Heather Pinnock is a Jamaican PlaceMaker and champion of sustainable tropical living. She is a development professional with training in Architecture, Urban Design and Project Management, as well as over 25 years of experience in construction and real estate. She is a graduate of the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London and the Caribbean School of Architecture, University of Technology, Jamaica.

Heather’s experience includes master planning, energy efficient and net zero buildings, sustainable housing and public spaces across the Caribbean region. She has served as a consultant to the Housing Development Corporation in Trinidad and Tobago and as Chief Technical Director (Deputy to the Permanent Secretary) in Jamaica’s Ministry of Water and Housing. In 2021, she concluded a successful stint leading one of the Government of Jamaica’s largest real estate development and management agencies, the Urban Development Corporation, where she actively raised the national standard for ‘making development happen sustainably’.

Some of Heather’s most recent activities include being a planning advisor to UN Women Caribbean and co-chair of the Commonwealth Women in Planning. She is also an EarthCheck Design Accredited Professional, a licensed real estate salesperson and a trainer in green building. She leads her own boutique development company, LUCEA Caribbean, which offers advisory services with a focus on strategic planning, sustainability, climate resilience and conscious living for tropical regions and small island developing states.