Director, Ramboll

Raf has an international reputation as an acoustician and heads the UK acoustics team at Ramboll, a leading engineering, design and consultancy company. As a researcher at the universities of Cambridge and Salford, he gained extensive experience in architectural acoustics, building acoustics and noise control. Working as a consultant, his specialisations include the design of performance spaces, educational facilities and public buildings. He has worked on the design of concert halls in London, Denmark, Melbourne and Krakow, and on music teaching facilities throughout the UK. He is a champion of sound quality in educational buildings and acts as an advisor to the UK's Department of Education, contributing to the development of regulations and working with design teams and contractors on standards and compliance. Convinced of the part that sound has to play in shaping better environments, Raf is linking Ramboll's initiatives for innovation with research into architectural acoustics at Sheffield where he contributes to research supervision as well as teaching.