Bath-based workplace design firm Interaction has appointed the former director of hybrid working at the House of Commons as a specialist workplace strategist.
Emma Wharton Love was previously responsible for developing and delivering Parliament's hybrid-working model and was part of the executive team overseeing the multi-billion-pound restoration of the Palace of Westminster - and devised the corresponding relocation programme.
Before this, Ms Wharton Love was a workplace strategist at HOK, the global design and architecture company, where she advised on major projects including the Guardian News & Media group’s move to new London headquarters in King's Cross.
In her new role Ms Wharton Love will lead workplace projects, Interaction said, helping the company's clients to tackle organisational challenges created by hybrid and agile working.
She said: “I’m delighted to be joining a creative and forward-thinking company that not only has a real grasp of the complex issues facing organisations and employees as they settle into new ways of working, but is also so focused on the wellbeing of those who use their workspaces and decreasing the environmental impact of creating them."
Dieter Wood, managing director of Interaction, said Ms Wharton Love's "extensive knowledge" would help the firm promote better ways of working, staff wellbeing and sustainability.
“We’re really excited to welcome Emma to our growing team at a time when the traditional workplace is undergoing such fundamental change," said Mr Wood.
“In such rapidly evolving times, reviewing your workplace strategy is more important than ever."
In February, Interaction won a multi-million-pound contract to design law firm Osborne Clarke’s new flagship office in Bristol.
The firm has been commissioned to fit-out the company's interior workspaces at Halo - a huge eco office that is part of the Finzels Reach regeneration project and is being built on the site of the former Avon Fire and Rescue headquarters in Bristol.
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