2025 Speakers

Cllr Claire Holland

Chair, London Councils

Councillor Claire Holland has been the Leader of Lambeth Council since 2021, and a Councillor for Oval ward since 2014. As Leader of the Council, Claire is responsible for setting the overall political and strategic direction for Lambeth, driving forward the council’s response to the climate and ecological crisis and ensuring that this response is centered on increasing equity, economic resilience, and wellbeing of Lambeth's residents.   Prior to becoming Leader, Claire was Deputy Leader and served as the portfolio holder for Sustainable Transport, Environment & Clean Air. She was also Deputy Cabinet Member for Children & Schools, with a primary focus on schools. She has been a legal aid children’s lawyer for over 20 years, fighting for justice for young people’s right to live free from abuse and for their right to support, enabling families to stay together safely. In July 2024, she became the Chair of London Councils. 

Rob Perrins

Chief Executive, Berkeley Group

Rob joined Berkeley Group in 1994. He has been a Main Board member since 2001 and Chief Executive since 2009. Under his management Berkeley has focused on transforming large scale brownfield sites into sustainable mixed-use neighbourhoods, working in close partnership with local councils and communities. Rob has worked extensively in property development throughout his career, working on projects ranging from single houses, to 30-year urban regeneration sites delivering more than 10,000 private and affordable homes. Rob champions Berkeley’s unique operating culture and values, which are based on customer focus, individual design, exceptional placemaking and a commitment to delivery for all stakeholders. Rob has been a Trustee of the Berkeley Foundation since its launch in 2011. This independent charity works in partnership with the Berkeley Group and a network of pioneering charities to support disadvantaged young people and their communities.

Hannah Milne

Managing Director, Real Estate, The Crown Estate

Hannah Milne joined The Crown Estate in January 2011, and sits on the Group Leadership team as Managing Director, Real Estate. Hannah leads The Crown Estate's Real Estate business, with a remit to manage The Crown Estate’s urban workplace, residential and lifestyle portfolio, delivering vibrant and sustainable places across the country, as well as excellent service and innovative solutions for our customers. She leads a team which manages a diverse portfolio across the country, which includes London’s Regent Street and St James’s, retail parks, shopping centres, business parks, and logistics properties with a Capital Value of around £8.4bn. Hannah joined The Crown Estate in 2011 and most recently led the Regional business. She has over 35 years of experience in the real estate industry spanning a broad range of activities, including strategy, portfolio management, investment and development. Previously with Knight Frank and BNP Paribas, she has over 20 years' transactional experience in the capital markets. She is a chartered surveyor with a MA from Cambridge University in Modern Languages.

Tom Goodall

Chief Executive, Related Argent

Cllr Adam Hug

Leader, Westminster City Council

Cllr Adam Hug has been Leader of Westminster City Council since May 2022 and a councillor for Westbourne ward since 2010. He has been Leader of the Labour Group since 2015 having previously served as Deputy Leader and Shadow Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Protection. Since September 2024, he has been Chair of the Local Government Association's Local Infrastructure and Net Zero Board. He is also Chair of Central London Forward and sits on The Royal Parks Board.

Emma Cariaga

Chief Operating Officer, British Land

Emma was appointed Chief Operating Officer of British Land in January 2025. Prior to this, she jointly led the company's 53-acre Canada Water development project in central London. She joined British Land in 2014 and became a member of the Executive Committee in 2019.

Jasper Gilbey

Head of Housing, Alternatives and Strategic Transactions, Nuveen

Jasper is Head of Housing, Alternatives and Strategic Transactions across Europe for Nuveen Real Estate. His primary focus is to grow Nuveen’s Housing and Alternatives platform – a committed portfolio of ~€3bn – via the creation of strategic partnerships with best-in-class local operating and development partners. Prior to his current role, Jasper was Head of the TIAA General Account’s real estate equity programme in Europe, responsible for the management of their ~€4bn portfolio. His primary function was to determine portfolio strategy, deploy capital into growth sectors/geographies and oversee selective asset rotation to drive performance. Before overseeing the TIAA General Account, Jasper managed the ~€3bn Cityhold Office Partnership (“CHOP”) –a joint venture between the TIAA General Account, Swedish National Pensions System’s AP1 and AP2 buffer funds and CBRE GIP. He was instrumental in setting up the venture in October 2015 and oversaw an active rotation strategy of ~€2bn acquisitions/sales to rebalance the portfolio between 2015 and 2019.

Brenda Dacres

Mayor, LB Lewisham

Cllr Ray Morgon

Leader, LB Havering

Ray Morgon was elected as Leader of the Council in May 2022, making history as the first Council Leader in London to come from a non-national party. Ray is passionate about bringing positive change for local residents and lobbying for better funding, investment opportunities and transport improvements for Havering.

Matthew Bonning-Snook

Chief Executive Officer, Helical

Matthew Bonning-Snook, BSc (Urb Est Surveying) MRICS, joined Helical in 1995 and was appointed to the Board as an Executive Director in 2007, assuming the role of Chief Executive Officer following the conclusion of the 2024 AGM. He also serves as Chair of the Sustainability Committee leading our commitment to measuring and improving Helical’s corporate ESG performance and driving the Group’s sustainability initiatives. Prior to joining Helical, Matthew was a Development Agent and Consultant at Richard Ellis (now CBRE). With his extensive experience, expert knowledge of the London property market and established network of contacts within the industry, Matthew provides valuable insight to lead the business and execute the Group’s strategy, including securing our joint venture with Places for London which is the cornerstone of our future pipeline.

Bek Seeley

Chair, Platform4

Cllr Stephen Cowan

Leader, London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham

Cllr Stephen Cowan has been the Leader of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (H&F) since 2014. Under his leadership, H&F has developed a national reputation for its bold approach to change. Stephen set up a ground-breaking industrial strategy partnership with Imperial College London (ICL) designed to make H&F a global hotspot in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and creative industries.

Rob Samuel

Head of UK Development, AXA Investment Managers

Rob Samuel as UK Head of Development. Based in London, Rob will manage the full breadth of AXA IM Alts’ UK multi-sector development programme. Rob has over 25 years of development and multi-sector experience in London and the wider UK, delivering high quality customer focused buildings designed to maximise value, and joins AXA IM Alts from the mixed use regeneration of Battersea Power Station (“BPS”), where he served as Chief Development Officer. Prior to BPS, Rob spent 12 years at FTSE 100 property company British Land, latterly as Head of Office Development. A Chartered Surveyor, Rob started his career at Knight Frank before moving to Orbit Developments.

