NPED Ambassadors
NPED ambassadors are a specially selected panel of industry experts from the world of parking, enforcement, policing, and government.
The aim of this non-executive panel is to provide sector specific advice and support to the National Persistent Evader Database, helping facilitate the strategic decision-making process. NPED Ambassadors will form part of the Steering Group.
Alison Tooze
Ali has worked at the BPA for 22 years and for some time now has worked with and on behalf of public sector members, representing their interests with policy makers and other stakeholders.
Ali has a keen interest in ensuring that powers to manage traffic and parking are effective in driving behaviour change and also practical in terms of their operational delivery. The flaws in legislative powers to manage persistent evaders has been something Ali is invested in addressing and is how she became involved in the nuisance vehicles campaign at its inception. This naturally led to her helping to support the development of NPED to enable better capture of data that can be used to monitor and better manage our vehicle community as well as help to inform current enforcement processes. Ali joins as an NPED ambassador to represent the interests of all BPA members and help to drive forward the supporting campaign for improved legislative powers to tackle the serious problem of nuisance vehicles and motorists.
Ian Gamble
Ian has worked exclusively in the Parking Sector since 1991, when Local Authorities were granted the powers to enforce decriminalised parking regulations from the UK Police network.
Predominately undertaking business development role; Ian’s expertise encompasses both products and services that allow the Authorities, and private land operators, to manage their sites in the most economically efficient ways.
He is widely recognised as an expert in Automatic Number Plate Recognition and camera solutions, and enforcement legislation.
Ian is a Fellow of The British Parking Association and a member of the Council of Representatives.
Sarah Randall
Sarah has worked across local government for over 15 years, across London Borough of Croydon and Newham as Assistant Director of Parking and Traffic.
Sarah’s career has been marked by exceptional leadership skills, having managed large multidisciplinary teams across multiple sites and navigated complex organisational challenges with finesse. She has developed and implemented new initiatives across various environments including Clean Air Strategies, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and the award winning ‘School Street’ initiative.
Contributions to the parking sector have been widely recognised, earning Sarah a well-deserved reputation as a prominent member of the British Parking Association’s Smarter Parking Board and its Women in Parking Group. She has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the London Councils road safety award, five British Parking Association awards, and the Croydon Council Awards. Most notably, in 2022, Sarah was honoured with the Parking Person of the Year award.
Now at Agena group as Director of Propositions & Local Authority, Sarah will play a pivotal role in shaping and driving the Agena message with existing and new propositions, focusing on delivering client value, innovative solutions, entry into new markets and delivering growth in the Local Authorities sector and beyond.
Peter D Lowe, F.B.P.A
Peter has been Chair of the Wales BPA Parking & Transport Group since 2010 and is a past president of the BPA (2017-2018). He has been Managing Director of RTA Associates Ltd since October 2010.
RTA Associates Ltd, is a well-respected private company specialising in consultancy advice and DTRO work to the parking industry, predominantly; but not exclusively; to the public sector at both government and local levels across the UK. Peter worked at Salford Council for 18 years, leaving in April 2001 to work for RTAA.
Peter is a Fellow of the BPA and has been an active member since 2009, playing a pivotal role in the progress made by the Wales group since its inception 14 years ago. He works closely with councils across Wales, representing the Country’s interest at national level.
Paul Dawson
Paul is passionate about how using data can transform service and improve decision making, having worked across the moving traffic, transport and parking sector for 20 years.
Paul has ensured data plays a pivotal role in all decision making. With a long track record of delivering large scale complex system development projects in the public sector Paul is well placed to support the evolution of the Parking Sector.
Richard Walker
Richard Walker is Group Manager for the North Essex Parking Partnership, a multi-authority shared-services partnership.
Richard manages the North Essex Parking Partnership (NEPP); he was instrumental in establishing the two Essex Partnerships, against challenging deadlines in April 2011, when Essex County Council was looking for ways to reduce deficit support. The Partnerships saved over £1m per year between them over the previous twelve agencies.
