Team

Ed launched Motionspot in 2012 and has since built it into a RIBA award-winning industry leader in accessible design, helping to transform spaces and lives through beautiful, accessible environments and products. 

Ed has worked with hundreds of homeowners, businesses, occupational therapists, architects, and interior designers, helping to deliver beautifully designed access for all. In 2019, Ed was appointed as the UK Government’s Sector Champion for the design of Spaces and Products.

James is Co-Founder of Motionspot. It
was due to his personal experience of sustaining a spinal cord injury, and the frustration around inaccessible spaces, that the business was founded. 

James has spent his career within Investment
Management and Financial Services. He is on the board of the British Neurological
Research Trust and the UK Stem Cell Foundation. In addition, he is on the corporate development board of Back Up, a charity dedicated to supporting people affected by spinal cord injury.

Kathryn is an experienced architect with a specialism in accessible and inclusive design.

Her expertise spans public buildings, education, listed buildings, community spaces, specialist housing for older and disabled people, and age-friendly environments.

Kathryn is passionate about making the built environment inclusive to as broad a range of users as possible. She is actively involved in the industry as Vice Chair of Access Association London, an Access Consultant on the National Register of Access Consultants (NRAC), and Access Advisor to the Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches. Kathryn has authored research including:
Trauma Informed Design within Learning Disabilities Environments and Design Guidelines for Inclusive, Enabling Environments for Adults with Complex Needs.

Sophie is an architect with a background in inclusive design and stakeholder engagement. Her experience spans strategic planning, research, codesign and specialist housing for older and disabled people. She has led complex projects in the UK and internationally across sectors and seeks to embed inclusive design and social value at all stages.

Jason is an architect and researcher specialising in the design of spaces for people with neurodivergence, especially autism. 

Jason is an expert in human-centred design, health, wellbeing, and accessibility for people with cognitive, sensory, social and communication sensitivities. His research focuses on how environmental design affects neurodivergent individuals.

Kirsten is a UK registered architect specializing in inclusive design and is currently working towards NRAC registration. She has over 10 years’ experience as an architect on rail and infrastructure projects and has experience across a diverse portfolio of projects including workplaces, stations, mixed use, and civic masterplans at detailed and strategic level. Kirsten brings to every project a deep understanding to the diverse needs of people with protected characteristics, especially those of D/deaf and disabled people.

Rebecca acts as a strategic partner to our clients through all stages of a project to create beautifully inclusive spaces that achieve their goals and objectives.

Skilled at understanding client requirements, Rebecca has extensive experience across multiple sectors including financial and legal services, education, real estate, residential and retirement.

As a wheelchair user herself, Jo is passionate about access and inclusive design that looks good too. 

Jo works closely with existing and new clients to help them realise their inclusive built environment ambitions and support their diversity, inclusion, and ESG objectives. As well as to communicate their achievements and impact to a broad range of stakeholders.

Vivian explores the connection between identity and the built environment. With an undergraduate degree in architecture, Vivian works towards ensuring people’s unique stories and cultural backgrounds are represented in the spaces they occupy.

Originally from Australia, Lauren is passionate about user-centred design processes and evidence-based practice. She has a degree in Product Design from the University of Technology Sydney and a diploma in International Studies with a focus on intercultural communication.

Carly is an inclusive designer specialising in the luxury tourism, marine, and transport sectors. She assists with projects and writes research papers, with a focus on creating accessible and inclusive solutions in the built environment.

Lara has an academic and professional background in architecture and sustainability, with research and practice focused on accessibility, neurodiversity and co-design. She holds an MSc in Health, Wellbeing and Sustainable Buildings (UCL) and a Bachelor of Architecture (Hons).

Lara is driven by a passion for improving access to nature in urban environments and draws on her lived experience of neurodivergence to inform project delivery.

Jordan has lived experience of autism and is passionate about creating neuro-inclusive spaces. Jordan is highly experienced in specifying accessible and inclusive products, with particular expertise in accessible washrooms.

Jordan also provides essential support across Motionspot’s systems and processes including project planning and analytics.

As a Senior Project Manager, Carla leads the coordination and delivery of complex multidisciplinary projects, supporting teams from early concept through to implementation. She has experience managing stakeholders, programmes, deliverables, and client relationships across a range of sectors, ensuring projects are delivered efficiently and aligned with project objectives.

With a background in design and consultancy, Carla works across project planning, team coordination, reporting, and programme management. She has experience supporting multidisciplinary teams, developing project processes, and managing the delivery of projects across different sectors and scales.

Having worked in the inclusive design industry for over 15 years, Lynda has a broad range of experience and is passionate about making the built environment inclusive to as broad a range of users as possible.

After completing an MSc in Inclusive Environments: Design and Management, Lynda has specialised in Access Consultancy and auditing.  

Olena is a qualified accountant with 10 years’ experience across financial services, hospitality, and manufacturing industries.

Olena supports Motionspot to document financial transactions and provides financial information to management and decision makers. Olena was drawn to working for Motionspot by the company's core values and the people-first approach.

Robin has been a hotelier for 50+ years winning many Hotel/Hotelier of the Year awards.  In 2000 he co-founded Bespoke Hotels which has grown into the UK’s leading independent hotel group with circa 100 properties, including the multi-award-winning Hotel Gotham.  He has already won the Hotel Catey and then the Oxford Brookes awards for Outstanding Contribution to the Hospitality Industry.  Most recently he has won the AA Lifetime Achievement Award to the Industry.  He was also the Government’s Hospitality Sector Champion for Disabled People.

Gary is Group MD and co-founder of EFM and is Finance Director with over 30 years of accounting and advisory experience to SMEs. Gary leads EFM and provides clients with his creative insights, ideas, and detailed finance experience. He is an educator in good financial discipline, raising finance, and leading companies through changing periods of business activity.

Andrew has been involved with Motionspot since 2012 when he first met the founders and was inspired by the firm’s mission and purpose. He currently serves as a board advisor. Andrew is a partner at Hakluyt & Company and leads the firm’s business in Australia, following three years with the company in Tokyo. Andrew is also a director of KidsFam, a Tokyo-based foundation that supports children living with complex health conditions and their families in Japan, which works closely with Momiji House, Japan’s first and only hospice for children, modelled on Helen & Douglas House in Oxfordshire. A graduate of the University of Oxford (St John’s College), Andrew is a committed advocate for gender equality and inclusive leadership. Before he left for Japan, Andrew was a member of the SJC Women’s Network Steering Group and continues to actively champions male allyship initiatives. His dedication to building empathy, fostering inclusivity, and creating positive impact reflects the values we uphold at Motionspot. Earlier in his career, Andrew served as an officer in the British Army for 16 years, undertaking operational tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, and across the Gulf and Levant. In recognition of his distinguished service, he was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours.