Podcasts

James Saunders, Quintain

James Saunders was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Quintain in October 2019. James was previously Chief Operating Officer of Quintain and has been a main board director since 2017. As Chief Operating Officer, James led the place-making and estate management at Wembley Park, commercial partnerships, group marketing, IT and health and safety.
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Sadie Morgan, dRMM

Sadie Morgan is a Co-Founding Director of leading architectural practice dRMM, along with Alex de Rijke and Philip Marsh. Over a 25-year career, Sadie has played a key role in the advocacy of exemplary design and architecture, through her professional practice and advisory roles. Read more about Sadie here.
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Graham Craig

Graeme is TfL’s Commercial Development Director and is responsible for its land and property across the capital. This includes an Estate Management function that manages over 5,500 acres of operational land and over 30 offices buildings across London.
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Jacob Loftus

Jacob Loftus is Founder and CEO of General Projects, a design-led real estate developer that creates experiential and sustainable buildings, designed around the needs of the new economy. With a focus on the changing nature of the home and the workplace, General Projects collaborates with architects, designers, creatives and tech experts to deliver environments that …

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Peter Pereira Gray

The Wellcome Trust plays a key role in supporting bio-medical research and initiatives, providing £800 million in funding a year. Susan Freeman speaks to Peter Pereira Gray, Chief Executive Officer of the Investment Division of this organisation about his approach to their investment portfolio, and their response to the COVID 19 crisis.
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Thomas Heatherwick

Susan Freeman speaks to British designer Thomas Heatherwick. He explains how his approach to design has developed over time and shares his experience of leading the design process, and facilitating global collaboration, from his bedroom, during the national lock-down.
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Claire Kober OBE

In this episode, Susan Freeman talks to Claire Kober OBE, Managing Director of Homes, Pinnacle Group, to hear how the COVID 19 crisis has changed their approach to the company’s housing, estates and property management.
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Richard Upton

Susan Freeman talks to Richard Upton, Chief Executive of U+I. A creative entrepreneur and patron of the arts, we hear how he has established, built and sold four property investment and professional companies and developed more than six million square feet of mixed-use real estate.
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Dror Poleg

Author of Rethinking Real Estate and Co-Chair of the Urban Land Institutes Technology & Innovation Council in New York, Diol Poleg, shares insights from his new book about the future of our cities and the built environment.
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Ian Marcus

In this podcast, Susan Freeman speaks to Ian Marcus, Non-Executive Director at The Crown Estate, about what he has learnt from 32 years in the banking industry, working for Bank of America, UBS, NatWest and Bankers Trust/Deutsche, focusing on the real estate industry.
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Ross Bailey

Ross Bailey is the CEO & Founder of Appear Here, the leading online marketplace for short-term retail space.
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Guy Grainger

Guy Grainger is EMEA Chief Executive at NYSE-listed global real estate services company JLL.
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Jo Allen

A Chartered Surveyor, Jo has 30 years of UK real estate experience. Jo is Chief Executive of Frogmore having joined the firm in 1994. She has been involved in the asset management and development activity for the majority of Frogmore’s transactions over the past 24 years.
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Nick Leslau

Nick Leslau, 60, has been Chairman and Chief Executive of Prestbury group of companies, which invests in and manages over £3bn of property assets, since he founded it in January 1998.
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Des Gunewardena

Des was born in Kandy, Sri Lanka, and has lived in London for most of his life.
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