Prof Sadie Morgan OBE

Senior Advisor, NLA

Lloyd Lee

Managing Partner, Yoo Capital

Lloyd Lee is the Managing Partner of Yoo Capital, a privately held real estate investment company based in London. Born and raised in New York, Lloyd is a visionary with an unwavering dedication to uncovering the hidden gems of real estate. Lloyd graduated from Harvard University with an AB, Fine Arts: History of Architecture, and soon joined the world of Private Investment via Starwood Capital Europe in the late nineties – not before completing his masters in real estate and finance at Cornell University. With over 25 years’ experience at the top level, Lloyd’s enduring love for the thrill of discovery and transformation has seen him involved in £12 billion of real estate acquisitions, public and private corporate opportunities, and asset management turnarounds across the UK, EU, US and emerging markets. In addition to his role as Managing Partner at Yoo Capital, Lloyd sits on the Investment Committee, combining bulge bracket private equity experience with a granular knowledge of all major real estate asset classes. Lloyd has been a fundamental value investor in real estate on behalf of major institutional public and private investors since 1998. He is the key point person for restructuring at Yoo Capital’s most ambitious project to date: the redevelopment of London’s iconic Olympia.

Cllr Helen Dennis

Cabinet Member for New Homes and Sustainable Development, Southwark Council

Aaron Taggart

Head of UK Investment, Cheyne Capital

Arron has over 20 years’ experience in real estate markets. He joined Cheyne in August 2012 to originate real estate loans in the UK and Northern Europe. Prior to Cheyne, Arron was a Property Specialist and Partner at Clydesdale Bank responsible for the origination and execution of real estate loans in London and the South of England. He was also responsible for the management of the loan portfolio and setting regional strategy. Prior to Clydesdale Bank he was at Bank of Scotland and Hitachi Capital.

Kristy Lansdown

Managing Director (Development), Crown Estate

Kristy joined the Crown Estate as Head of Development in September 2022, to lead the Development Strategy for the London portfolio, including Regent Street and St James’s. Kristy previously worked at Lendlease Europe for 17 years holding a number of roles, most recently as Project Director for two of Lendlease's flagship projects. These included; Elephant Park, a mixed use neighbourhood of c.3,000 homes, and The International Quarter London, a 2.5m sqf workplace destination on the doorstep to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford. Kristy brings an array of expertise having worked on the design, planning and delivery of a variety of large-scale projects across residential, workplace and retail uses, with a passion for public realm and placemaking outcomes.

Tom Sleigh

Chair, Planning & Transportation Committee, City of London Corporation

Nick Franks

Head of Investment & Asset Management, Investra Capital Ltd

Nick is the Head of Investment & Asset Management at Investra Capital Ltd. Nick has approximately 16 years of experience in the commercial real estate market. He joined Investra Capital Limited in November 2013 and has been successful in identifying and analysing suitable commercial investment and disposal opportunities in the UK across a range of sectors. Deal highlights include being part of the deal structuring and asset management team for the UK warehouse strategy with a Qatari Institution that was exited for £48m in 2018. He has also been involved in several regional warehouse strategies for private clients including the structuring and subsequent exit of a portfolio of sale and leaseback warehouse leased to a FTSE listed company. Since joining Investra, Nick has been involved in c.£1 billion of transactions. Prior to joining Investra, Nicholas worked at DTZ where he became a qualified Chartered Surveyor and a Member of the RICS in the UK. He studied at Reading where he gained an MSC degree in Real Estate

Annalise Jalland

Head of Asset Management - Shopping Centres, British Land

Annalise joined British Land in 2014 and leads the Shopping Centre Asset Management team. Annalise is responsible for a diverse portfolio of retail led assets across the country including Meadowhall in Sheffield, Southgate in Bath and Ealing Broadway and West One in London. She has 15 years of real estate experience spanning a broad range of activities including asset management, leasing and portfolio analysis. Annalise specialises in retail asset management of shopping centre and retail park environments. She is passionate about creating vibrant places that deliver community impact and commercial success. Before joining British Land she spent 4 years at CBRE working in valuation and lease consultancy. She is a Chartered Surveyor and holds an MSc in Real Estate from the University of Reading and BSc in Economics from the University of York.

Chris Porter

Major Projects Manager, Transport for London

Chris Porter is the Major Projects Manager in the Investment Planning team in Transport for London. He is leading the development of a number of TfL’s Major Projects and Programmes including the proposed Bakerloo line Extension and DLR extension to Thamesmead as well as plans for a number of new London Overground stations. He previously led the development of the Northern line extension and the Barking Riverside extension projects from early stage project development through to achieving planning consent. He also manages TfL’s Safeguarding and EIA teams, supporting and protecting the development of TfL’s wider portfolio of future projects.

Morwenna Hall

Executive Director & COO, Related Argent

Shravan Joshi MBE

Deputy Chair, Planning & Transportation Committee, City of London Corporation

Shravan served as Chairman of the Planning & Transportation Committee until May 2025 and presently sits on the City’s Investment Committee, which actively manages a London-wide property portfolio.

Laura Citron

Chief Executive, London & Partners

Laura is CEO of London & Partners, the growth agency for London. Our mission is to create economic growth that is resilient, sustainable and inclusive. We drive investment, innovation and entrepreneurship and make London a brilliant destination for visitors and Londoners.

Richard Scutt

Director - Real Estate Development, PATRIZIA

Richard joined PATRIZIA in June 2019 as a Director in the London Real Estate Development team. He is working across UK, Ireland and throughout Europe, with a specific focus on both the Office and Living Rental sectors. Richard has recently secured planning consent on a c.17,300 sqm NIA office redevelopment at 30 Minories, London EC3, and is currently overseeing a c.25,000 sqm Belgravia office refurbishment project. He has previously developed a 375-unit Build-to-Rent (BtR) scheme in Edgbaston, Birmingham, and overseen a number of forward-fundings of BtR residential schemes in London, Dublin, and across Barcelona. He is also currently advising on a 205-unit new build BtR scheme in Aarhus, Denmark, which is in a JV with a local development & construction partner. Richard has 27 years’ real estate experience, starting his career at CBRE, subsequently joining Palmer Capital Partners (now Fiera Capital) overseeing all their UK developments, before he joined Ocubis, a privately-owned London residential and office development specialist. He is also an Urban Land Institute (ULI) member and mentor for around 3-years to Young Leaders working across the real estate industry.

