RPA:GROUP AS - Key Persons


Alisia Patanisi

Job Titles:
  • Architect
I see architecture as the art of combining beauty with function, greatness of ideas with concreteness of results. I'm stubborn and thorough and think there are no limits to creativity! Throughout my career I experienced numerous learning opportunities, which helped me grow professionally. With rpa:group, new challenges await me and my team.

Andrea Gomez-Silva

Job Titles:
  • Architect
I'm a Spanish architect but adopted Londoner, specialising in interior architecture and product design. I love the challenge of a new project and I'm passionate about designing and bringing to life the functional and beautiful spaces that the client envisions.

Anna Rogala

Job Titles:
  • Architect
  • Project Manager
Multilingual Project Manager and Architect with experience in planning and implementing projects in Europe and Asia. Her strong points are precision and attention to aesthetics. Her daily duties include Customer service, documentation management, coordination of consultants' and contractors' work. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Architecture at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany and is a qualified Architect by National Chamber of Polish Architects (IARP)

Carmela Brewer

Job Titles:
  • Senior Architectural Technician

Chris Swann

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director
Having worked in the design industry for over 15 years, I found my niche in the retail sector. Outside of work I can be found either in a studio rehearsing with my band, or in the sea (attempting) surfing!

David Osborne

Job Titles:
  • Architectural Team Leader

David Rosborough - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
I'm as enthusiastic today as I was over thirty years ago when rpa:group was founded, enjoying the new challenges and occasionally allowing myself the luxury of looking back at the great team we have developed and what rpa:group has achieved!

Emma Sharp

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director HR
With over 15 year's professional HR experience in a variety of sectors, I enjoy the challenge of working with innovative and creative teams managing, developing and implementing HR and learning and development initiatives in support of business objectives.

Esther Fernandez

Job Titles:
  • Senior Architectural Technician

James Breaks

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Design
I love my creative family of the last 25 years. We've all come a long way as a dedicated and talented team and are looking forward to going a lot further together.

James Harvey-Smith

Job Titles:
  • Associate
I have worked in the creative design industry for over 15 years; 10 of those here at rpa:group as creative lead on projects for numerous global brands. I love the challenge of a new brief, managing the design team to deliver commercially creative schemes, and mentoring new designers who join our team.

Jamie Harvie

Job Titles:
  • Senior Architectural Technician

Kevin Walter

Job Titles:
  • Group Director
I have over 35 years of experience in technical and retail architecture, and as one of three founding members of rpa:group, my responsibilities include financial strategy and ensuring that the business objectives and strong company ethos are maintained.

Mark Cherrett

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director - Architecture
Manager, Communicator, Supporter and Achiever with over 26 years of retail design experience as both client & consultant. You could say I'm hardened to life's up's & down's - being a passionate follower of Crystal Palace FC!

Martyn Angell

Job Titles:
  • Projects Director
I have an interesting and diverse background. Having trained as a structural engineer I have worked on various schemes, including spending several years on various projects at Windsor Castle. My experiences have made me a proficient Project Manager and a strong team player.

Nigel Collett - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
With a background spanning over 20 years in the creative industry, I've learned to look at every challenge as an opportunity and that creativity and innovation make the impossible possible.

Peter Coogan

Job Titles:
  • Senior Architectural Technologist

Peter Kilby

Job Titles:
  • Director of Project Management & Cost Consultancy
I am passionate about the Property and Construction industry, with over twenty years of experience at Directorship level. I am very driven in terms of making a business successful, by ensuring client satisfaction, delivering quality, building safely and ensuring team motivation at all times.

Sailesh Mepani

Job Titles:
  • Senior Quantity Surveyor
Having worked in the built environment for over 20 years as a QS, I've been lucky to work with some great professionals and projects. My experience has enabled me to identify value in our projects to ensure all entities achieve a successful outcome.

Sasha Fraser

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Executive
I bring with me over 25 years of marketing, advertising, pr and publishing. If variety is the spice of life, then being part of the inspiring, energetic and creative environment here at rpa:group is the Vindaloo of it all!

Silvia Madonna

Job Titles:
  • Architect
My passion for architecture and design was born at a very early age, when I started playing with LEGO bricks, building little houses. This continued at university, when I made architectural concept models for my projects. During my career I worked in the construction industry and commercial projects and now I look forward to growing within retail design.

Terry Cowan

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director
With over 20 years in the industry, I have a drive for problem solving, with a focus on client satisfaction. As an All Blacks fan I love watching N.Z. on the sports field, & anyone who can beat Australia!

William Scoullar

Job Titles:
  • Senior Project Manager
I have over 20 years of PM experience working with leading retailers and fashion brands in the UK and internationally, delivering their brands within high street, department stores and airport environments.