Ed Watson

Senior Leader, Planning and Place Specialist, Non-Exec Director, Life Sciences

London, England, United Kingdom

About

Experienced Executive Director with a career built in Local Government, now advising a range of public and private sector clients including Cambridge Biomedical Campus, British Land, Network Rail and Barking and Dagenham. Providing strategic planning, place and political advice. Skilled in Planning, Regeneration, Housing, Infrastructure, Business Transformation, and Performance Management.

Experience

  • Intermin Managing Director at Cambridge Biomedical Campus
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

  • EW&A (8 yrs 5 mos)
    • Director and Founder
      Apr 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 4 mos

    • Place, Planning and Regeneration - making successful places thorugh partnership
      Mar 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 5 mos

      Working with a range of thoughtful and innovative clients by providing strategic planning, engagement and place advice. Clients include Arup, British Land, Network Rail, Stories and Barking and Dagenham Council. Helping them think differently about development, its outcomes and how they go about it doing it better. Also providing interim management and leadership services. Recent activity includes thought leadership about the future of Town Centres and development around transport infrastructure.

  • Non Executive Director at Boon Brown
    Sep 2020 - Jun 2024 · 3 yrs 10 mos

  • Chief Executive at EC BID
    May 2022 - Jun 2022 · 2 mos

  • Interim Chief Executive at Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership
    Jan 2021 - Apr 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Working in partnership with business, academic and local authority colleagues to drive Economic Growth, create jobs and improve the quality of life in our places.