Cllr Amanda De Ryk

Cabinet Member for Finance and Strategy, LB Lewisham

Michael Keaveney

Director of Land & Development, Grainger

Lisa Gledhill

Managing Director of National Partnerships, Muse

Philip Graham

Executive Director, Good Growth, Greater London Authority

Philip Graham is Executive Director for Good Growth at the Greater London Authority. He leads the Mayor’s economic, environmental and cultural programmes, and London’s spatial development through oversight of the London Plan and wider work on regeneration and the built environment.

Katie Stewart

Executve Director - Environment, City of London Corporation

Katie Stewart is the Executive Director Environment at the City of London and is responsible for helping sustainably develop the Square Mile’s built environment, as well as managing the City’s highways, waste and public protection services and the 11,000 acres of green spaces for which the City has responsibility within and beyond its boundaries. She also is second Vice President of the Association for Directors for Economy, Environment, Planning and Transport (ADEPT), and a co-chair of the ADEPT Southeast Board. Katie is American by birth and moved to England 20 years ago. In her spare time, Katie is an amateur runner and when not running around nearby Richmond Park, is found running around after her five-year old son.

John Anderson

Chief Investment Office, Imperial College

Jo Negrini

Director, Cities and Planning Design, ARUP

Jo Negrini is a Director at Arup leading on cities and regeneration work in the UK and globally. Jo currently leads on the delivery of Arup’s Cities Programme, working with Arup offices globally to assess the wider context for Arup’s work and developing local city strategies to respond to key challenges. Prior to Arup, Jo worked for over 20 years in the public sector delivering regeneration and planning for a number of London boroughs. Jo’s work is driven by a commitment to sustainability in its broadest sense and ensuring that communities can influence and play an active role in their neighbourhood and city’s future.

Nick Grosse

Director, Cheyne Capital

Nick began his career at Aerium, a pan-European PE fund, managing office and retail assets in UK & Germany. In 2012, he joined Morgan Real Estate, an operating partner specialising in prime office value-add and development. Earlier this year he moved to Cheyne Capital, a sector agnostic fund manager with £6.5BN real estate AuM, to explore credit and equity opportunities in UK&I.

Debbie Jackson Hon FRIBA

Executive Director - Regeneration, Economy and Planning, City of Westminster

Debbie has over twenty five years’ experience in London’s public sector, gained in local authorities and at the GLA where she led on several high-profile Mayoral programmes including the Good Growth Fund, Crowdfund London, Skills for Londoners Capital Fund and Good Growth by Design. In her current role at Westminster City Council, Debbie has responsibility for a wide range of outcomes including the delivery of high-quality housing, a vibrant economy with opportunities for all and places workers, visitors and residents can delight in. Across her career, Debbie has led on the delivery of projects and programmes at all scales and of all types – from infrastructure to community gardens, from policy to procurement to projects. Debbie’s biggest achievements are the teams she leads, taking pride in enabling the talent and development of others to promote better outcomes for Londoners.

Katy Warwick

Head of London Residential Development Research - Director, Residential Research, Savills

Katy Warrick leads the London Residential Development research team at Savills, managing three market experts. She joined in 2011 with over two decades of experience in market and affordable housing. Her close collaboration with development and sales teams—both in London and internationally—gives her a unique perspective on the capital’s residential landscape. Katy advises developers and investors on risks and opportunities across the market, from outer borough regeneration to prime central London. Her recent work has focused on helping policymakers understand the severity of London’s development downturn, and how it differs from the national picture.

Richard Garside

Head of Central London & International Investment, Savills

Setareh Neshati

Head of Development, City of Westminster

With extensive multi-disciplinary experience, Setareh leads Westminster’s project delivery function. Joining the Council in 2018, she has brought significant commercial acumen from her roles within large development companies in the sector. Passionate about high quality urban design, regeneration, spatial planning and sustainability, Setareh has provided outcome-based leadership in the implementation of the Council’s complex regeneration and housing delivery programme, developing high performing multi-disciplinary consultant teams and construction contracts. Most recently the council launched their Church Street Joint Venture Partnership to deliver the first phase of the borough’s largest regeneration scheme. As a certified Town Planner and with expertise in modern methods of construction and architectural engineering, Setareh has brought innovation and knowledge to the Council’s programme. Setareh was also recently awarded ‘Professional of the year – housing association / local authority’ at Inside Housing’s Women in Housing Awards. 

Tim Steer

Executive Director - Housing and land, Greater London Authority

Marianne Brook

Development Director, Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC)

Marianne leads the development team at OPDC, bringing forward thousands of new and affordable homes and major new inward investment and employment into West London. Marianne has over 16 years’ experience delivering complex housing and development projects for major clients including Berkeley Homes, TfL, National Grid Property and the NHS. At Deloitte LLP, Marianne was seconded to Homes England and lead significant investment and land ownership agreements including OPDC’s Old Oak scheme, Bristol Temple Quarter and Brent Cross South.

Jonny Popper

Partner & Chief Executive, LCA

Jonny is a partner, and the co-founder of LCA, with deep expertise in regeneration, development, and planning-led projects in London, as well as health service transformation. As Chief Executive, Jonny leads LCA’s day-to-day operations while remaining actively and enthusiastically involved with clients: a hands-on approach that defines LCA’s senior team. A significant figure in London’s built environment community, Jonny was a past Chair of the NLA’s Expert Panel for Planning and is a current member of the NLA Sounding Board. He has had a hand in working on the transformations of the Greenwich Peninsula, Wembley Park, Nine Elms, Brent Cross, Old Oak, Earl’s Court, Tottenham and many others. Jonny started his career in the NHS, on the NHS Management Training Scheme, before working for Harriet Harman MP and then Nick Brown MP. He then moved to Neil Stewart Associates, where he was Director of Consultancy, Sponsorship, and New Business; later co-founding LCA with Robert Gordon Clark in 1999.