With a career spanning more than thirty years working in the local authority arena for both Borough and County tiers, it was Park & Ride that led Richard to alight from managing bus timetables and arrive in parking. From Suffolk via Norfolk, Ipswich and Colchester Councils to the Essex-wide Partnership.
Richard is also a Chartered Member of the Institute of Logistics and Transport; Chairman to the East Anglian Parking Forum, Chairman to the British Parking Association’s Local Authority Interest Group and Chairman to the Positive Parking Agenda, a founder member of Chipside’s local authority Modern Transport & Parking User Forum, Local Authority Representative on the BPA Council, BPA Vice President and former member of the BPA Board of Directors.
Will Hurley
Will Hurley is the CEO and founder of The International Parking Community (IPC).
Will founded The IPC in 2012 with the express purpose of raising standards across the UK parking industry for the benefit of motorists and parking operators alike.
Will has been invited to sit on government advisory boards related to the parking industry and regarding other matters like the adequate provision of parking facilities for Blue Badge holders, he is also working with Government to help realise a Single Code of Practice that is fair for the compliant motorist and continues to raise standards across the Private Parking Industry.
Will’s experience has given him extensive knowledge of the Private Parking Industry and finding solutions to the problems that frequently occur from it. Will has been very vocal in interviews and social media about the problems that arise from repeat offenders and finding a suitable deterrent.
Will is a practicing solicitor having graduated from Keele University and previously worked in private practice. He also runs a 200-acre Peak District farm with 400+ sheep and cattle.
Graham Footer
Chief Executive Disabled Motoring UK
Following a full and successful career in the British Army, Graham moved into the charity sector and began working for St Dunstan’s (now known as Blind Veteran’s UK), holding a number of positions in the fundraising and communications department, including Head of Fundraising and Communications. After eight years of service with St Dunstan’s, he moved on to join Disabled Motoring UK (DMUK) as Chief Executive. Graham has led DMUK for fourteen years and has overseen many operational changes in that time. He has also implemented a change of culture within the charity which has had an extremely positive effect, resulting in a more open philosophy when working with other organisations to improve the personal mobility of disabled people.
Graham is passionate about making positive changes that empower disabled people, giving them equal opportunities and access to employment, goods and services. He is dedicated to the aims of DMUK to keep disabled people independently mobile to help prevent loneliness and isolation and assist them in taking an active part in their communities and employment. Graham works tirelessly to break down barriers that prevent disabled people from moving independently using their own vehicles and public transport.
Derek Roberts
National Programme Lead – Operation Tutelage
National Roads Policing Operations, Intelligence & Investigation (NRPOII)
Derek has almost 40 years’ law enforcement experience, including having completed 30 years’ service with Staffordshire Police in mainly specialist operations roles and finally as Strategic Development lead for the Central Motorway Policing Group (CMPG). He has also been involved in the national police ANPR programme for over 25 years, undertaking such roles as Staff Officer to the portfolio lead, member of the Portfolio Change Team and as Lead SME. He has previously represented UK policing in numerous forums nationally and internationally in relation to Roads Policing and the Police Use of ANPR technology . During 2023, Derek’s significant contribution to working with partner organisations to tackle vehicle compliance issues was formally recognised in the form of a number of awards.
Tim Ashman
FCMI, MSc, BA (Hons)
Tim is the owner Director of TJA Associates, a business consultancy offering services across the public and private sector. He also has over 30 years of policing experience including specialist operations (incorporating roads policing), partnership working, community safety and business change.
Through TJA Associates, Tim is delivering a wide range of services to NPCC Roads Policing, the Department of Transport and National Highways as part of the national Roads Policing Review. These include exploring innovative ways to reduce road risk and harm, be that prevention of death and serious injury or safeguarding law-abiding citizens from criminality linked to road use. He is also working to enhance the operational benefits of Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology and on innovative digital twin intelligence enrichment concepts.