Dr Chris Ford
Dr Chris Ford is passionate about our industrial heritage and its conservation. Emulating the entrepreneurial and engineering leadership of Dale, Arkwright, and Owen, Chris wishes to see New Lanark become a self-sustaining model for how we deploy our renewables-based industrial heritage for greater educational and social value.
A Chartered Town Planner, Chris has a diverse commercial and public service background, involving marketing, finance and management across a variety of sectors. His academic specialism is the spatial dimension of energy systems and energy policy. He is a planning and energy consultant, supporting developers, planning authorities and communities in the delivery of net zero.