Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Planning and Regeneration at Eastbourne and Lewes Councils. He brings key public sector insight to ensure the strategic partnership and procurement vehicle best serves our customers’ constantly changing needs.

Rob Holt

Strategic Director

Rob provides operational and industry insights to support the key service offerings of the Clear Futures team to drive continuous improvement and growth.

Paul Kelly

JV Board Member & Partnerships Director

Paul brings experience of creating and leading local government strategic partnerships and has supported central and local government in advisory and development roles where regeneration and place shaping are pivotal. He is the Partnership Director for our relationships in the North of England and Scotland, helping our partners to achieve their strategic goals.

Jim Taylor

Non-Executive Chair

Previously Chief Executive of three local authorities, Jim provides an external and independent view, holding the strategic delivery partners to account and ensuring progress of joint venture objectives.

Clear Futures Partnership / Project team

Keith Edwards

Bolton Partnership Director

Keith is the Partnership Director for our partnership with Bolton Council, ensuring we deliver our commitments and maintain the highest standards of delivery across projects and services.

Ian Kay

Head of PMO and Technical Services

Ian is responsible for ensuring quality and consistency in the delivery of all technical services – providing leadership and direction to the Clear Futures project management teams.

Alan Gravatt

Partnership Lead

Alan oversees the Clear Futures partnerships across the South of England, working closely with our partners to understand their key strategic priorities and procurement requirements.

Rachel Salter

Head of Project Management Office

Rachel is our responsible for the management and delivery of our projects and services across the North West of England. She works closely with our key partners to ensure projects are delivered with quality assurance and robust governance.

How would Clear Futures help you drive forward strategic goals and local priorities? Connect with the team to start the conversation.