Eli is an expert in sustainability and urban development with experience on five continents. He consults on urban innovation and development, is Vice-Chair of the Urban Land Institute in Hong Kong, and adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong.

Eli has led masterplans for new cities, urban regeneration, transit oriented development, reclamation and waterfront development, industrial, tourism and leisure projects. He is experienced in masterplanning and urban design, large-scale urbanisation and regional strategies, and climate change strategy and policy. In 2006 he led the ground-breaking creation of the evidence base for climate change in the London Plan, and in 2008 he pioneered creation of a mechanism to fund and drive low-carbon retrofit of existing buildings.

Between 2013 and 2022 Eli was Director of Atkins’ Planning and Urban Design practice in South East Asia and Net Zero leader for Asia; Asia Practice Lead for Consulting, Strategy and Advisory; and Chair of Atkins’ Urban Planning Global Network. Prior to joining Atkins, he was at Arup in London and co-founder of startup localCarbon.

Eli is a graduate of The Johns Hopkins University and has an MSc in Town Planning from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is a member of the Pacific Basin Economic Council, a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, sits on the Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design’s Public Affairs and International and Mainland Affairs Committees and the Advisory Board of AMRACE in Malaysia, and was previously Chair of the International Infrastructure Forum’s net zero working group at the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.