Esther is an experienced Historic Environment Consultant whose unique background in real estate enables her to incorporate aspects of property development and finance into the historic environment sphere. She combines this with her passion for promoting sustainability in the heritage sector.

With a thorough working knowledge of architectural history of all periods and experience in the analysis and interpretation of historic buildings and archaeological sites, she fully understands the issues, both conservation and development-related, that affect the historic built environment. 

Having worked for over 10 years as a Financial Analyst working primarily within real estate finance and capital markets for various market participants, including major banks, Esther has a robust understanding of development economics and viability, complemented by strong analytical, research and report-writing skills.

She has taken her extensive finance experience of conducting robust assessments of assets under management based on a thorough understanding of the risk environment through analytics, evaluation and treatment and applies it successfully to her heritage work.

Knowledgeable and interested in planning and the economics of development, Esther takes a holistic approach ensuring that she understands the wider project context and works collaboratively as the project progresses. This helps mitigate risk and impact to heritage and project delivery and budget and produces the optimal outcome for heritage and stakeholders.

Esther holds a MA in the Archaeology of Buildings from the University of York. She also holds a degree in archaeology from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. She has extensive knowledge and experience of projects which focus on finding enterprising ways to revitalise historic buildings and sites through sustainable reuse.

She is a Trustee of The Architectural Heritage Fund, with her initial involvement with the organisation as the Project Manager responsible for establishing their £7 million Heritage Impact Fund, the only social impact fund focused on historic buildings.
Esther is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA) and a former member of the Board of Directors of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA) and a CIfA accredited member (MCIfA). She provides CPD training on good practice in the historic environment in planning-led contexts and is the former co-lead (with Alan Chandler) of the London School of Architecture’s Part 4 course “Working with Heritage”.

Robinson Wild Consulting

We take a sensible, realistic and honest approach when assisting our clients which is especially valuable when navigating the planning system.

We communicate with a grounded, practical perspective, delivering solutions that balance innovation with feasibility. We focus on approaches that respect both heritage significance and the practical needs of a project, ensuring achievable and sustainable outcomes.

Our ambition matches that of clients. For those who own and/or manage historic assets, Robinson Wild is the historic environment consultancy that supports and empowers them to unlock the full potential of their historic assets, this can include delivering financial returns while also creating meaningful
social value.

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