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.