Climate Change & Resilience
Climate Change & Resilience
Climate Change & Resilience
Inclusive & Sustainable Development Consulting
PEOPLE
UrbanEmerge is made up of independent consultants affiliated to our brand and network, Lead Consultants, managing partners and co-founding partners.
NAJI MAKAREM
ANDREAS BEAVOR
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ALINA KELLY
JONATHAN WILKES
PROF. ALLEN J. SCOTT
ENRIQUE AZNAR
Meet our Partners:
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NAJI MAKAREM
Partner - Founder & General Enabler
I am the founder and managing partner of UrbanEmerge. I specialise in inclusive and sustainable urban economic development. I co-lead the Msc. in Urban Economic development at UCL, supervise two PHD students and I lead the Practice Module. I also managed teams for DFID and World Bank projects between 2013 and 2017. Since then I have been a social entrepreneur, developing UrbanEmerge and other social enterprises and responsible businesses. Read more
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Contact for:
Economic development
Impact advisory
Business development
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Lives in:
London, UK
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ANDREAS BEAVOR
Partner
Andreas is a managing partner at UrbanEmerge. He has more than a decade of experience as a consultant and manager in the sustainable urban and regional development sector. Read More
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Contact for:
Land, Transport & Infrastructure
Inclusion & Empowerment
Environmental Risk & Resilience
Digital & Smart City Solutions
Sustainable Urban Systems
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Lives in:
Hangzhou, China
JONATHAN WILKES
Partner - Finance Director
Jonathan is a seasoned finance professional with 20 years CFO experience. Read More
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Contact for:
Jonathan is the Finance Director of UrbanEmerge.
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Lives in:
London, UK
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ALINA KELLY
Partner
Alina provides strategic planning, marketing communication, and project management services to both public and private sector clients. She has successfully led the planning and implementation of numerous large-scale, multi-faceted projects over the course of her career. Read More
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Contact for:
Inclusion & Empowerment
Land, Transport & Infrastructure
Communications & Branding
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Lives in:
Toronto, Canada
Prof. ALLEN J SCOTT
Partner
Allen J. Scott is a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of California – Los Angeles. He is the author of numerous books and scientific papers on issues concerning urbanisation, regional development, the cultural economy, and globalisation. Read More
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Contact for:
Economic Development
Land, Transport & Infrastructure
Inclusion & Empowerment
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Lives in:
Los Angeles, USA
ENRIQUE AZNAR
Partner
Enrique is a change agent and catalyst on corporate culture transformation and change management. He recently led the cultural transformation of a major telecoms operator into a technology company. Read More
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Contact for:
Organisational Development, Culture & Innovation
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Lives in:
Barcelona, Spain
Meet our Lead Consultants:
Lead Consultants are highly experienced and trusted Members of UrbanEmerge who insure quality deliverables on all their projects. All UrbanEmerge projects have at least one Lead Consultant or Partner on board. We are in the process of adding our Lead Consultants to the website.
STEPHEN COMMINS
NADIR EHSAN
STEPHEN COMMINS
Lead Consultant
Dr Stephen Commins works in areas of regional and international development, with an emphasis on service delivery and governance in fragile states. Read More
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Contact for:
Economic Development
Land, Transport & Infrastructure
Inclusion & Empowerment
Municipal Governance & Reform
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Lives in:
Los Angeles, USA
NADIR EHSAN
Lead Consultant
Nadir has over 25 years experience in international development. Nadir has an MBA (UK) in Public Sector Management. He specialises in the strategic management of public sector organisations, change management and implementing reforms programmes for municipal agencies in order to improve service delivery. Read More
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Contact for:
Economic Development
Land, Transport & Infrastructure
Housing, Design & Regeneration
Environmental Risk & Resilience
Municipal Governance & Reform
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Lives in:
London, UK
Meet a sample of our Members:
We currently have 33 Members and 14 projects on our Platform with several proposals under development. We also have 106 people on our facebook Group and 120 on our email list. We will launch soon with a social-media campaign. In the meantime we are developing our Community Home.
Nada Nohra
Economic Analyst
Nada is an economic consultant with nine years of experience working in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.
Urmy Schukla
Monitoring & Evaluation
Urmy is an expert in M&E as well as capacity building for improved M&E systems. Her experience spans political economy, local economic development and human rights. Read More
Joshua Palfreman
Solid Waste Management
Josh is specialist in solid waste management and WASH, with expertise in markets for the poor approaches and a geographic specialisation in SSA. Read More
David Lee
Urban Economics / Finance
David is a senior development professional with 25 years’ experience working in both the private and development sectors in Africa, Asia and Europe. Read More
Kay Pallaris
Urban Planning/Mapping
Kay has 18 years of experience working on many facets of sustainable development planning and urban regeneration.
Azim Manji
Infrastructure Development
Azim is an accomplished urban infrastructure and management practitioner 24 years of experience in helping cities plan, manage and unlock their development potential via improved urban services.
Mike Slingsby
Urban Poverty Reduction
Mike is a seasoned international development and poverty reduction advisor with experience working with a range of multilateral organisations and countries all over the world.
Joe Wood
Socio-Economist
Joe Wood is a highly experienced socio-economist with over 35 years experience of working on a wide range of development projects in over 35 countries throughout the world.