Director

Amanda Whittington

Amanda joined Ryder in 2024 with over 20 years of experience leading teams in the design and delivery of award winning, mixed use residential and office projects nationwide.  She also has experience in creative reuse projects and retrofit design.  Amanda achieves success…

Tanveer Hussain

Tanveer has over 25 years of experience in the construction industry, working on a variety of project scales across commercial, infrastructure, residential and more recently the build to rent sector. Tanveer’s approach is based on inspiring design that is contextually driven and…

Tom Partridge

Tom qualified as an architect in 2012 and has over 20 years of experience in the construction industry. Tom has built strong relationships with clients and contractors both in the public and private sectors, ranging from small refurbishments to new build developments.

Jonathan James

Jonathan joined Ryder in 2024 as an architectural director. He has developed his dedicated approach to building design and placemaking through extensive experience of high value, complex and demanding city centre projects. Jonathan has been responsible for delivering projects of varying complexity,…

Rob Davis

In his 40 years since qualification, Rob has accumulated a wide range experience in the design and construction industry. Rob has played a key role as a director in collaborating and delivering projects across the commercial, defence, education, industrial and leisure sectors,…

Martin Kendall

Martin leads Ryder’s team in Bristol and has a wealth of diverse experience leading projects at all stages of design and delivery, with particular strengths in shaping projects that align with programme objectives from the outset. Outside of the UK, Martin has…

Martin Gillatt

Martin is an experienced international healthcare designer.  He has over 30 years’ experience in delivering acute, ambulatory, mental health, and senior living facilities in the UK, Ireland, Poland, USA and Canada.  Martin has been a design review panel member for the UK’s…

Kathie Wilcox

Having worked with people across the practice for many years, Kathie joined Ryder as a permanent consultant in 2021.  During her career she has worked across the public, private and non profit sectors, led award winning teams and campaigns, and delivered strategic…

Paul Thorpe

Paul joined Ryder in 2022 with 10 years of experience in both digital strategies and hands on delivery on projects around the world, including Hong Kong airport expansion and new MTR transit developments. Paul is a certified project management professional, a chartered…