Patricia’s strategic advisory and non-executive work spans disciplines, sectors and geographies. The common thread is connecting: ideas and possibilities, places and people, opportunities and ambition.

Her work has been a significant catalyst in urban change, beginning in 1990’s London where she leveraged private sector interest, especially real estate partners, in active stewardship in the improvement of the built environment. This led to game-changing initiatives, including landing BIDs into the UK, and championing tangible action on public realm, critical to liveability and quality of life, and fundamental to London’s economic competitiveness.

She sits on a range of profit and not-for-profit boards and is a strategic adviser to a range of land owners, developers, local authorities and infrastructure bodies as well as chairing a variety of partnership boards.

Emma Pye is the Founder and Director of PYE-Management Ltd (Protect Your Environment), a Sustainability Consultancy specialising in the highway industry. She is a Chartered environmentalist, a Fellow of the IEMA, and is a Committee Member for ISO 14001 Environmental management systems for the UK.

Emma Pye has over 25 years’ experience working within the construction, highways and quarrying sectors. She is highly experienced in PAS 2080, carbon footprinting, ISO 14001 and sustainability strategies. Her knowledge, experience and vision provide support in a constantly changing environment, whose insight into current and future global concerns are addressing the needs of forward-looking clients and has a successful track record of implementing and managing environmental change and improvement.

Credentials:
RSTA Carbon Emissions Report Ed 1 2023
FHRG Guidance for the Application of GHG Scope 1 and 2 in Local Highway Authorities.
IWA 42:2022 Net Zero guidelines (participant)

Robert is a Principal Consultant at PPL, a social enterprise management consultancy that works in partnership with organisations from across the public, private and voluntary and community sectors to deliver meaningful, innovative and sustainable change. He has extensive experience in managing complex innovation and systems change programmes.

Prior to joining PPL Robert worked at Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation. There he led the design and delivery of a portfolio of programmes including work with Welsh Government to build capacity in place-based teams and to use Behavioural Insights to keep people safe during Covid-19.

Robert’s background is in policy and community engagement. His previous roles focussed on tackling food insecurity, increasing civic participation and exploring the impact of regeneration on local communities.

Mat Hunter is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Plus X Innovation, building collaborative communities of innovators and entrepreneurs in cities across the UK. Through a rich mixture of workspace, specialist facilities and innovation programmes, Plus X Innovation’s hubs help place based economies to thrive.

Mat brings more than 30 years of global innovation experience to Plus X Innovation. A designer by training, Mat started his career in Silicon Valley, consulting to startups and corporates while at pioneering consultancy IDEO, where he became Partner.

He then spent 5 years advising UK Government on design and innovation, as Chief Design Officer at the Design Council, developing innovation programmes for the Home Office, Department of Health, and independent foundations, before entering the world of real estate and regeneration.

Mat has frequently lectured at leading business and art schools including Royal College of Art, Imperial College and London Business School, he is a graduate of Central St Martin’s & the Royal College of Art, Honorary Fellow at Arts University Bournemouth and a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.

Richard is an experienced leader, founder, and managing director of Social Value Business and Social Value Quality Mark CIC. SVB is one of the UK’s leading social value consultancy and accreditation organisations. With 15 years of experience across the UK and EU, he has shaped social value policies, frameworks, and measurement tools for the public, private, and third sectors.

He has authored 30+ social value reports, helping organisations uncover over £5 billion in hidden value, and has supported 100+ clients in embedding social value principles. His expertise includes value-based strategic development, organisational change, maximising Social Return on Investment (SROI), integrating social value into tenders and procurement processes, social value auditing, stakeholder engagement, monetisation, and impact measurement. Richard has developed key methodologies used across industries, including the Social Value Maturity Matrix, National Social Value Index, and Total Value frameworks.

Richards’s clients include The Cabinet Office, Crown Commercial Services, International PLCs, and national charities such as the YMCA, NSPCC, and Shelter. He collaborates with Oxford, Cambridge, and Cranfield Universities to develop social value and social enterprise management best practices and support research and innovation in the field.

Richard specialises in qualitative and quantitative methodologies, social and economic value, market research, training, and mentoring. He has led large-scale, multiple partners and multiple million-pound social value initiatives and advised organisations on embedding and maximising social value within tendering and procurement strategies to drive measurable impact.

Furthermore, Richard has led the Social Value Quality Mark to become the most rigorous audit and accreditation organisation for Social Value across the UK.