We are a group of designers, horticulturalists and ecologists who have a shared passion; to turn the grey green.
The Team
Our directors are supported by a team of budding designers, horticulturalists and general green thumbed enthusiasts.
CHAIRMAN
David has over 30 years experience helping companies from start ups to large listed corporates to grow. He has held senior finance positions in companies across a number of sectors including HR consultancy, recruitment, financial markets, IT services, motor retailing and advertising. He is an individual mentor and team developer.
David is currently a non-executive director of a number of AIM companies. He brings with him strategic planning, corporate governance and broad operational experience. He is a team player and loves to help people develop their interests and talents. He became Chairman to help Meristem flourish.
OPERATIONS DIRECTOR
David has overseen the operations department since 2016 and has helped deliver numerous large scale projects in both the commercial and local authority sectors.
He graduated with a Geography degree with a focus on sustainability and the environment. Following on from this he worked in the sustainability and ethics department for the United Nations World Tourism Organisation in New York and Madrid. He then returned to London where he has remained in the sustainability sector working for a cycling infrastructure company and living wall business.
David has a passion for gardening and beekeeping; he heads up our operations team.
SALES & MARKETING DIRECTOR
Habib oversees our sales and marketing activities. After graduating he spent the first part of his life as a surveyor for two of the UK's largest surveying practices, Countrywide Surveyors and GVA Grimley.
He then decided to move into the sustainability sector and has been instrumental in some of London's landmark schemes. He spent over 10 years managing the UK's biggest car sharing company at the time City Car Club and the UK's first Bike Sharing scheme back in 2005.
His next big challenge is to help tackle London's poor air quality by the power of plants.
HEAD OF PROJECTS
Wilf graduated from Newcastle University with a degree in Business Management. He has travelled and worked in Spain, Australia and South East Asia, working in agriculture.
He has over 7 years of experience in delivering large scale placemaking, accessible design and urban greening projects. Passionate about the environment, sustainability and nature and is looking forward to a career in helping make London greener.
He is also an enthusiastic beekeeper, veg grower and part time goat farmer.
HEAD OF DESIGN
Alex graduated from Loughborough Design School with a degree in Industrial Design and Technology and diploma in professional studies.
With a background in both product and commercial interior design, he has years of experience in the preparation of client facing illustrations and visuals to help bring design ideas to life.
Alex heads up Meristem’s design department and was recently awarded Pro Landscapers 30under30 award.
He enjoys travelling and has been to much of Asia, Australasia, Africa and Europe.
MARKETING MANAGER
Shanice graduated from Bournemouth University with a degree in Marketing and Communications.
With a love for beaches and nature reserves, she lived and worked in Bournemouth for the local council, working on a variety of sustainability and community driven projects to bring benefits to the area.
Now living in London, full time plant mum Shan loves being outdoors discovering all that nature has to offer, normally with a coffee on the go. She enjoys reading, running, finding hidden food gems and exploring around the city.
Passionate for wildlife and the environment, she thrives working on projects that add value to communities and make a real difference.
HEAD OF OPERATIONS
Fraser graduated from Southampton Solent University with a degree in Business Management. He then moved into a role as a learning and development trainer in the corporate arena and also established Unique Outdoors, an outdoor adventure business based in Berkshire.
Since joining the team in 2020 he has attained ConstructionLine Gold certification for the business and introduced much of the health and safety process in line with industry and the HSE standards.
Fraser has had a passion for the environment and wildlife conservation from a young age and spends much of his spare time exploring nature hotspots and travelling in the UK or abroad whenever possible.
MAINTENANCE MANAGER | LIVING WALL DESIGNER
Nina believes passionately in the power of nature to transform urban spaces. In 2016, in parallel with her studies at RHS, she began to design, plant and maintain living walls countrywide. She also leads workshops focused on how plants reduce air pollution and innovative ways in which we can keep urban spaces green.
Nina has a PhD from the University of the Arts, and lectures on the MDes Design Management Innovation course at Ravensbourne.
PROJECT MANAGER
George graduated from Exeter University with a degree in Zoology, focussing on sustainability. He has travelled through South America, Australasia and SouthEast Asia, volunteering at animal sanctuaries.
He is passionate about nature and our environment, especially when it comes to hiking, swimming and exploring. Now back in London, he spends his spare time volunteering at community gardens, or discovering new pockets of nature on his bike.
Like the rest of the team, he's an avid gardener, and is looking forward to a career in helping make London greener.
MAINTENANCE MANAGER
John joined our maintenance team in the spring of 2021, his love of conservation and nature is fuelled by his obsession for travel, he has been fortunate enough to visit many places including the Galápagos Islands, New Zealand and Cook Islands to name a few.
He has thrived on installing and maintaining our products around the country and is always happy to chat to local residents about Meristem Design’s passion for all things green.
In his spare time he is a keen footballer, cyclist and hiker, always preferring the outdoor life, hence holidays are now spent under canvas!
DESIGNER
Scott graduated from the Open University with a degree in Design and Innovation. Following from this he worked freelance on a vast array of varying products and projects, developing a wealth of knowledge in design and manufacturing. Furthermore, with a creative background in art, has also worked on numerous artwork projects.
With a strong passion in sustainability and horticulture, he is extremely enthusiastic about implementing and developing designs with a low carbon footprint that maximise the use of plant life.
