Sarah Fitton Author

Dr. Sarah Fitton is the founder and Director of Aurora Engagements Ltd, a Built Environment consultancy. Sarah has over 17 years of experience working in industry in a large Built Environment consultancy before setting up her own firm. She also has over 13 years’ experience working in academia within the fields of social value and stakeholder engagement. She graduated from Cambridge University in 2015 with a PhD examining the social value of infrastructure and continues to conduct research in this field, with three peer-reviewed journal articles and a white paper published to date and two currently under review. She is a founding member of ‘Pattern’ – a Manchester-based community dedicated to shaping modern culture through placemaking – and a member of the Environment Agency’s Stakeholder Engagement and Communications Community of Practice (SECCOP).

Simon Wilson is the Director and co-founder of Wilson Sherriff, a consultancy providing stakeholder engagement and facilitation expertise to clients in a range of sectors, including the Built Environment. Simon has over 20 years’ experience working in industry with a range of clients and projects. Since 2010 much of his work has focused on projects with an environmental focus such as flood defences and water treatment sites. Simon holds an MBA degree from the Open University and is an accredited Certified Professional Facilitator (Master). He chairs the Member Council of the Organisation for Responsible Businesses.