Kay Hanson is the Plymouth Studio Director of HLM Architects. She heads up a multi-disciplinary team working across the architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and sustainability sectors.

HLM are keen advocates of social value and delivering thoughtful, transformative places that support communities, our planet, and each other.

HLM are supporting the Clerkenwheels ride with a Grand Depart networking event to send us off on day one of our ride.

In this episode, we discover Kay's career trajectory from HLM to teaching and back

The importance of diversity and neurodiversity in architecture and interior design

How outreach programs can help to promote careers in the built environment

And why, if you really don't want to. It is ok to say No.

LinksKay on LinkedIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/kay-hanson-16441260/?originalSubdomain=uk HLMhttps://hlmarchitects.com/ United in Design https://www.unitedindesign.com

Clerkenwheels https://www.clerkenwheels.com

Industry Publicity https://www.industrypublicity.co.uk/

I want to thank the team from United In Design for supporting our ride, Sophie Ashby and Alex Dorley and behind the scenes, Eman Akbar, who's been working tirelessly to put things in place.

Julienne Webster from Industry Publicity, who's helping us with the marketing and PR of our initiative, and Tom Bourne from Select First, my co-rider for thinking up the idea, coming up with the name and keeping me motivated whilst I try to do my training.

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