Michelle McGrath

Executive Director, Shaftesbury Capital

Michelle is responsible for management of the Group’s property portfolio including asset management, investment, leasing and marketing, and is a member of the Executive Committee. Michelle was previously on the Board of Capco and has significant financial and real estate experience having joined Capco in 2014 undertaking a number of senior roles across the business. Michelle is an experienced Corporate financier and was previously at UBS Investment Bank, advising companies across the UK listed real estate sector. External appointment: Westminster Property Association

Cllr Muhammed Butt

Leader, LB Brent

Cllr Butt has lived in Brent all his life. He is a father of three, and his wife is a Brent registered child-minder. Born in Central Middlesex Hospital and schooled in the borough, he has represented his home ward Tokyngton since 2006. He has been named as one of 36 BAME people among the UK's 1,000 most powerful by Operation Black Vote and The Guardian. Cllr Butt is passionate about strengthening relations within Brent’s communities, to make the diverse borough more resilient and equipped for the future. First elected as Leader of the Council in May 2012, Cllr Butt has prioritised creating good jobs for local people, protecting the most vulnerable residents, and supporting the construction of new council homes. Under Cllr Butt’s leadership Brent has seen, and continues to see, unprecedented levels of physical regeneration in areas such as Wembley Park, Alperton and Kilburn; which in turn is helping to unlock substantial social value. Through innovation and technology, Brent Council is transforming into the 21st century borough its residents deserve. Cllr Butt is determined to ensure that, through training and skills, and investment in the local economy, the long-term benefits of progress are felt far and wide. Cllr Butt also represents Brent on the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation Board and works with the West London Alliance to strengthen the prosperity of the west London region. Most recently, he has been appointed to the London Councils Executive, becoming portfolio holder for Community Safety, representing the interests of all London Boroughs.

Anthea Harries

Asset Management Director, Related Argent

As Head of Assets, Anthea directs the overall management and curation of King’s Cross, London’s 67-acre creative quarter. King’s Cross is widely recognised as the most successful urban redevelopment in a generation and one of Europe’s best-known multi-use destinations. It is HQ to global tech giants including Facebook, Google and Universal Music. King’s Cross is also home to University of the Arts London, Central St Martins and a mix of world class global and independent retail, fashion and food and beverage brands. Prior to leading King’s Cross, Anthea was at The Crown Estate where she was responsible for creating and delivering the strategic vision that transformed St James’s.

Bill Addy

Chief Executive Officer, Liverpool BID

Bill Addy has been CEO of Liverpool BID Company (Business Improvement District) since March 2013, managing the city’s three BIDs, Retail & Leisure, Culture & Commerce and Accommodation BID. Covering over 120 acres of the heart of Liverpool city centre, stretching to its famous waterfront, Liverpool’s BIDs are home to over 850 businesses employing over 70,000 people.

Sophie Rosier

Head of London Mixed Use, Savills

Sophie specialises in development advice on complex strategic urban projects, and has long-term relationships with some of London’s largest development companies, landowners, PRS Operators and Institutional Funds.  Outside of Savills Sophie sits on the NLA Cities Forum Housing Board, ULI UK Infrastructure and Urban Development Council and supports ULI Urban Plan.

John Woodger

Head of City Capital Markets, JLL

Ruth Duston OBE

CEO, Primera Corporation

Adam Challis

Global Director – Strategic Insights, JLL

Adam is Global Director, Strategic Insights at JLL. His role brings together a best in class team covering insight, analytics and client advisory as part of a 500+ personnel global structure. The team covers all real estate sectors to provide solutions for investors and corporate occupiers. Adam also works internally to drive business line and corporate strategy. Adam’s experience spans over 20 years of real estate advisory with both public and private sector clients. He is regularly cited in national and international media as a commentator on the factors that shape real estate markets. He provides public policy advice, with a particular focus on the role of real estate as a catalyst to sustainable prosperity in cities. Adam holds an MBA from London Business School, an MSc Urban Regeneration from the Bartlett, University College London and BA Economics from Western University (London, Canada). Outside of JLL, he sits on the Philanthropy Advisory Committee at Shelterbox and is Board Chair at World Habitat.

Dee Corsi

Chief Executive, New West End Company

Dee Corsi is Chief Executive of New West End Company, the UK’s largest retail, leisure, and hospitality Business Improvement District. It represents over 600 property owner and occupier businesses across the West End, and is anchored by Oxford Street, Regent Street and Bond Street. Working alongside its members, New West End Company delivers transformational projects, sustainable place management, destination marketing, advocacy, and commercial insights, all in service of maintaining the West End’s global reputation as a flagship destination. 

Catherine Thomas

Head of Central London Property & Asset Management, JLL

Laurie Lee

Chief Executive Officer, Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation

Laurie provides strategic leadership across the Foundation’s five routes to impact, including Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Charity, Evelina London Children’s Charity, Guy’s Cancer Charity and Impact on Urban Health. As Chief Executive, Laurie leads all areas of work at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation, working closely with the executive team and board of Trustees in furthering our vision to help everyone stay healthier for longer. Laurie leads our work across our multiple routes to impact; supporting better, fairer, faster healthcare through our NHS Charities, programmatic work collaborating with local partners, communities and government in Impact on Urban Health, and stewarding the management of our Endowment for mission-aligned objectives and financial returns. Laurie brings a wealth of experience in senior leadership roles, including eight years as Chief Executive of  CARE International UK, one of the UK’s major humanitarian and global poverty charities, which operates in over 100 countries around the world, responding to emergencies and supporting women’s social, economic and political equality. Prior to that, he worked in various senior UK Government roles, including as Foreign Policy Advisor to PM Tony Blair on the 2005 G8 Gleneagles Summit. Laurie also worked for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which works to reduce global health inequality and poverty around the world. As Deputy Director of Policy & Advocacy he led on policy, advocacy and government relations, including changing the way the Foundation partnered with policymakers, so it could achieve change at scale. He has held several a board positions, including at the British Gas Energy Trust which works to reduce fuel poverty in the UK. He is currently a Board member of Girls First Finance, a fintech social enterprise.

Louise Duggan

Head of Regeneration and Growth Strategies, Greater London Authority

I have extensive experience in regeneration, economic development and public sector innovation. My track record is all about helping deliver complex projects, and programmes, which promote economic and civic growth. Before joining the GLA in 2012, I worked at the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), where I defined and led an innovative Street Design and Placemaking Programme. Prior to that I worked in the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames as an urban design officer helping to deliver a public realm improvements such as Castle Street.