Scott is also the chairman of Barking and Dagenham Canoe Club, running and racing for the club as well as helping residents of a low socio-economic area access the sport.
OPERATIONS COORDINATOR
Jenna graduated from Kingston University, studying English Literature & Media Studies and has worked within a range of roles varying between Administration, Digital Media, and Customer Service.
She has travelled throughout Europe and spent a year working and travelling in Canada. During her time in B.C, her passion for plants and nature intensified. Having always had an interest in gardening and plants, working among nature in Canada further rooted her passion and drive towards eco-sustainability.
In her spare time, Jenna likes to read, draw, cook, roller skate, going to gigs, hiking, photography, and has an endless and ever growing list of hobbies.
WORKSHOP COORDINATOR & INSTALLER
Marian coordinates our premises in Kent and keeps everything at our 6,000 sq ft workshop running smoothly on a day-to-day basis. He is a skilled fabricator, fixer and woodworker and keeps the pace forward driven with the team.
Marian is constantly on the lookout for ways of improving our workshop operations to make things safer and more efficient. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his son, woodworking, riding his bike and of course, gardening.
INSTALLATION COORDINATOR
Phil splits his time between the workshop in Kent and coordinating project installation on site. He has gathered a broad range of practical experience in the building trade over the past 10 years, this experience along with problem-solving skills make Phil a very handy addition to our workshop and install teams.
Phil has a love of being outdoors, especially with his Beagle Pippa and is a keen foodie, often cooking something delicious for the team when we're working away!
INSTALLER
Stefan worked in construction and landscaping in both Romania and Belgium before moving to London in 2018.
When he isn’t busy installing a parklet or putting up a green screen he is quite the foodie. He doesn’t love cooking but he sure does love to eat a range of different cuisines, his favourite food is barbeque ribs.
MAINTENANCE OPERATIVE
Ray graduated Kent University with a degree in Graphic Design and spent numerous years working with various design companies.
Since joining the Meristem team on a freelance basis in 2021, Ray has lent his creative eye on numerous green installations and assisted the maintenance team in keeping our London projects looking their best.
He has a keen eye and fondness for gardening, design and environmental initiatives. In his spare time, Ray lends his musical talents as drummer of Rock 'n' Roll band the Dead Red Jets!
MAINTENANCE OPERATIVE
Kesh finished an MA in novel writing in 2020 and moved into horticulture inspired by the relationship between people's environments and their quality of life.
He studied horticulture at Walworth Garden and gained experience at Kew Gardens conservation nursery before starting at Meristem. He's passionate about permaculture and ecological planting and currently studying garden design at KLC.
MAINTENANCE OPERATIVE
Jasper grew up living and working on an arable farm near Salisbury so he is no stranger to working outdoors. He also spent time working as a soil sampler before joining the team in 2023.
Jasper supports both the installation and maintenance teams on site around London and hopes to one day take on the family farm. You will find him playing or watching rugby and cricket in his spare time.
MAINTENANCE OPERATIVE
Dean joined us after 19 years at Network Rail where he worked as a Team Leader of the Signals & Telecoms Faulting team which consisted of service-affecting faults rectification, maintenance of old installations & installations of new assets. He has always been green-fingered and worked with both Enfield and Islington councils in their gardening maintenance departments. Furthermore, Dean has experience working in construction groundworks prior to the railway.
In his free time, he loves travelling, sports, cycling, swimming, gym and spending time with family & friends.
HORTICULTURALIST
Nick is a qualified landscape designer with an extensive working knowledge of garden design and horticulture. Having led a team of installers and manufacturers for over two decades, Nick's comfortable habitat is being on site and ensuring the project gets delivered efficiently.
With a key interest in biophilia and the vast benefits of which plants give us, Nick's 20 years experience in product design is now focused on designing systems that make it possible for everyone from a home owner to an office dweller to have access to the beauty and benefits of plants.
FABRICATOR
Jose is involved in turning the design to an actual product. He previously was a lift engineer but decided to change his profession to what he was passionate about; cycling, bike storage, greenery and anything related to creating a better environment.
Jose loves the outdoors and is an avid cyclist. Jose’s warehouse is in the middle of the countryside, the perfect balance between hard work and relaxation in nature.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Pablo is a Chartered Civil and Structural Engineer with experience in different fields of the engineering, such as, bridges, structures, dams, tunnels, foundations, retaining structures, railways, highways, undergrounds, coastal engineering, hydraulic projects and renewable energies.
He holds a MEng. In Civil and Structural Engineering, a BEng. in Agricultural Engineering, a MSc. in Water Engineering, a MSc. in Water Supply and Sanitation and a MSc. in Renewable Energies.
COMPANY DOG
Lexi is a Lurcher (greyhound mix), who enjoys barking at the horses and chasing rabbits at our yard in Cobham. We’re training her to be a guard dog but she’s a bit too loopy. Any dog trainers wanting work, contact us!
COMPANY DOG
Marla is the newest addition to Meristem's K9 Department. She spends most of her time stealing timber offcuts from the wood workshop and barking at the sheep in the fields that back our Kent based workshop.
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Job vacancies
We often have job opportunities available for both full time and freelancers to join our team in turning London green. If you are interested in working for us please send your CV to jobs@meristemdesign.co.uk.