To reflect the growing importance of the profession and the role that place leaders and managers have in transforming places, IPM has identified exceptional people on whom to bestow the honour of Senior Fellowship.
Senior Fellowship is a recognition of an outstanding achievement and contribution to place leadership and management, and Senior Fellows are appointed by unanimous decision of the IPM Executive Board. As an authoritative voice for and within place management, Senior Fellows inform and advise on the work of the Institute.
Bill Addy – Chief Executive Officer of Liverpool BID Company, Chair of LVEN (Liverpool Visitor Economy Network)
Matt Baker – Founder of Rise Associates and a Local Government Association economic growth adviser
Jean Ball – Eventful Places, previous High Streets Task Force Expert
Polly Barnfield, OBE – CEO of Maybe*, HSTF Partner, member of the PRD Group of the HSTF, and Partner and Board Advisor at the Centre for Sociodigital Futures
Natalia Belyakova – Associate Professor, Higher School of Economics, St Petersburg
Andrew Cooper – Chief Executive of LeedsBID, previous High Streets Task Force Expert and BID mentor
Professor Kim Cassidy – Professor of Retail/Services Marketing at Edge Hill University and previous member of the Professional Research and Data Group of the High Streets Task Force
Dr. Cara Courage – Culture and Place Consultant-Director, Chair, Phoenix Arts Space (Brighton & Hove), Editor, Routledge Handbook of Placemaking
Margaret Dale – Community Activist (Keep Holmfirth Special) and Expert Witness (Employment)
Professor Tim Edensor – Author and Researcher affiliated to the Institute of Place Management at Manchester Metropolitan University
Michael Edwards – President and CEO of Chicago Loop Alliance, founding member of the Global Business District Alliance
Dr. hab. Magdalena Florek – Founding Board Member of International Place Branding Association (IPBA), Education Director of IPBA Academy
Dr. Julie Grail – Expert advisor DLUHC, Managing Director/Founder, The BID’s Business
Mark Gregory – Visiting Professor of Business Economics at Staffordshire University, Chair, Labour Party Commission on Community Ownership, ex-Chair, Advisory Board, Centre for Towns, Member UK Government Covid Recovery Taskforce
Bill Grimsey – Ex-CEO of Wickes, Iceland, Booker, Focus DIY & Park n Shop Hong Kong. Author of Sold Out & The Grimsey Reviews 2013, 2018 & COVID Supplement Build Back Better
Harold Goodwin, Professor Emeritus MMU – Responsible Tourism Partnership, Honorary Professor Amity Institute of Travel & Tourism Amity University
Dr. Louise Grimmer AMAMI CPM – Associate Head Research Performance and Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Tasmania
Stefan Gurney, MSc – Executive Director of Norwich BID and VisitNorwich, ATCM Advisory Council Chair, Chair of The BID Foundation, Eastern BIDs Network Chair
Alan Hallsworth – Professor Emeritus, Staffordshire University
Ian Harvey – Head of Institute of Place Management, Secretary to the APPG for Civic Societies, Joint Founder of Civic Voice, Founding Director of Love Wavertree CIC and previous Executive Group Member of High Streets Task Force, Historic England’s Historic Places Panel, Fellow of the RSA
Jane Jenkins – CNU-A, SFIPM, President, Jane Jenkins Resources, past chair- International Downtown Association
Professor Mihalis Kavaratzis – Professor of Place Marketing, Manchester Metropolitan University, Founding Board Member International Place Branding Association
Ethan Kent – Executive Director, PlacemakingX
Steve Maras – Group Managing Director & CEO, Maras Group; Immediate Past President & Member SA Management Executive, Property Council of Australia (SA Division); Deputy Chair, Adelaide Economic Development Agency (City of Adelaide); Committee Member, East End Coordination Group; Co-Founder & Partner/Sponsor, Ebenezer Night Markets
Professor Dominic Medway – Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Business & Law at Manchester Metropolitan University, Emeritus Editor Journal of Place Management and Development
Professor Steve Millington – Professor in Place Management at Manchester Metropolitan University, Co-investigator, High Streets Task Force for England
Dr. Nikos Ntounis – Lecturer in Marketing, Department of Marketing, Retail and Tourism, Manchester Metropolitan University; Senior Research Associate, Institute of Place Management, Manchester Metropolitan University; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Place Management and Development
Professor Cathy Parker, MBE – Institute of Place Management Chair, previous Research Lead for the High Streets Task Force, Founder of the Journal of Place Management and Development
Dr. Cecilia Pasquinelli – Associate Professor of Business Management at the University of Naples Parthenope and Associate Editor of the Journal of Place Management and Development
Phil Prentice – Consultant, Scotland’s Towns Partnership. National Programme Director of Scotland’s Improvement Districts
Nicole Srock.Stanley – Chief Executive Officer and Founder dan pearlman Group, Member of the Supervisory Board, Mister Spex SE, Founder of Climate Education GmbH, Chair of the Advisory Board of the Berlin Life Foundation, Vice President of the German Design Council, Vice President Rotary Club Berlin, Member of the Strategy and ESG Committee
Neil Schneider – Association of Public Service Excellence (APSE) Commissioner, High Streets Task Force board member, South Tees Development Corporation board member, Deputy Lieutenant County Durham
Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor MA, PhD, CF, FRSE – Professor of Retail Studies and Deputy Principal, University of Stirling, Chair of Scotland’s Towns Partnership
Ben Stephenson – Director, BAS Consultancy, Chief Executive of Angel London BID, previous High Streets Task Force Expert and Design West Panellist
Dr. Viriya Taecharungroj – Associate Professor of Marketing — Mahidol University, Place and Business Analytics Research Cluster Manager of Mahidol University International College
Professor Gary Warnaby – Professor of Retailing and Marketing, Department of Marketing, Retail and Tourism at Manchester Metropolitan University. Editing board for the Journal of Customer Behaviour, Journal of Place Management and Development, and Journal of Marketing Communications
Diane Wehrle – Retail and Destination Insights Expert, Founder of Rendle Intelligence and Insights
Michelle Wilby – Chief Executive Officer, Colmore Business District
Paul Wright – Co-Founder WhatifGroup, Member of the BPF Regional Policy Committee
Professor Sebastian Zenker, Professor – Academic Director of the Master in Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality Management.