Trudi Elliott CBE

Trudi Elliott has been Chief Executive, Royal Town Planning Institute for 4½ years.

Trudi has a wide-ranging and in-depth knowledge of planning, where she has worked in one capacity or another for the past twenty years. As Director, Government Office for the West Midlands, Trudi had responsibility for advising on large and controversial planning applications, managed the national planning case work on behalf of all government offices and advised on all aspects of planning, housing, transport and regeneration as they affected communities across the West Midlands.

Trudi has experience of working across all sectors '€“ public, private and voluntary. Her previous roles have included Chief Executive of Bridgnorth District Council and Chief Executive of West Midlands Regional Assembly and West Midlands Local Government Association. She has also worked as a lawyer in both the public and private sectors.