SLR strengthens South-East built environment team with strategic senior appointments

LEADING global consultancy SLR Consulting has strengthened its South-East built environment team with a series of strategic senior appointments, reinforcing its capabilities across London and the wider region.

The investment includes the appointments of transport and mobility planning director and London lead Shelley Dix, planning technical director and London lead Andrew Munton, principal consultant and London EIA lead Chris Ellis, plus director of masterplanning and urban design Colin James. The appointments bolster a growing team that also recently appointed Xavier Brice as director of planning and sustainable infrastructure.

Peter Leonard, business lead for London, South-East and East of England, said: “These appointments represent a significant investment in our London and South-East operations, bringing together a highly experienced team with expertise across transport planning, environmental impact assessment (EIA), masterplanning, urban design and sustainable infrastructure.

“It’s been fantastic to see this new senior group embrace a collaborative culture from day one, offering a first class one-stop built environment consultancy service. By working across disciplines to share expertise, strengthen client relationships and identify opportunities, they are helping us deliver more integrated solutions for clients. This approach reflects SLR’s wider multidisciplinary model and UK growth strategy, enabling clients to access a broad range of technical services through a single team.”

Among the new recruits are Shelley Dix and Chris Ellis, who bring extensive experience in transport planning and environmental assessment respectively.

With more than 26 years of experience in transport and development planning, Shelley joins SLR to lead and develop the firm’s London transport and mobility planning capability. She will collaborate closely with colleagues throughout the business while helping to strengthen a national transport and mobility team comprising of more than 100 transport planners and specialists.

Shelley Dix said: “transport and mobility planning plays a vital role in shaping successful developments, and I’m excited to be joining SLR as we continue to strengthen our transport and mobility planning offering. By working closely with colleagues across planning, environmental and sustainability disciplines, we can help clients navigate complex development challenges and deliver places that are accessible, sustainable and commercially successful, while always focusing on what is right for the client. This integrated approach is essential across all sectors, ensuring we balance community needs with environmental and commercial considerations.”

Chris Ellis joins SLR as London EIA lead, bringing experience across large-scale residential, commercial and mixed-use developments, including brownfield and greenfield sites, strategic masterplanning projects and data centre schemes. Working alongside specialists from across the business, he will help grow SLR’s EIA offering and deliver integrated solutions for clients throughout the development process.

Chris said: “My experience across major development projects has shown that the best results come from a collaborative cross-team approach.

“At SLR, there is a real opportunity to grow our EIA presence, strengthen client relationships and provide a more complete environmental offering through our integrated approach. The calibre of people joining the team and the collaborative culture we’re building create a real springboard for future growth.”

Peter added: “As demand for multidisciplinary expertise continues to grow across planning and development, our strengthened London and South-East team is exceptionally positioned to help clients solve their challenges, from concept through to delivery, both regionally and across the UK.”