Dudley qualified as an Architect in 1987, joining BLDA Architects in 1998.

He has extensive skills in design, construction and the implementation & delivery of complex projects, including large scale high-specification residential developments, including houses for end-user clients, often involving extensions and extensive internal refits of listed buildings in sensitive historic contexts. He has broad experience in design and in obtaining complex consents for favourable designs from local authorities and estates.

He is responsible for the practice QA system, office standards, procedures and CAD systems.