Planning and urban design consultancy Turley Associates’ Director Diana Fitzsimons has been appointed to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Governing Council.
Diana Fitzsimons has been involved in planning and development activity in Northern Ireland for over 25 years and has worked on many major projects including Titanic Quarter, Sirocco, Odyssey, Giant’s Causeway and the Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan.
Diana takes up her appointment in the next few weeks and comments: “The Governing Council sets the long term direction for RICS that will shape the future of the profession and its 150,000 members. The elected Governing Council with representatives from around the world meets three times per year and embraces the property aspects of planning in which I have a particular interest. I am very happy to have been asked to serve on this forward looking Council.”
Diana Fitzsimons is also the Deputy President of the International Federation of Housing and Planning. Prior to joining Turley Associates 10 years ago as Belfast Office Director, Diana was Principal Commissioner with the Planning Appeals Commission.
