Mark Walker

Account Manager

Mark has had an extensive career working within local, Westminster and European politics, public affairs, town planning and the news media.

He studied for a MSc in Town Planning at the University of Brighton during the Covid-19 pandemic subsequently working as a planning officer at Adur and Worthing councils before entering consultancy as a planner at the law firm DMH Stallard LLP. He worked on a wide range of residential and commercial planning applications, as well as appeals, enforcement issues, site appraisals, call for sites and local plan representations on behalf of clients. This included issues related to water neutrality, sustainability, biodiversity net gain and air pollution.

Mark worked for over six years at the Policy Exchange think tank, as a Parliamentary researcher for a shadow minister for the environment in the House of Commons and for two senior members of the European Parliament in Brussels and Strasbourg. He has also spent over eight years within public affairs consulting at RPP Healthcare, where he became the director of policy and advocacy and worked on healthcare, medical technology and environment related projects.

He worked as a news editor and producer for the Latest TV channel. He managed, produced and presented the channel’s news and current affairs output, as well as his own programmes, The Vote, The Newspaper Show and Telly Talk.

As an account manager at Chelgate Local, Mark manages a wide range of projects and clients across the country.

Email: Mark Walker
Tel: 020 7939 7990
LinkedIn: Mark Walker