{"id":2313,"date":"2023-11-03T15:33:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T04:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.upco.com.au\/?p=2313"},"modified":"2023-11-03T15:33:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T04:33:49","slug":"welcome-to-andrew-clarke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.upco.com.au\/welcome-to-andrew-clarke\/","title":{"rendered":"WELCOME TO ANDREW CLARKE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>UPco is delighted to welcome (back) on board a new Principal Consultant, Andrew Clarke. While Andrew has been running his own consultancy for the last two decades, he was once a member of our team back in the early days. We took a minute to find out what Andrew has been up to lately, and why he\u2019s chosen to rejoin our fold.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" src=\"https:\/\/www.upco.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cropped-UPco_fav_3-01-1-30px.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1633\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Welcome Andrew \u2013 UPco is very excited to have a planner of your calibre on the team. What inspired you to become a planner in the first place? And what\u2019s the journey been like?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Funnily enough, I got into planning because I didn\u2019t quite know what to do after school \u2013 and it seemed like town planning was a good way to connect some of the things I was good at, especially humanities. I studied Town and Regional Planning at Melbourne Uni and graduated with Honours, which gave me a leg up into one of Melbourne\u2019s larger planning consultancies in 1982.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I first crossed paths with UPco\u2019s Phil Borelli back when he was working for government. Fast forward a few years later and I\u2019d spent a couple of years travelling (including an interesting stint as a bartender and occasional bouncer in Hong Kong!). I found my way back to Melbourne and back into planning, and was appointed to sit on Planning Panels Victoria (a role I ended up staying in for 27 years). By that time, Phil had started SJB Planning, and I joined their small team working alongside Phil and another two or three Planners. I even remember the day when a bright young planner named Amanda Ring joined the team\u2026!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By 2001, I was ready for a new chapter, so I started Matrix Planning Australia. I worked as a one man band for the next 20 years, which meant I got to do an array of things \u2013 from land acquisition and compensation to planning scheme amendments. I also did a fair bit of work as an expert witness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What made you decide to return to UPco?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The world has changed a lot in the last 20 years, and is continuing to change before my eyes \u2013 and it\u2019s very important to me to evolve along with it. I felt like this was the ideal time to re-join a larger team where I can once again be involved with a diverse range of people and projects. The planning industry has been very good to me, and I\u2019ve learnt a lot. I look forward to sharing some of this as a mentor \u2013 and in turn, I am sure there is a lot for me to learn from the younger up-and-coming planners on the team. I\u2019m really looking forward to being back in the thick of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Finally, what are you like as a planner? What qualities will you bring to the UPco mix?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m a very practical planner, really, and I will certainly bring that approach to my work at UPco. Over the years, I have been fortunate to not only have worked on many types of projects, but with many clients and stakeholders too. Along the way I\u2019ve learnt the importance of communication; you need to be able to speak and write well to get your message across, and engage others so they want to listen to you. I look forward to continuing to do that\u2026 now as part of a much bigger team!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" src=\"https:\/\/www.upco.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cropped-UPco_fav_3-01-1-30px.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1633\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Thanks for the chat, Andrew \u2013 we&#8217;re glad to have you back! To learn more about Andrew&#8217;s impressive career, head <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upco.com.au\/team\/\">here<\/a> for his full bio. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPco is delighted to welcome (back) on board a new Principal Consultant, Andrew Clarke. While Andrew has been running his own consultancy for the last two decades, he was once a member of our team back in the early days. 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