Prof. Dr. Alan Simson - Trustee

Alan is a landscape architect, an urban forester and an urban designer.

Currently, he is Emeritus Professor of Landscape Architecture + Urban Forestry at Leeds Beckett University. Prior to working in academia, he worked in the UK New Towns, particularly Telford, where he ran the Urban Forestry Programme for over ten years.

For many years Alan has been enthusiastically promoting the idea that a successful urban forest will be the prime choreographer of our viable urban futures.

He has also worked in public and private practices, including his own, both in the UK and abroad. He is a member of the International Committee of the European Forum on Urban Forestry and a Contributor to the MA in Urban Forestry at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

In the UK, Alan is Chair of the White Rose Community Forest and a Board Member of the Arboricultural Association.

He has been engaged in planning and designing urban forestry and associated urbanism for many years, enthusiastically promoting the idea with both national and local politicians, decision-makers, fellow professionals and local communities that a successful urban forest will be the prime choreographer of our viable urban futures.