Our newest team members

We’ve recently welcomed two new members to our Influence team.
Below they tell us a little about themselves…

Claire Thomson

Claire Thomson                                                                                                                            Graphic and Design Technician

I joined Influence at the beginning of June 2014 after deciding to take a change of direction from civil engineering. I have firmly established my role as Graphic and Design Technician over the last eight months, and feel that I am now an integral part of the team. Being in a supporting role, means that I have the pleasure of working with all the members of the Influence team across all three offices. This keeps me busy and gives me the opportunity to work on a really diverse range of projects, whilst constantly adding to my skill set.

Since I have been with Influence, I have had the opportunity to learn and use new software such as GIS, Windfarm and Sketchup which has built tremendously on my previous experience as a CAD and Graphics Technician. On top of all this, I go on site visits every once in a while, which allows me to practise my photography – something I would like to do in my spare time – if I had any!

As well as project based work, I also helped to introduce the new Influence brand in September/October last year. This involved redesigning and updating everything from document templates and marketing material to the Influence Christmas card (my favourite piece of work so far…).

andrewAndrew Tempany                                                                                                                            Associate

I’ve been a Landscape Architect for  over 12 years now, and joined Influence in August 2014 after almost a decade with LUC.  I am now firmly established leading our new London office and I work closely with Newark and Fareham on a wide variety of landscape projects and business development activities.

I get to work on a really diverse and interesting range of projects, including a masterplan for a forgotten Brownian landscape and site specific delivery of strategic green infrastructure.  I also get to use my landscape planning skills to guide the location of developments on sensitive sites.

Away from the office, I enjoy travel, practising my landscape photography and driving my vintage Alfa – a time consuming and expensive hobby!