Dr Roisin Willmott OBE

RTPI Director of Wales and Northern Ireland
Royal Town Planning Institute

Roisin is a Chartered Town Planner and a Director with the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), leading the RTPI’s policy and member services in Wales and Northern Ireland, she heads up the Planning Aid England service, and a member of the RTPI’s Senior Executive Team.

Roisin has held a number of positions in local government and the further education sector, developing and delivering regeneration initiatives and has worked in economic and planning consultancy across the UK and Europe.

Roisin holds a Masters in planning from Oxford Brookes University and has a PhD from Cardiff University.  In 2017 Roisin was awarded an OBE for services to planning in Wales. She is a Fellow of the RTPI.