Alyas Khan
Chairman and CEO

Alyas Khan is a creative thinker who inspires change to enable organisations, neighbourhoods, cities, regions and countries to think creatively and innovatively to boost their social, economic and cultural development. He is an authority on area based transformation and has enabled many clients to think creatively to make a real and sustained impact. His articles have been published in a range of journals and publications such as Global Built Environment Review and he has also undertaken research for the Academy for Sustainable Communities. His role as a regeneration specialist in a number of local authorities (for one he played lead role in winning Beacon Status) saw thousands of jobs created and over £90,000,000 public and private sector leverage being brought in. The programmes were subsequently cited by the NWDA as national good practice and his work was commended by the Commission on Integration and Cohesion, Regeneration and Renewal and New Start magazines as well as by the EQUAL Programme’s guide to best practice in the UK ‘Empowerment – a guide for Development Partnerships’. His experience also includes extensive master planning, for example, he played a key role in the Area Development Framework for Bacup and Stacksteads and the West Hull Area Development Framework and Master plan. He is currently authoring a number of books relating to country master planning, fundraising and sustainable strategic development.

Speaking Engagements:
To book Alyas Khan as a speaker please contact Matthew Ingham by email by clicking here or telephone +44 (0) 161 8706696
 

Stephanie Prentis
Principal Consultant
Regeneration, Housing & Neighbourhoods

Stephanie is a specialist in housing, community development and regeneration. She has experience in the design and delivery of a range of projects; all aimed at helping those who face challenge overcome them and achieve a good quality of life. Stephanie therefore has a thorough grounding in understanding what needs to happen to make projects work, how to secure user involvement and how to ensure sustainability for the future. Stephanie holds several years’ project management experience and lead on the successful achievement of ISO 9000 for quality assurance. Her work experience is diverse, and has included the social housing sector, regeneration and BME communities, skills and employment, health and social care, and the commercial industry. Stephanie has a broad and thorough understanding of cross-cutting themes which have a real impact on the development of third and public sector organisations, from local government strategies to national government agenda’s – Stephanie is well-placed to provide high level support that delivers results. Stephanie is qualified

1. Securing £300k in DCSF funding for the Schools Support Development Agency
2. Successful submissions to Stage 1 EHRC and Reaching Communities funding (outcomes for Stage 2 are pending)
3. Capacity building support for third sector organisations including organisations who specialise in supporting: refugees and migrants, the disabled including those with mental health difficulties, BME groups, older people, and children and young people
4. Developing a sub-regional third, public and private sector partnership with Cumbria County Council
5. Advance Housing: Development of user-led initiative for people with mental health difficulties which will involve national employer engagement, developing a training programme for practitioners in enabling people with mental health difficulties to move into employment
6. Kirklees Metropolitan Council: Feasibility Study for the implementation of a new worklessness project
7. Audit and evaluation of Into Business Scheme (LEGI Project)
8. Design and delivery of outreach youth project for First Choice Homes
9. Design and delivery of a delivering worklessness interventions training programme for local third sector practitioners

Anthony Pickard
Head of Design

Anthony Pickard joins Emica as Head of Design where he will build on the success of the design studio by assisting in the launch and development of Emica Creative- which will also provide a specialist support service for the arts and cultural sector. Anthony is a highly experienced and versatile creative professional with a diverse studio background. He has worked closely with a number of high-profile clients, providing a full spectrum of design solutions for public and private sectors, including government agencies, community groups, charities, retail, education strategic partners and local businesses. Anthony and the design team at Emica Creative can provide your organisation with a whole range of services such as brand development and management, print buying, web and email implementation, search engine optimisation and keyword analysis, copywriting and proofing, exhibitions, promotional items and designs for all types of printed material.

Tom Davis
Senior Strategic Development Consultant

Tom Davis is one of the world’s leading strategic development consultants with incomparable knowledge and expertise in growth strategy. As Senior Strategic Development Consultant, Tom has a very good eye in assessing the growth potential of any type of organisation or neighbourhood. He is involved in all aspects of Emica Consulting’s growth and has worked with local, regional and international clients. Tom’s most valuable assets are his high level abilities in helping to turn around difficult or failing projectswhether they are small organisations or regional, national or international ones. He is playing a leading role in our country master planning service, which aims to revolutionise the way in which countries develop their national growth strategies.

