Paula is an established leader in the regeneration and sustainable development of cities and urban environments. Paula is a Director at Prior + Partners, which seeks to unlock the potential of places through its strategy, planning, and urban design skills. Paula has worked on some of the most challenging and complex projects in the UK and overseas; supporting city authorities, developers, and investors to deliver long term regeneration of existing neighbourhoods, towns, and cities, as well as new communities in new places. Paula has held senior client and consultancy positions at HS2 Ltd, Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation, Homes England, Future Cities Catapult, Olympic Delivery Authority, Greater London Authority, Atkins, and Mazars in the UK, Europe and the Middle East. Paula is a member of the ULI UK Executive Committee, ULI Europe’s Urban Development and Regeneration Council, and Design South East’s Design Review Panel.
Paula has a comprehensive understanding of the key trends impacting on neighbourhoods, towns, and cities, to be able to assist them in responding to changes underway and on the horizon. Whilst living in Bow in Tower Hamlets, Paula established a new town centre forum to rejuvenate Roman Road, a once thriving fashion street, to support its transformation through the changes in how we live, work, shop and spend time. Currently resident in Hackney, Paula feels as if she and her family are at the centre of a live experiment in how neighbourhoods are both addressing and failing to address community needs during this pandemic. Paula has sought to initiate and develop the conversation around how neighbourhoods should be evolving to respond to the challenges presented by living through Covid19, through Prior + Partners recent publication regarding the pandemic and impacts on life and design. Paula holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, a Masters in Social Policy and Voluntary Sector Organisation, and a Masters in Business Administration.