Tajal Rutherford-Bhatt
BA (Hons) Interior ArchitectureTajal is an interior designer with over twenty years’ experience. Since joining tp bennett as a graduate in 2004, she has played an active role in the growth and evolution of the company’s interiors studio.
Working across a range of sectors in the UK and internationally, Tajal has designed and delivered schemes for leading brands and institutions including the successful Capital Group London HQ in the Renzo Piano designed Paddington Cube, the refurbishment and transformation of global professional services firm Marsh McLennan’s UK headquarters, and the award-winning VitrA showroom.
A champion of tp bennett’s social value priorities, Tajal advocates the positive effect excellent design can have for communities. She sits on the board of Impact Dance, a Hip-Hop and Street Dance Academy for 11–19 year olds, having delivered a high quality environment that supports and nurtures their youth development programme.
People
An award-winning practice with global reach, tp bennett is committed to investing in its people, who are at the heart of everything we do.
Our workforce is drawn from many countries with more than 20 nationalities represented and 25 languages spoken, in open-plan offices with an approachable management structure. We believe in an inclusive working environment.
Principal Directors
Non-Executive Chair, Chief Commercial Officer and CFO/COO
Principal Consultants
Directors
- Emiliano Acciarito
- Neege Allen-Navarria
- Jim Arthur
- Simon Bacon
- Polly Barker
- Kevin Bell
- Bob Bissett
- Sarah Brown
- Andrew Brown
- Naomi Buckley
- Andrew Campbell
- Christina Christou
- Jane Crowhurst
- Claire Dimitriou
- Helen Dixon
- Daniel Dominguez
- James Elliott
- Grant Foster
- Trevor Gale
- Kuldeep Gill
- Tammy Harari
- Julie Heron
- Janet Johnson
- Anne Kuzyk
- Keith Law
- Andrew Leaver
- Stephen Masterson
- Richard McGuinness
- Andrew McLean
- Kat McMahon
- Martin Miesowicz
- Sheena Molloy
- Nicholas Morgan
- Gemma Newell
- Vicki Odili
- Alex Parisotti
- Alastair Paterson
- Peter Pringle
- Corinne Pringle
- Brian Reynolds
- Nick Rutherford
- Tracey Sanders
- Paul Scott
- Pragna Shah
- Sasha Simeunovic
- Shawn Smith
- Neil Sterling
- Alex Taylor
- Daniel Townend
- Sam Watkins
- Chris Webb
- Michelle Wilkie
- Steve Wood
- Leanne Wookey
Project Directors
- Chris Ansell
- Lucy Bagshaw
- Simon Barham
- Michael Beach
- Andy Bentley
- Martin Bull
- Sergio Cavadas
- Sam Clarke
- Stuart Cuss
- Roisin Darwish
- Chris Delahunt
- Lisa Delaney
- Euan Douglas
- Nina Dunn
- Nicky Fraser
- Conor Freaney
- Hannah Gay
- Vasilios Georgiou
- Jack Godfrey
- Andrew Guerin
- Robert Gurney
- Luke Herring
- Emily Hume
- Helen Ieronimo
- Kit Ingham
- Damien Izoulet
- Anthony Jesshop
- Simon King
- Carlos Lambert
- Amy Leech
- Nicola Matthews
- Matteo Mazzola
- Dharmesta Mistry
- Ciaron Mullarkey
- Terry Nicholls
- Claire Orr
- Elizabeth Owen
- James Painter
- Ashleigh Palma
- Maria Palmer
- Maria Papadopoulou
- John Pritchard
- Jason Roberts
- Anna Sigler
- Rob Smith
- Andrew Tapsell
- Sophie Taylor
- Salvatore Testa
- Paul Titchener
- Natalie Trotter
- Natalie Walker
- Rebecca Wall
- Ray Wan
- Paul Watts
- Poppy Weston
- Rachael Winsor
- Alberto Yebenes
- Melanie Zarins
- Alcinda dos Santos Fortes
Associate Directors
- James Aitken
- Susan Aksun
- Wesley Baker
- Veronica Baroni
- Amy Barrs
- Paul Beech
- Laurie Bennett
- Louis Bibby
- Michael Blewitt
- Francesco Bonfanti
- Gio Bono
- Carla Booth
- Amie Bosson
- Lenka Bouckova
- Mark Brighouse
- Cat Brown
- Ilaria Capece
- Keith Chan
- Chiomi Christie
- Grace Cooke
- Chiara Cozzolino
- Sarah Creedon
- Nelly Dacic
- Hamadi Daud
- Penny Deakin
- Clare Debney
- Preven Deol
- Matthew Downey
- Dirk Eisenacher
- Laura Faccini
- Angela Forte
- Federica Frangipane
- Joe George
- Elisabetta Gilardino
- Jonathan Gillett
- Piotr Giza
- Andrew Hackett
- Emily Hale
- Jessica Ham
- Martina Hanzlova
- Michelle Heath
- Chris Ingram
- Ewa Jakubczyk
- Andrew Jewsbury
- Rebecca Johnston
- Ugnius Kisielius
- Giang Le
- Helen Lee
- Joanna Lichnowska
- Darren Lucraft
- Neil Mackay
- Guy Marriott
- Emily Morrish
- Paul Munro
- Lucy Myles
- Shameel Nanuck
- Francesca Parpinel
- Veselina Petkanova
- Hazel Quinn
- Alice Reed
- Juliana Renn
- Simon Riden
- Nia Rodgers
- Teresa Rodriguez
- Tom Saville
- Kate Skinner
- Andrew Stewart
- Maya Szelmeczka
- Katie Terlecki
- Jake Thompson
- Francesco Tidona
- Lisa Tolaini
- Jason Turner
- Kagan Varoglum
- Migle Vaskeviciute
- Marina Villarroel
- Chiara dal Pozzo
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Careers
We provide an in-house mentoring programme to help your progress in your career.
We also provide an in-house mentoring programme to help your progress in your career. When you join tp bennett you become part of a family network, a family that believes in a healthy work-life balance. We have a very active sports and social committee that holds regular events, including an annual study trip, weekly Friday drinks, theatre trips, sports activities and more.
Our headquarters is in Southwark, London, in the heart of one of the world’s great creative clusters, and we have regional hubs in the vibrant Northern Quarter district of Manchester and in Leeds. Come and meet us.
View our latest vacancies here.
Gender pay gap
tp bennett is committed to having a diverse workforce. We value diversity and will continue to provide equal opportunities for all employees.
As we employ more than 250 people, we are required to report on our gender pay gap figures. tp bennett welcomes this initiative and is hopeful that it will be a positive step in bridging the gender pay gap in the built environment sector.
To download the 2023 Gender Pay Gap Report click here.
We are always looking for talented people to join our team.
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