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Ros joined the Trust from RegenCo Sandwell where she was Chief Executive of the Urban Regeneration Company leading the regeneration of a highly deprived and complex industrial area centred on West Bromwich.

Ros trained originally as a lawyer and spent a period in private practice before joining the oil industry as an in-house lawyer. Ros then moved into general management and in 1990 was appointed to the UK Board of Gulf Oil, ultimately as Director of Business Services.

After a spell at Booker Group where she was responsible for Group Services worldwide as well as being heavily involved in the re-structuring of the business, Ros moved to Network Rail (then Railtrack) in 2000 as Director of New Business. Promoted to Property Director in 2002 she ran Network Rail's substantial commercial property business.

Ros is also a non-executive director of Thurrock UDC.

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Formerly the Director of Regeneration Through Heritage (an initiative established by HRH The Prince of Wales), now within The Prince’s Regeneration Trust.

Fred qualified as a Town Planner and held posts with several English local authorities before moving to London Borough of Hackney, one of London’s most economically disadvantaged boroughs, where, as Assistant Chief Executive, he was responsible for Strategic Policy and Regeneration.

Fred has managed regeneration projects promoting the re-use of heritage buildings, primarily by assisting community partnerships to develop projects, and supports projects worth £60 million.

He has been a Board member of a major Housing Association, is Secretary of a voluntary advice centre in the multi-racial community of Brixton, and regularly writes and speaks on the regeneration of heritage industrial buildings.

He is the author of The Prince’s Regeneration Trust Handbook which advises on steps required to rescue a heritage building.

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Rosie joins The Trust from Bidwells a firm of national property consultants. Having worked as a senior consultant providing professional services in feasibility studies, business planning and strategic asset reviews, she was subsequently promoted to a Divisional Partner leading on growing regeneration consultancy work for the firm. Rosie’s experience is key to the expansion of The Trust’s work. Rosie is a Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors with 11 years surveying experience, has a BA (Hons) in History, a Masters in Land Economy and has recently completed an MBA

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Stephen is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, and has many years experience in the charity sector.

He has worked for the Prince's Charities since April 2004, as financial controller for The Prince's Drawing School, The Prince's School of Traditional Arts and Director of Finance for The Prince's Foundation.

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Edward joined the Prince’s Regeneration Trust in 2006. He has extensive experience of heritage issues. He was formerly an Inspector of Historic Buildings with Cadw (the statutory heritage organisation for Wales), a Curator with the National Trust and has been advisor to several heritage organisations in Wales. Before joining the Trust he previously held the position of Conservation Manager for Monmouthshire County Council.

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For the past 12 years Roland has worked fundraising, enabling and as project manager for and on many heritage projects, including the multi-ward wining restoration of Hawksmsoor’s Christ Church Spitalfields in the East End of London, the restoration of the 18th Century landscapes and buildings of Cobham Park in Kent and the regeneration of Shoreditch Town Hall from municipal offices to self-sustaining community business.

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Maria joined The Trust at the beginning of October 2007 from The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF). A leading heritage figure in Scotland, Maria brings expertise in the management of heritage projects and development skills and will undertake a key role in The Trusts projects. Whilst at AHF Maria increased the number of Building Preservation Trusts from 99 in 1989 to over 270 to date.

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Gemma graduated from The University of Nottingham reading Art History and English in 2004. East Hampshire District Council employed Gemma as an Administration Assistant within The Planning and Policy department where she assisted the Head of Planning and Senior Planning Officers. In 2005 Gemma moved to be the Principal Administrator for Heritage at the council. Here she was first point of contact for public and private enquiries into Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas.

Gemma is now the link to the Projects Team at The Prince’s Regeneration Trust and members of the Public and National Organisations and bodies; she is first point of contact for all project related enquiries and is responsible for the coordination of a busy projects team and over 25 projects across the UK.

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Maria joins us from the BBC where she led on a number of national marketing campaigns and projects. Prior to that she worked for various public and private sector organisations managing communications and branding.

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Harriet Jones was appointed Administrator of The Prince of Wales’s Phoenix Trust in February 2003. She had side-stepped from her performing arts background of working in arts festivals and funding bodies to experience the heritage and regeneration world. She remained Administrator once The Phoenix Trust and Regeneration Through Heritage merged in 2005/06 to form The Prince’s Regeneration Trust but after maternity leave has returned as the part-time Office Manager. She is married to Marcel Jenkins and they have a son, Samuel.

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Paul is well qualified in heritage matters having spent the majority of the last 10 years in higher education. He graduated from Manchester University with a BA (Hons) in Classical Civilization, and has completed both a Master of Studies in Anthropological Archaeology and a D. Phil at The University of Oxford. His doctoral research investigated heritage management strategies in local government, focusing on the case studies of the towns of Arles and Nîmes in southern France. Paul comes to The Prince's Regeneration Trust with good experience of working for the heritage sector, having written a report on planning consultations for Heritage Link. Last summer he completed a cultural pilgrimage by walking across Europe from London to Istanbul.

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Monja gained a B.Compt Degree from the University of South-Africa and studied part-time while completing her articles as a trainee accountant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers in Nelspruit, South-Africa. Monja traveled to London in 2003 to gain more experience in the accountancy field and to travel through the UK and Europe. Her work involves assisting the Finance Director and she set up the management accounts for The Trust.

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Sophie supports eight of The Prince's Charities as HR Advisor, and has been working with The Prince's Regeneration Trust since January 2007. She previously worked at business research consultancy FreshMinds in various positions, including HR Manager and Operations Manager.

Sophie has an MA in Psychology from The University of Edinburgh and the CIPD qualification.

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Formerly a director of The Prince of Wales Pheonix Trust. Expert in the field of restoration and innovative reuse of historic buildings.

Started Martin & Weighton, architectural practice, 1969-76; and as a partner Kit was involved in numerous projects to restore and save listed buildings in UK, France and Italy. As director of Kit Martin (Historic Houses Rescue) Ltd, initiated rescue and conversion of listed buildings of outstanding architectural interest, including: Dingley Hall, Northamptonshire, Gunton Park, Norfolk, Cullen House, Banffshire, and Maristow, Devon. Several schemes have won local, national or European awards.

As director of Historic Buildings Rescue Ltd, Kit has initiated rescue and conversion of several listed sites, including Royal Naval Hospital, Norfolk to housing, and a chapel, creating a new community.

Kit Martin was a member of from 1987-1999 on the Historic Buildings Council for Scotland. He is a trustee of Save Europe’s Heritage and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute British Architectural

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Alan Swales is a Chartered Surveyor with over 35 years experience, much of it in the field of regeneration. After an early career in local government Alan became the Chief Executive of the Lace Market Development Co. Ltd in 1988. This was a pioneering public/private partnership established to bring about the regeneration of Nottingham’s decaying historic quarter. During that time Alan established the Lace Market Heritage Trust, involving local business leaders, to work alongside the Company in rejuvenating this long neglected area. The successful transformation of the Lace Market was recognised in a number of national awards and was identified in the Urban Task Force report as an outstanding example of heritage lead regeneration.

Alan helped to set up Nottingham Regeneration Limited in 1998 to carry on the success of that area across the whole of the Greater Nottingham. As a partnership involving the local authority, English Partnerships, East Midlands Development Agency and the private sector, the Company became the model for the Urban Regeneration Companies which were subsequently established across the UK.

At the end of 2006 Alan stepped down from his role as Chief Executive of Nottingham Regeneration Limited to set up his own consultancy. Alan Swales was awarded the MBE for services to regeneration in 2002.