Hana leads HAT Projects' work on brief-setting, masterplanning, and research. She trained as an architect before her interests led her to work in strategic planning and regeneration. Prior to forming HAT Projects she was deputy director of the regeneration consultancy General Public Agency and has worked as a freelance consultant for clients across the public, private and community sectors.
Hana is experienced in articulating the needs of clients, stakeholders and communities, and responding to the political and social context of a project. She understands how to navigate the processes of planning and consultation successfully and with integrity. Hana's expertise in sustainability includes behavioural and social factors as well as environmental and energy concerns.
Hana is particularly experienced in cultural planning, rural development and the Thames Gateway. Hana's clients have included the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation, the LDA and Suffolk County Council and, while at GPA, projects for Omega Land, the British Council and Dorset County Council. She also writes and teaches diploma at London Metropolitan University. Hana studied at Cambridge, London Met and the Rural Studio, Alabama. She is a Fellow of the RSA and a trustee of DanceEast.