Vivendi Cities
Our team story
We create great places for people.
At Vivendi Cities, we combine deep expertise in urban policy, research and design to deliver innovative, data-driven advice and solutions. We partner with government, industry, academia and NGOs to think differently about what makes streets thrive; offering practical solutions that span urban planning, active transport, infrastructure and governance.
Our Cities team has been working together since 2018.
Both Marc Lane and Sara Stace are architects by training, and bring a deep appreciation and understanding of ‘place’, design and a people-centric approach.
Our first collaboration was developing the NSW Movement and Place framework. Marc was the lead for the Department of Planning, bringing the ‘place’ lense to the framework; while Sara Stace represented Transport for NSW, bringing the ‘movement’ lense, and developed practitioners guides for walking and cycling.
Vivendi Cities Directors
Nick Fletcher, Director, Vivendi Consulting
A 20-year career delivering challenging strategies, operations improvement and data analytics projects for government agencies in the UK, Europe and Australia.
Sara Stace, Director, Cities
A registered Architect bringing 30 years’ experience in all three levels of government and the private sector. Co-authored around 30 guidelines and strategic plans for the United Nations, Australian Government, local and state government.
In mid 2021 Sara commenced a Cities team at WSP, one of the world’s largest engineering and advisory firms. Marc joined soon after and together they built a highly successful team working on a range of urban projects around Australia, with happy clients and great results.
They commissioned Vivendi to sub-consult, leveraging AI to deliver key insights and outstanding projects for our clients. Through these projects we continued to refine and develop the AI tools - PAWs, CMAPS and Trellis - that we continue to use today.
In early 2025, we took the next step of combining our Cities team with Vivendi Consulting to create Vivendi Cities. The same great leadership team, with small firm agility.
With a proven track record spanning six years of collaboration, we uniquely combine deep expertise in urban planning, policy, and strategy with advanced AI and spatial data science. This allows us to deliver evidence-based insights and innovative solutions that set us apart—empowering communities to thrive and prosper in places designed for people and embedded with Country.
Marc Lane, Director, Place Strategy
20 years’ experience in the built environment, including architecture and urban design and has a background in law. He has prepared strategies, policies and projects in London, Dubai and Sydney.
Between 2018 and 2020 Nick Fletcher and Sara Stace developed a multi-billion dollar Cycling and Micromobility strategic business case for the NSW Government. It was assured by Infrastructure NSW in January 2020, right before the COVID-19 pandemic.
This laid the foundation for a major program of popup cycleways in response to the pandemic, when Sydney’s cycling network was doubled in just 9 months.