Gary Lawrence is Global Leader for Sustainable Urban Development at design, engineering and business consultancy, Arup. As the former Planning Director for the City of Seattle, Gary was responsible for development of ‘Towards a sustainable Seattle’, the first sustainability-focused municipal comprehensive plan in the world. The project was named by Time magazine as the most important public policy initiative of 1993. Gary subsequently advised the Clinton Administration, the British Prime Minister’s Office, the UN and the Office of Economic and Community Development (OECD) on matters of sustainable development and environmental policy.