Ann Lakshmanan
Director
Architect: BA (Hons) Dip Arch RIBA
Ann's experience and projects include Honilands School, Hartley School, Capel Manor School, Salisbury School, New City School, Kensington School, Elmington Green and Telferscot, Other work includes projects for The Girls' Day School Trust, Enfield, Stonebridge, Camden, City University London, and new PFI housing in Lambeth.
Ann joined us in 2004, becoming Associate in 2007, an Associate Director in 2011 and a Director in July 2014. Ann is currently the practice Chair, overseas our HR and operations and leads our Schools sector.
Charles Dokk-Olsen
Director
Architect: BA (Hons) BArch RIBA
Charles' experience and projects include Percy Gee East Wing, The School of Business at Brookfield, New VIc College, Warneford Hospital Masterplan, Stamford Court Conference Centre, University of Leicester Residential Training and Conference Centre, Bennett Foyer, Clapton Library, School of Pharmacy.and UEA Central Library.
Charles has led our work on a wide range of projects in education, working with listed buildings and interiors, at Parliament, with ibraries and at urban design and masterplan level. He joined Shepheard Epstein Hunter in 1999, became an Associate in 2007, an Associate Director in 2011 and a Director in July 2014. Charles leads our Business Development and is sector lead for Higher Education and Science/Technology.
Tzeh Bin Cheong
Director
Architect
Bin's experience and projects include Elmington Green, East City Point, Sarah Bonnell School, Upton Cross School, Fawood Avenue, Ada Lewis House, Honilands School, Paddington Green School, Blackfriars Settlement and Sunnyhill School
Bin joined SEH in January 2004, became an Associate in July 2013, Associate Director in 2017 and in 2019 is now Managing Director. Bin is our sector lead for housing, and is also responsible for our Technical Delivery.
Sapna Shah
Associate Director
Architect
Sapna joined Shepheard Epstein Hunter in October 2005, qualified and registered as an architect in 2008 and became an Associate Directors of the practice in 2024.
Sapna's experience includes our projects for the London Borough of Camden, the International Transport Workers Federation, and London South Bank University and Putney High School Performing Arts Centre.
Sapna is our Interiors lead.
Dr Patricia Martin del Guayo
Associate Director
Architect, Master of Architecture in Urban Design (Harvard), PhD in Sustainable Urban Design (AA)
Patricia joined Shepheard Epstein Hunter in March 2015, having gained her architecture degree in Spain and gained experience in several offices in Spain and Germany, and with her own practice.
Patricia holds a Master of Architecture in Urban Design qualification from Harvard, and a PhD in Sustainable Urban Design from the Architectural Association in London.
Patricia's work with us includes Space Park Leicester, Phases One and Two, and four major Oxford masterplans: Warneford Hospital, Begbroke Science Park and new housing. Osney Mead Innovation Quarter and Radcliffe Observatory Quarter.
Patricia supports our masterplanning work.
Seetal Mistry
Associate
Seetal joined Shepheard Epstein Hunter in 2019, becoming an Associate in 2024, and has worked on a range of projects since joining including mixed used developments, masterplanning and education projects.
Since joining, Seetal has worked on a major estate masterplan, including resident consultation sessions, feasibility studies for secondary school projects and delivery of mixed use building including a library, GP surgeries and residential development.
George Georgiou
Associate
HNC Building Studies
George is our Practice & Quality Manager and joined Shepheard Epstein Hunter in 1995,becoming an Associate of the practice in 2007. George set up and manages our integrated Quality and Environmental Management System (QEMS) and ensures its continued compliance with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. He supports our business development and competitive submissions.
Reinis Kokins
Designer
Reinis joined Shepheard Epstein Hunter in May 2016. After obtaining a masters degree in architecture in Politecnico di Milano he gained experience of residential architecture in Latvia.
Reinis has recently finished working on a large housing redevelopment project at Elmington Green, South London and using his Revit skills is now heading up team running a residential project in Colindale, North London for 163 units.
Ana Carp
Designer
Ana joined Shepheard Epstein Hunter in 2019 and has worked on Higher Education and Masterplanning projects. With over 10 years of relevant architectural professional experience, Ana is making a positive difference in projects through conscientious understanding of client’s requirement. Ana's work with us includes delivery Space Park Leicester and various housing schemes for planning and delivery.
Celia Hsin
Designer
Celia gained her Bachelor of Art in Architectural Studies and Master of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong and also has a MSc in Environmental Design and Engineering from the Bartlett, University College London. She studied for her Part 3 at the Architectural Association and has nine years of post-part 3 experience working on various projects including commercial, education, residential and mixed use.
Celia joined us in September 2019 and has worked on a range of Higher Education projects. Celia has completed a Passive House designer course in 2023 and is an accredited Passive House Designer.
Regina Ortega
Designer
Regina joined Shepheard Epstein Hunter in December 2017 after having gained experience working on residential, retail and commercial projects around Greater London. She completed her MArch qualification at Kingston University in 2016 and completed her Part 3 studies at Westminster University in 2020.
Regina is has worked on several major higher eduation projects and has taken an accredited WELLNESS qualification.
Amit Bura
Designer
After completing his Part 1 / BA (Hons)Bachelor Degree at the University of Portsmouth 2014 and Part 2 / MArchD Masters in Architectural Design at Oxford Brookes University 2017, Amit joined us in August 2019 and has successfully completed his Part 3 studies in 2021.
Amit has worked on the delivery of several major housing schemes and a large scale refurbishment and extension project for a University.
Nellie Ogbonna
Designer
MArch
Natalie Herson
Administrator
BA (Hons) MSc
Nat joined SEH in 2021. She manages our studio and supports our finance management.
Farhan Uddin
Designer
Farhan joined us in September 2023. He is currently undertaking a Architectural Apprenticeship Level 7 at London Southbank University, leading to professional qualification.
Farhan has been working on residential feasbility studies.