The Academy is delighted to welcome Andreas Markides AoU to the board of directors. Andreas is a charted civil engineer and a founding member of The Academy of Urbanism.

Andreas Markides is experienced in the planning, design and management of major development projects, urban extensions and town centre regeneration schemes; he has also been involved in the design and supervision of infrastructure works. His specialist traffic expertise includes traffic impact studies for new development proposals, highway design, development of transport strategies and expert witness at Planning inquiries. For 3 years, he served on the Committee of the Thames Valley branch of the Institution of Civil Engineers and he was chairman of that Association (AMG&S) for the period 1989/90. He is currently a Trustee and on the National Council of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) and he has been Chairman of the Greater London Branch of that Institution (2005-2007). In 2014 he acted as Planning Commissioner for the island of Cyprus.