robert bishop

Architect and workplace specialist with deep expertise in space planning, technical product solutions, and client-facing project management. Skilled in CAD and spatial analytics, with a career spanning executive offices, global workplace systems, and large-scale transformation. Fluent in French, with intermediate Spanish and German, I bring international experience and cultural fluency to client projects across Europe.

Core Skills

• Corporate Office Space Planning & Workplace Design (CAD/Creative Cloud)
• Technical Product Solutions & Workplace Systems Integration
• Client & Dealer Engagement | European Market Experience
• Project & Product Management (Agile / Waterfall / NVQ5 Project Management)
• Technical Briefing & Solution Design | Shell & Core Interpretation
• Multi-Lingual: French (fluent), Spanish & German (intermediate)

Key Relevant Achievements

• JP Morgan Chase ($86m Workplace Programme): Delivered agile workplace design solutions, resetting programme governance and embedding global space standards. Worked directly with international stakeholders to deliver consistent workplace models.
• Home Office Hub Programme (£150m+): Applied advanced space planning to consolidate 17 sites into 2 hubs, supporting 7,500 staff. Designed layouts, technical product plans, and hybrid workplace environments.
• Competition & Markets Authority: Designed and implemented a hybrid workplace for 1,000 staff. Produced space layouts and technical solutions that aligned with user needs and raised satisfaction scores by 18 percentage points.
• Wakefield Council: Applied creative space and product planning to preserve 21 depots and save £20m. Ensured continuity of services while reducing footprint.
• Corporate Clients (Shell, PwC, Nokia, Save the Children): Developed detailed space plans and re-stacking solutions across Europe, working with local and international dealers to deliver technical workplace strategies.

Professional Experience

Principal Consultant – Arcadis (2015–2025)

• Delivered large-scale workplace programmes for government and regulators.
• Produced space planning solutions and layouts for corporate and operational sites.
• Partnered with client boards to align technical product planning with cultural and organisational needs.

Lead Consultant – CBRE (2014–2015)

• Delivered global workplace planning solutions for JP Morgan Chase.
• Produced detailed layouts and product plans, aligning with shell & core and global design standards.

Strategic Consultant – HOK, Johnson Controls, Morgan Lovell (1994–2001)

• Created workplace and product solutions for Shell, PwC, Nortel, Nokia, and Save the Children.
• Delivered detailed space planning and technical specifications for European offices.

Earlier Career – Senior Architect, Michael Hopkins & Partners; Arup.

Education

• Qualification as architect (Distinction) – Architectural Association (Part 3)
• AA Dipl (Distinction, highest UK post grad student) – Architectural Association (Part 2)
• BSc Architecture (First Class) – Bartlett, University College London
• NVQ 5 Project Management – Accredited Change Programmes
• BA English Literature – University of London