Dr. Marta Fernández
Dr. Fernandez was appointed to this role in late 2015. Her career has spanned senior management roles in the UK, including Global Research Leader at international consultancy Arup. She has a strong interest in urban wellbeing, particularly the impact of design and technology for healthy ageing and has been a member of European expert panels for nature-based solutions in cities, energy efficient buildings and healthy buildings. In 2021, Prof Fernandez was appointed an RMIT Vice-Chancellor’s Innovation Professor. She has held honorary appointments at University College London and Imperial College Business School and is member of the Executive Board and Steering Committee of the European Construction Technology Platform, the Triple Helix Association and is a Non-executive Director of Thomas Telford Ltd in the UK. Prof Fernandez has a doctorate degree in carbon sequestration from University College London and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and the Institution of Engineering and Technology in the UK.