Matthew Ingham
Senior Consultant
Auditing, Finance and Performance

Matthew Ingham, an outgoing and popular member of the Emica team, is Head of our Finance and Accountancy Service. In addition to his acute skills in the financial sector, he is also one of the few specialists in forensic accounting. His team is fully versed in charity fundraising, understands the dynamics of organisational growth and knows what is needed to help make any organisation grow and become sustainable- whilst also maintaining the organisation’s credibility. Matthew’s team can assist with any aspect of accounting and finance for your organisation.

Erica Hadley Jarret
Senior Consultant
Business Strategy and Feasibility Planning

A key member of Emica Consulting, Erica Hadley-Jarret is a senior urban regeneration consultant, who has high-level experience in voluntary sector development. A graduate in Sociology and Cultural Studies, she achieved a first class honours for completing her research in voluntary sector evaluation. Erica is now playing a leading role within Emica Consulting providing cutting edge business planning, communication, coaching and mentoring solutions. Erica has worked on a wide range of research based community projects into current social issues such as homelessness, domestic violence, faith-based community development, poverty, gang culture and ethnic minorities. She has direct experience of working within a leading charity and has an in-depth understanding of the challenges organisations are presented with.

Luke Crimi
Researcher
Sustainable Social/Economic Development

Luke Crimi has recently joined the Emica team. Luke is a researcher in sustainable social/economic development who specialises in quantitative and qualitative economic development research. Luke is currently supporting public and voluntary sector clients on multi-disciplinary economic development and regeneration projects. Luke will be playing a key role in appraisals and evaluations, fundraising, neighbourhood renewal, public service delivery, regional and local development in urban and rural areas. Luke is qualified to Masters level in Research Methodologies- Globalisation and Development. Luke will also be assisting with market feasibility studies, project appraisals and plans, programme evaluations and associated organisational reviews.

Melanie Thomson
Senior Consultant
Organisational Strategy and Growth

Based in our Wales office, Mel Thomas is a graduate in International History and International Relations Mel Thomas is an expert in research methodology, statistical compilation and analysis and information management as well as critical thinking and analytical skills. She also specialises in conflict resolution and is working with a number of organisations to help them develop their strategic capacities. Before attending University Mel was also a member of the local ATC (Air Training Corps) where she gained the rank of Sergeant and regularly represented the Corps in sporting and flying events. As one of Emica high flyers, Mel has excelled in voluntary and public sector development.

Najam Sabar
Consultant
Auditing, Finance and Performance

The youngest member of the team, Naj Sabar is one of the emerging stars of Emica Consulting. The youngest person in the country to become a Sage Certfied Professional, Naj is a key part of the Accountancy and Finance Division, headed by Matthew Ingham. He is also a strategic advisor for Emica’s company growth strategy. Known as the ‘Martin Bashir’ in Emica Consulting, Naj knows how to punch above his weight and has played a key role in negotiating new contracts for the firm through his excellent and tenacious communication skills.

Christopher Cripps
International Development Consultant

Grandson of the late Sir Stafford Cripps, Emica Consulting’s Christopher Cripps is an urban regeneration consultant, based in UK and Accra, who has extensive experience of Project Management of Land Developments. Christopher, originally trained as an Architect, went on to study for 6 years for his PhD thesis which examined the role of design in the political and economic context of city development. He worked subsequently on a wide variety of projects from the perspective of each of the principal actors in Development: for Local Authorities, for Private Developers and Investors, and for Local Communities. He worked until recently in the UK on ‘cutting edge’ master planning and urban regeneration projects for Local Authorities including the extension of Leeds City Centre (population 1m), managing the Master plan of a 20Ha area of Burnley Town Centre (Lancashire Town, Population 100,000), and managing the Master plan for Edlington, former mining town finished May 2005.

Thomas White
International Development Consultant

Emica Consulting’s Thomas White is a rural development specialist with a particular focus in conflict resolution and livelihood enhancement, currently based in Uganda.   Thomas has an MSc in Global Development Management and has a background in Politics and has worked within a fundraising capacity, working in close collaboration with a multitude of institutional donors such as ECHO, UNHCR, UNDP, FAO and various Embassy’s.  He has worked for NGOs in Sierra Leone, India, Uganda and Kenya and has experience in both humanitarian and developmental work, including infrastructure rehabilitation, road rehabilitation, food security projects, Disaster Risk Reduction, Famine Early Warning Systems, borehole rehabilitation and education based projects.