Parking Matters:

An architecture graduate from Cambridge University, he has held senior positions in the European parking industry including Manager Director of VinciPark UK and Development Director at Q-Park UK.

Nigel is Chair of the Board of Directors and a past President of the British Parking Association. He is also Vice-President of the European Parking Association. He chairs the International Alliance for Parking Data Standards (APDS) and The Smarter Parking Group of the Department for Transport’s Transport Technology Forum, which provides guidance to local authorities on industry innovation and best practice.
He co-founded Parking Associates in 2003 and launched Parking Matters in 2008. He is co-founder of Parking & Property ,a one-day international event held in London each spring since 2011.

He has spoken extensively in Europe, North America and the Middle East. Nigel received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Parking Awards in 2019.

He has a deep understanding of the often-conflicting priorities and desires of retailers, tenants, and residents. He has developed new parking strategies for numerous UK local authorities as part of urban regeneration schemes, including data analysis, tariffs, and asset optimisation.

During his 20-year career with NCP, Gordon held senior positions managing the company’s estate and acquisitions in various regions. He oversaw the outsourcing of the company’s property function and became the client interface responsible for the performance of the national property portfolio.

His knowledge of property and city centre management, gained from working in the public and private sectors, includes the development of parking strategies, pricing policies and best practice operational procedures. He specialises in the letting/sale of car parks, service charge and insurance advice, lease renewals and rent reviews, and development agreements.

He was UK Managing Director and Group Product Manager for parking equipment supplier WPS. He led their development of e-payment systems, integrated validation systems, and solutions for on and off-street parking control and enforcement.

He is a board member of the Alliance for Parking Data Standards (APDS) and is lead author of the Use Case documentation, on how APDS standards can facilitate innovation in parking. Keith is a member of the BPA’s Technology, Innovation and Research Board, and a British Parking Award jury member.

He has made numerous presentations at conferences and seminars in Europe. He chaired the 2015 Smart Parking UAE conference in Dubai.

Keith specifies and helps procure parking technology packages for local authorities and parking operators. He ensures you employ the right technology for optimisation of parking operations, integration of parking into Smart City systems and development of smart technologies to support the customer journey.

Following a degree in Geography from Oxford and a masters in Transport Planning from London University he worked in local government specialising in different aspects of parking, before joining the private sector where he became Operations Director of VinciPark and later, Managing Director of Central Parking System.

At these large UK parking operators, he was responsible for the nationwide delivery of high-profile public services, working under contract to some 70 public and private sector clients. He has twice sat on the European Parking Association Awards Jury.

He brings wide experience of on and off-street parking operations, business development, managing contractual relationships, and of leading low margin multi-site service businesses with a significant degree of public scrutiny and accountability.