Mark joined Strategic Leisure in 1994 and led a MBO in 1998. Under his direction Strategic Leisure grew into one of the largest specialist leisure consultancy practices with a reputation for providing innovative solutions and excellent standards of service. He took the Company into Scott Wilson in 2008.

Rachel has been with Strategic Leisure since 1996 and has progressed from Senior Consultant to M.D. She now manages the consultancy resources for Strategic Leisure , and is responsible for the consultancy team, client liaison, project planning and delivery.

Phil has extensive strategy and audit experience and he has been involved in a number of successful bids for partnership funding from Sport England, DFEE and NOF. Strategic Leisure work experience includes the delivery of sports development programmes, service improvement, performance management, strategic planning including Sport and Recreation Strategies and Plans and Playing Pitch Strategies and feasibility studies.

Kevin has led most of Strategic Leisure’s market testing and public/private partnership projects in the last 8 years and has played a lead role in developing the company’s approach to management options and instrumental in the development of a Strategic Leisure’s pioneering best value leisure management partnership framework. Kevin’s skills include a comprehensive knowledge of the industry, cultural, sport and leisure operational issues, business planning and procurement, as well as an impressive track record in successfully delivering projects.

He headed the nationally recognised award winning parks service at Knowsley MBC in Merseyside. Russell has been a Green Flag Award Judge for 8 years and is a Cabe Space Strategic enabler. Russell joined Strategic Leisure in 2003 and has progressed to Associate Director responsible fro project planning and delivery of Green Space Outdoor sport and recreation.

Paul heads up SLI and has responsibility for overseas business development. He has first hand experience of working in the Middle East, Far East and Europe.

André has extensive experience and knowledge of facility management, contract management, strategic planning, procurement, business planning, bid preparation and development. He specialises in leading and managing multidisciplinary project teams and providing focused and deliverable solutions to clients.

Adam has over sixteen years’ experience in sports and leisure management across the public, private and voluntary sectors. He held a number of facility management positions, service management roles, and strategic and policy development posts in a number of local authorities before moving into consultancy. Adam joined Strategic Leisure as a Senior Consultant in 2001.

He played an integral part in developing our approach to strategic planning and feasibility studies. He was promoted to Principal Consultant before joining a regeneration consultancy in 2005 to lead a number of national physical activity programme evaluation studies. He has recently rejoined the Strategic Leisure team to lead the Strategic Planning team and assist with business development work in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Richard joined Strategic Leisure as a Principal Consultant in 2009 and has over twenty three years’ experience of working in the sports and leisure industry. He has held senior management positions in local government and the private sector, incorporating project, facility management and various developmental roles.

Richard has held a number of senior positions in local authority leisure management and sports development. Facility management positions held have included, Leisure Contract Manager for two local Authorities, and development roles have included Head of Sport for two other local authorities, responsible for client leisure management services, sports development, outdoor recreation and event management.

Daniel joined Strategic Leisure in January 2006 as a Senior Consultant and has worked on a number of diverse projects including PPG17 studies, auditing of parks and open spaces to Green Flag standard, playing pitch and green space strategies.

Lisa joined Strategic Leisure in 2005 as a Senior Consultant working on planning, audits and reviews, establishing effective partnerships, company re-branding and organisational change.

Duncan has over eight years’ experience in the sports and leisure industry, having spent six years during and then after university (where he received a degree in English & American Literature at Warwick) at the leading B2B publishers The Leisure Media Company. Joining as a News Reporter for Leisure Opportunities, Duncan was soon elevated to Managing Editor of Sports Management magazine.This work has introduced him to many of the senior figures in the sector, and allowed him to be involved with much of the groundbreaking pieces of best practice at the forefront of our industry.

Duncan has significant experience working in planning and open spaces, having worked on a number of PPG17-compliant Open Space Strategies, along with a range of work for private sector clients and developers on evaluating and assessing Section 106 contributions, as well as Playing Pitch Strategies and site management projects for public and private sector clients.

In 1994 Steve succeed Peter Dury as Principal Consultant of SLD and in 1997, chaired the joint institute of Groundmanship, Association of Landscape Managers Performance Standards Working Party.

Nick has gained a BTEC National Diploma in construction Studies from Grantham College as well as a BSc Hons. In Surveying from Plymouth University. After working in the general construction industry and gaining experience both on and off shore as a survey engineer and GIS technician.

Nick joined the Sports construction industry in 2001 as a contracts manager for Heydour Ltd, where he held the position before moving to Bernhards Sports Surfaces as projects manager. Nick joined Sport and Landscape Development in 2009 as principal consultant, strengthening the team in terms of design, surveying, engineering and project management.