Ian Wray

Ian Wray is Visiting Professor and Heseltine Institute Fellow at Liverpool University, and was Chief Planner, Northwest Development Agency 2000-2010. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, Vice Chair of World Heritage UK, and a Commissioner and Steering Group Member for UK2070, an independent review of regional inequalities in the UK, chaired by Lord Kerslake.

He is the author of 'Great British Plans: Who Made Them and How They Worked' (2016), and has written for the Architects Journal and Management Today.

His latest book 'No Little Plans: How Government Built America's Wealth and Infrastructure' was published in 2019.