{"id":1070,"date":"2023-08-15T20:31:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T20:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/ae\/?page_id=1070"},"modified":"2025-11-19T13:17:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T13:17:22","slug":"steven-mifsud","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/ae\/about-us\/steven-mifsud\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Mifsud"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Steven <\/strong>established Direct Access<\/a> in 2004, building it into the international award-winning firm<\/a> it is today.<\/span><\/p>\n

Born profoundly deaf and growing up with an acute awareness for disability-related issues, his early work included audit consultancy for the department chain John Lewis<\/a>, several local authorities, housing associations and education establishments from primary to universities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Steven was also the project lead for several major commissions including the Science Museum Group<\/a>, McArthur Glen<\/a>, UNESCO<\/a> World Heritage sites, the Roman City of Bath<\/a>, and the Transport for London step-free programme<\/a> for the 2012 Olympics. <\/span><\/p>\n

Steven was the Project Director for Universal Design at the world exposition Expo 2020 Dubai<\/a>, then for the duration of the event became the Director of Accessibility. Most recently, he has led our accessibility consultancy project for COP-28 at Expo City and the Al Shindagha Museum<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since 2017, Steven has been the lead Access Consultant for railway operator Avanti West Coast<\/a>. Steven was also part of the audio-visual narration<\/a> for the Tokyo Paralympics. Steven is registered with the National Register of Access Consultants (NRAC)<\/a>. In 2021, Steven was awarded an MBE<\/a> for services to International Trade in the Queen\u2019s Birthday Honours list.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

In 2025, Steven was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Arts by the University of Brighton, the very place he studied architecture 30 years prior.<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Steven Mifsud MBE Director of Accessibility Steven established Direct Access in 2004, building it into the international award-winning firm it is today. Born profoundly deaf and growing up with an acute awareness for disability-related issues, his early work included audit consultancy for the department chain John Lewis, several local authorities, housing associations and education establishments from primary to universities. Steven […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1072,"parent":282,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1070","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nSteven Mifsud - Direct Access Middle East<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Steven established Direct Access in 2004, building it into the international award-winning firm it is today. 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