Stewart Brundell

Managing Director, London & East region, Willmott Dixon

Jane Groom

Partner & Co-Managing Director, Politics, Engagement and Planning, LCA

Jane is a respected senior voice and well-known figure in the London property world. She leads complex, high-profile projects with a focus on regeneration, housing, and urban development in London and the South East. With a client base which spans international investors, major housing and commercial developers, RSLs and government bodies, Jane has extensive knowledge and experience across the sectors. Her first-hand knowledge of government and her expansive network across the capital’s boroughs and the GLA, enable her to expertly guide projects from strategy development to delivery. Before joining LCA, Jane was chief communications adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister for many years, as well as Head of Communications at the Golden Jubilee Office where she worked closely with the Director of Communications at Buckingham Palace.

Wesley Ankrah

Social Value Director, Savills

Sarah Goldman

Head of Retail and Office Leasing Manager, Great Portland Estate

Sarah has spent most of her working careers specialising in retail and placemaking, having spent over 12 years agency side, working for some of the biggest Estates including Grosvenor (Mayfair), Chelsfield (Knightsbridge), Shaftsbury Capital (Covent Garden), Tribeca (Spitalfields), Land Securities (including Victoria and One New Change), Derwent London (various) and Westfield (White City and Stratford). Having moved client side, Sarah led the leasing across British Land’s London portfolio including the regeneration of their Broadgate campus, helping to deliver brands including Eataly, Everyman, Watches of Switzerland, Tommy Hilfiger and Space NK. Sarah is currently Head of Retail at GPE, where she has responsibility for the retail portfolio that make sup circa 22% of GPE’s holdings, including assets on Oxford St, Bond St, Regent St and Piccadilly.

Alec Scragg

Development Lead, Infrastructure Coordination Service, GLA

Alec Scragg is the Development Lead in the Infrastructure Co-ordination Service at the Greater London Authority. His team supports strategic development across London in securing better and faster connections to utility networks. He is also leading on the GLA’s engagement with connection reform, as well as a project to better forecasting London’s data centre growth and associated infrastructure capacity.

Peter Runacres

Head of Urban Futures, The Earls Court Development Company

Helen Newman

Group Head of Sustainability, Bidwells

Howard Dawber

Deputy Mayor for Business & Growth, Greater London Authority

Howard was appointed Deputy Mayor for Business and Chair of London and Partners in December 2023. Before joining the Mayor’s team, Howard worked in business for thirty years, spending 17 years as Managing Director for Strategy of the Canary Wharf Group. At Canary Wharf, Howard was involved in the development of the Elizabeth Line and supporting the 2012 Olympic Bid and Olympic Legacy as well as commercial inward investment projects in tech, health and life sciences, and financial services. He has been an active member of business organisations including Business LDN, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, TheCityUK and the London Property Alliance. He is a trustee of “The Line” art walk along the River Lea. Formerly Chair of the East End Community Foundation (2013-2022) he is now a patron of the charity, and a patron and former Vice-President of UK Youth. Howard was Chair of the Business Advisory Board for the University of East London School of Business and Law and has been a visiting lecturer at the School. Howard was a Parliamentary Candidate for the Labour Party and is the Chair of Labour Friends of Bangladesh and Labour Friends of USA.

Suzanne Benson

Head of Real Estate, Trowers & Hamlins

Simon Leek

Company Carbon Manager, Sir Robert McAlpine

Jonathan Clarke

Design Director, Gensler

Jonathan Clarke is a highly accomplished architect and interior designer with over 35 years of international experience delivering projects in cities around the world including London, Delhi, Tokyo, Seoul, New York and Los Angeles. Jonathan’s expertise spans placemaking, hospitality, workplace, and retail design across both core and luxury markets. He is particularly known for his ability to craft compelling narratives and experiential environments that resonate with end users, customers, and communities alike. He has worked with high-profile developers, hotel operators, owners, and brands that transform cities and drive economic regeneration including most recently, Bishopsgate Goodsyard in Shoreditch. Jonathan brings unique insight into shaping environments that go beyond aesthetics, focusing on enduring value and emotional connection. Jonathan actively contributes to design education and mentorship, regularly serving as a visiting critic at leading architecture and design schools and is a supporter of initiatives such as One Million Mentors.

Rebecca Taylor

Managing Director, Long Harbour

Rebecca is the Managing Director of Long Harbour’s Multifamily business overseeing investment, development, operations and the senior leadership team. Since joining Long Harbour in 2015, Rebecca has deployed over £1bn of equity and leads on the LHMF JV which is a £1.5bn partnership with PSP Investments and OTPP. Rebecca has over 18 years’ experience in development and investment having worked in projects in Australia, UK, Ireland and UAE. Prior to joining Long Harbour, Rebecca spent eight years at Laing O’Rourke working in their property and investment team, projects included their offsite housing solution and a number of PFI/PPP deals. She holds an undergraduate degree in Nuclear Medicine from the University of Sydney and a Masters in Property Investment. She is the Chair of the BPF BTR Committee, is the Co-Chair of the UKAA Midlands Hub.

Brian Churchard

Digital Solutions Lead, Johnson Controls

Sarra Pardali

Head of Sustainability, Cadogan Estates

Helena Rivers

Buildings Net Zero Lead Europe & India, AECOM

Peter Sutcliffe

Director, Sector Head Commercial Real Estate EURI, AECOM

Jules Pipe

Deputy Mayor, Planning, Regeneration and the Fire Service, Greater London Authority

Federico Ortiz

Head of Programme, NLA

David Hutton

Director, CO-RE

David is a founding equity Director at CO—RE with over 25 years’ experience in the property industry. David is recognised for the delivery of high-quality commercial and mixed-use schemes across London and has been directly responsible for over 4 million sq ft of prime developments across the capital with an investment value in excess of £5bn.

Tamsin Ace

Director, East Bank

In September 2023, Tamsin became the first Director of East Bank, the UK’s newest cultural and education quarter on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London. East Bank is made up of London College of Fashion, UAL, UCL East, Sadler’s Well’s East, V&A Storehouse and Museum and BBC Music Studios (which is set to open in late 2026/ early 2027). As Director of East Bank, Tamsin is leading initiatives involving the partners and local community to develop a programme of creative, educational and innovative activity for everyone who visits, lives and works in east London. The aim is to maximise collective potential, delivering world-class culture and education, and ensuring that the 2012 legacy thrives in ways unmatched by any other host city. Prior to joining East Bank, Tamsin held a number of leadership roles, most recently Head of Cultural Programming at London College of Fashion. Tamsin’s previous experience also includes her role as Director of Creative Programmes and Collections at the Museum of the Home, where she introduced a new cultural strategy as part of the organisation’s transformation programme. She spent 12 years at Southbank Centre, eventually becoming Head of Public Programming, with responsibilities including curating an ambitious programme of annual festivals and special projects. In her time at Southbank, she collaborated with

Charlie Scott

Board Director, Waterman Group

Ola Badamosi

Deputy CEO, Paddington Development Trust

Cllr Elizabeth Campbell

Leader, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea

Councillor Elizabeth Campbell has been the Leader of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea since 2017. Successfully re-elected twice, she is leading a Council that is committed to being Greener, Safer and Fairer. She is currently Vice Chair of London Councils, a collective of London local government representing the city’s 32 boroughs and the City of London. London Councils is a key partner in Opportunity London, the city’s partnership promoting sustainable investment into real estate, regeneration and green infrastructure across all of London’s boroughs and communities.

Professor Graham Lord

Co-Chair, SC1

Professor Graham Lord is the Senior Vice-President, Health & Life Sciences, King’s College London, Executive Director, King’s Health Partners, and Chief Academic Officer & Board Director, Guy’s & St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts. He is also Co-Chair of the health and life sciences innovation district, SC1 London.

Tan Sri Jagan Sabapathy

Chairman, Battersea Power Station Project Holding Company

Tan Sri Jaganath Derek Steven Sabapathy is Chairman of Battersea Project Holding Company and one of Sime Darby Property’s Non-Independent Non-Executive Directors. He also serves as a member of Sime Darby Property’s Risk Management Committee, Audit Committee and Board Tender Committee. He holds a Master of Arts majoring in Corporate Finance and International Trade from Edinburgh University, United Kingdom in 1981. Upon graduation, he joined a leading London firm of chartered accountants, Price Waterhouse. In 1984, Tan Sri Jagan returned to Malaysia and joined KPMG Peat Marwick as a Manager. He was appointed as a Partner of KPMG Malaysia in 1990. Whilst at KPMG Malaysia, he was involved in a wide range of assignments covering audit, investigations, management consultancy and corporate finance, in Malaysia, the ASEAN countries, North America and Europe. He sat on a variety of KPMG International Committees including committees for Mergers and Acquisitions, Privatisation and Management Consultancy. He was also an examiner for the professional examinations of the Malaysian Association of Certified Public Accountants (“MACPA”). Tan Sri Jagan left KPMG Malaysia in late 1994 to join Benta Plantation Berhad as an Executive Director. In 1995, he left Benta Plantation Berhad and was appointed as Director of Austral Lao Power Co. Ltd. He joined Prime Utilities Berhad and Indah Water Konsortium Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia's privatised national wastewater utility, in 1997 as Managing Director of both the companies, a position he held up to late 1999. From 1999 until his retirement in end 2013, Tan Sri Jagan served as the Chief Executive Officer / Director of Bandar Raya Developments Berhad Group and Director of Mieco Chipboard Berhad. From 2017 to January 2024, he was a Director / Deputy Chairman of Microlink Solutions Berhad. Tan Sri Jagan is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer / Director of Tribeca Real Estate Asset Management Sdn Bhd, a niche property development company.

Chris Hayward

Policy Chairman, City of London

Mark Allan

Chief Executive Officer, LandSec

Mark Allan has been Chief Executive of Landsec since April 2020. Prior to that he spent a combined 14 years as CEO of FTSE 250 real estate businesses Unite Group (student accommodation) and St. Modwen (regeneration, logistics and housebuilding). As a result of these roles, he has a broad range of experience from across the property sector.

Cllr Grace Williams

Leader, LB Waltham Forest

Cllr Grace Williams has been a councillor since 2014 and became Leader of LB Waltham Forest in 2021. She is Deputy Chair of London Councils and Executive Member for Housing and Regeneration.

Samantha McClary

Chief Executive, British Council for Offices

Samantha McClary has more than two decades of experience in the UK real estate sector. She spent the first 24 years of her career as a journalist and editor and in May this year was appointed as chief executive of the British Council for Offices, a key industry body representing the workplace sector and the diverse set of players that bring this vital element of the UK built and business environment to life. Sam is best known in the industry for being a fierce champion and challenger to the real estate sector, utilising her platform to help showcase the good that real estate can and does do for people, planet and UK PLC while poking the sector to continue to improve in key areas such as diversity and inclusion, environmental and societal impact and technological advancement.

Jeremy Castle

Director, Deloitte

Jeremy Castle has over 25 years of experience of leading the planning of major projects across London. Since 2012, he has been extensively involved in successfully delivering legacy projects on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, including Here East and UCL East.

Lucy Musgrave OBE

Founding Director, Publica

Lucy Musgrave OBE is the founding director of Publica, a London-based practice operating across multiple scales of urban change. Publica specialises in research and policy at the metropolitan scale; visions and strategies for districts and neighbourhoods; and applied urban design for streets and spaces, including award-winning designs for Bond Street, Hanover Square, Burlington Gardens. The practice is currently leading on social value and placemaking principles for urban masterplans across the UK and is retained by the GLA to advise on all evening and night time research and policy for London’s boroughs. Lucy is also leading Publica’s CIC campaign with Dr. Ellie Cosgrave for safety in public spaces for women, girls and gender diverse people. The CIC is working to improve access to knowledge and expertise, foster innovative and creative ideas across the sector, and trialling and implementing new projects. Over a 30-year career, Lucy has played a key advisory role in policy recommendations, strategic planning, and the advocacy of design quality. She is currently a Grand Plan Trustee, a charity run by creatives, for creatives; Mayor’s Design Advocate and on the Homes England Cross Cutting Committee for Design and Sustainability. Recent roles include the National Infrastructure Commission's Design Group and Expert Advisory Group; Public Practice Board Member; Barbican Arts Centre Board Member; and member of the Night-Time Commission for the Mayor of London.

Fiona Fletcher-Smith

Chief Executive, L&Q

Fiona was appointed as L&Q’s Chief Executive in September 2020. With almost 30 years’ experience in the housing sector, Fiona has worked in a variety of voluntary and public sector roles including advising homeless people in Dublin, housing management, development and regeneration, strategy and policy development. Fiona was previously L&Q’s Director of Development and Sales, spearheading a £5.1 billion development programme. Whilst in this role, Fiona led on our development and strategic land programmes, including landmark projects such as the 10,800-home Barking Riverside development. She also oversaw the group’s expansion beyond the South-East and delivered change programmes to improve both the efficiency and diversity of our Development and Sales function. Prior to joining L&Q, Fiona was Executive Director for Development, Enterprise and Environment at the Greater London Authority (GLA). As part of their senior management team, Fiona was responsible for overseeing the delivery and implementation of key strategies such as the London Plan and overseeing the operation of the Mayor’s powers in relation to significant planning applications in the capital. Fiona is the current chair of trustees at the Centre for London, helping the capital’s think tank to meet their charitable objectives. Fiona is also Chair of the G15 group of London’s leading not-for-profit housing associations. Its members provide more than 715,000 homes across the country, including around one in ten homes for Londoners.

Cllr Anthony Okereke

Leader, Greewnich Council

Rokhsana Fiaz

Mayor, Newham Council

Fred Pilbrow

Founder Partner, Pilbrow + Partners

Fred Pilbrow, an architect with over 30 years’ experience designing award winning projects in the UK and abroad established Pilbrow & Partners in 2013.  The 70-strong practice has established a reputation for innovative sustainable design and the delivery of complex mixed-use projects in sensitive heritage locations. Recent projects include a new academic campus for Imperial College London at North Acton, the design of a new life science campus at Hartree in Cambridge on behalf of LandSec U+I and the restoration of the Grade II* listed EMD Walthamstow on behalf of Waltham Forest Council.

Michael Phillips

Principal, Chairman and President, Jamestown

Jace Tyrrell

CEO, Opportunity London

During a 25-year career in urban regeneration, destination development and campaigning in the UK and Australia, Jace has led successful industry and precinct partnerships and holds the world record for Business Improvement Districts (BIDs). His recent tenures include CEO of New West End Company (London’s West End), setting up Australia’s first BID across Sydney’s Western Harbour and incoming CEO for Opportunity London, the public/private partnership seeking to secure the next £100bn for London. Jace has represented thousands of businesses and employees, secured millions in funding and successfully advocated for billions into capital investment. His entire career has been spent in building meaningful collaborations and driving value across cities with businesses, working with Government at all levels and cultivating local communities. Jace is passionate about sustainable and innovative cities, commercial real estate, and the retail & leisure sectors. He thrives in leading award-winning teams and working with purpose driven businesses. He is an Alumnus of the London Business School and Griffith University, Australia.

Sam Barrell

Chief Executive Officer, LifeArc

Dr Sam Barrell CBE is the recently appointed Chief Executive Officer for LifeArc, a self-funded, not for profit organisation which bridges the gap between academic research and unmet patient need, accelerating the availability of diagnostics, novel solutions and therapies for some of the most under-served conditions: motor neuron disease, chronic respiratory infection, global heath, rare disease, and childhood cancer. Sam takes up this position on 1st October. Between September 2017 and September 2024, Sam was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Francis Crick Institute, one of Europe’s largest biomedical research institutes. There she led on strategic and operational management of the institute and deputised for the Director, Sir Paul Nurse. A GP by background, Sam joined the Crick from a career in the NHS as a notable healthcare leader. She was Chief Executive of the Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and, prior to that, Chief Clinical Officer for the South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group. Sam is a member of the British Land Innovation Advisory Council and a Non-Executive Director of Assura plc, a large property company specialising in healthcare premises, and the York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC). Sam was awarded the CBE in 2014 for services to healthcare and was named one of the 50 most inspirational people in healthcare by the Health Service Journal.

Chris Hare

Senior Economist, HSBC Bank plc

Chris Hare joined the European Economics team in 2017, and covers pan-European and UK issues. His main areas of focus include inflation, housing markets, and long run growth trends. Before joining HSBC, Chris spent two years working as a UK and global economist at an international investment bank. Prior to that, Chris worked for five years in the UK forecasting division at the Bank of England, where he helped to produce the MPC’s economic forecasts, while providing briefings on the economic outlook.

Teresa Farmaki

Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Astarte Capital Partners

Teresa is Managing Partner, Co-Founder and member of the Investment Committee of Astarte Capital Partners and has over 20 years’ experience in structuring, execution and senior management across the spectrum of private equity investments.

Kate Hart

CEO, Eastern City BID

Kate Hart became CEO of the Eastern City Business Improvement District in 2022.Additionally, she is a member of Primera’s Senior Leadership team, leading on a range of communication issues and external affairs. Kate started her career in Government communications, working on everything from the Elected Regional Assemblies campaign with John Prescott to operating in the press office ‘bunker’ in the aftermath of the 7/7 bombings, before leading on some of the UK’s most iconic Destination Marketing and placemaking schemes. Prior to joining Primera, Kate ran her own communications consultancy working on housing, regeneration and placemaking projects and worked for some of the UK’s leading PR agencies including London Communications Agency and Fishburn Hedges. She had a lead role in the marketing and communications for the transformed St Pancras International, an account which she led for a number of years following the re-opening in 2007. Her career started at the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), advising the Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, Nick Raynsford and latterly, the former Housing Minister Yvette Cooper on communication issues

Andrea Ruckstuhl

Group Executive - International, Lendlease

Andrea Ruckstuhl is Lendlease’s Group Executive International and a member of the company’s Corporate Leadership Team. Prior to being appointed to his current role in July 2023, Andrea was Head of Italy and Continental Europe for the company. Andrea is a member of a community of advisors for the Berkeley SkyDeck high-tech startup accelerator, and he collaborated on the opening of the programme’s only international office, which is located in MIND | Milano Innovation District. Andrea first joined Lendlease in 2005, where over the years he has held various positions including: Country Manager for Southern Europe, Executive General Manager of the CEMEA region and Business Development Director based in London.

James Felstead

Director, Child Graddon Lewis

Cllr Peter Mason

Leader, LB Ealing

Yasmin Al-Ani Spence

Director, WilkinsonEyre

Yasmin is leading the retrofit of the Citi Bank Building in Canary Wharf, one of the largest workplace refurbishment projects in Europe, which will create an exemplary benchmark in healthy, sustainable and balanced ways of working. She recently led WilkinsonEyre’s delivery of a new £19 million centre for Science, Technology, Arts and Mathematics at Gresham’s School, which enables new approaches to teaching and collaboration.

Symon Bacon

Senior Development Director, Canada Water, British Land

Symon is Senior Development Director for Canada Water and has strategic oversight, with the Director of Development, across all residential at Canada Water. He has supported the negotiations of the housing strategy and Section 106 Agreement for the hybrid planning permission. Symon led the negotiations of the GLA Affordable Homes Grant Programme, securing the great required to deliver the minimum planning obligations, the £100m Homes England loan and the design and development of five residential buildings from conception to delivery. Symon has overarching responsibility across Phase 1, which include 178 lower prime and 87 affordable homes, ensuring the sales, marketing, procurement and delivery is delivered in line with the business plan. Symon joined British Land in 2017 from Argent, where he was a Senior Projects Director. Symon worked on the King’s Cross development and took the lead of Argent Related’s 1,000 home scheme at Tottenham Hale. He was responsible for land assembly, development agreement with local authority, feasibility and business planning to take the 1,000 homes to planning permission.

Lynn Smith

Portfolio Director - Head of Development & ESG, M&G Real Estate

Cllr Gareth Roberts

Leader, Richmond Council

Audrey McIver

Director, WSP

Audrey McIver is a structural engineer and a Director at WSP based in London. Experienced in leading projects from early design stage to completion, she is currently focusing on complex mixed-use projects on constrained urban sites such as the Elephant and Castle Town Centre development in South London. She is especially interested in designing for adaptability and flexibility in tall buildings, her other interests are re-use of structures and using modern methods of construction to help improve sustainable outcomes and reduce risk on project

Jay Kwan

Managing Director, Head of Europe, QuadReal

Katherine Fieldgate

Investment Manager, Imperial College London

Lee Coward

Vice President - Investments, Oxford Properties

Cllr Kieron Williams

Leader, LB Southwark

Pam Smith

Chief Executive, Newcastle City Council

Phillip Shalless

Senior Asset Manager, AXA Investment Managers

Alexa Baden-Powell

Senior Investment Manager, GPE

Alexa Baden-Powell is Head of Investment at GPE, a FTSE 250 Real Estate Investment Trust specialising in investment and development of property in central London. Alexa also co-founded the Women’s Investment Network, and was recently listed as the ‘Investment Innovator’ in Bisnow’s list of Power Women changing UK real estate. Alexa is responsible for driving new acquisitions and sales, covering the full cycle of deal origination, underwriting, due diligence and transaction execution. Recent projects include the purchase of One Chapel Place (£56m), Whittington House (£58.5m), the Soho Square Estate (£70m), and the acquisitions of 141 Wardour Street (£39m), 6-10 St Andrew Street (£30m) and 7-15 Gresse Street (£36.5m).

Cllr Shital Manro

Cabinet Member for Good Growth & New Homes, LB Ealing

Angela Joseph

Director, Brookfield Properties

Patrick Doig

Group Finance Director, TfL

Rossela Nicolin

Head of Sustainability, Europe, Laing O'Rourke

Rossella Nicolin is Head of Sustainability for Europe at Laing O’Rourke. An award-winning chartered engineer with more than 15 years international experience in the construction sector, Rossella has led major projects’ design and delivery across UK, Europe, Asia and USA. Rossella has key executive responsibilities for the Europe Hub sustainability function, covering operations, projects and key strategic initiatives.

Rob Codling

Senior Fund Manager, Legal & General Investment Management

Kim Challis

Managing Director, APCOA UK & Ireland

Simon Richards

Group Sustainability Director, Sir Robert McAlpine

Amy Hockley

Head of Innovation Leasing, British Land

Louise Shea

Director of Cyber & Information Security, Buro Happold

Louise Shea is Director of Cyber & Information Security at Buro Happold, leading cutting edge consultancy services to safeguard the built environment and urban development projects. With over 25 years’ experience across the public and private sector, including leadership roles at Lockheed Martin UK and the Met Police Cyber Crime Unit, she has driven resilience frameworks across multiple environments. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Information Security, Louise is passionate about protecting the built environment from digital threats.

Lyn Garner

Senior professional lead for housing delivery, Greater London Authority

John Robinson

Head of Property, MTR Corporation UK

John is a Chartered Surveyor with over 25 years’ experience of complicated large-scale mixed-use property development including schemes incorporating railway stations.

Rob Heasman

Chief Executive, Earls Court Development Company

Emma Hoskyn

Head of Sustainability for EMEA Markets Advisory & UK, JLL

As Head of Sustainability for EMEA Markets Advisory & UK, Emma leads on commercial and corporate sustainability agendas, working with a growing team of over 200 sustainability professionals across EMEA. Emma is championed with building on JLL’s 25-year sustainability heritage and supporting our clients with innovative, holistic solutions. She joined JLL’s Sustainability Consulting team in 2007, and took on the UK Head of Sustainability role in 2021, before expanding to cover EMEA Markets Advisory in 2024. Emma sits on the UK Executive Board, ensuring that JLL’s sustainability agenda remains core to decision-making and business strategy.

Tom Venner

Chief Development Officer, Canary Wharf Group

Tom is Chief Development Officer at Canary Wharf Group, responsible for delivery of the 12 million sf development pipeline of homes, hotels, retail and commercial space, together with a new life-sciences campus for London. Prior to joining CWG Tom spent 20 years in the public and private sectors, including 10 years at LandSec.

Garry Wilding

Principal, Architect, Global Head of Retail & Mixed Use, BDP

Garry is a Principal Architect and leads the mixed use retail group across the practice. Garry specialises in complex masterplans, urban regeneration and mixed-use projects. He leads large teams who conceive and deliver significant and complex projects throughout the UK and internationally. His skills lay in conceiving and delivering beautifully designed spaces and places that generate an improvement to the wider areas. One of his specialities is vision strategies, to analyse a place or project along with its wider context and highlight opportunities for improvement, moments of interest and creation of value. His most recent project sees the retail led mixed use repurposing of an iconic building located on Oxford Circus in central London, including office and F&B elements. The conversion included refurbishment of the Grade II listed façade and the incorporation of an IKEA store, new retail, 4-5 floors of high spec new office space with Cat A fit-out.

Robert Gordon Clark

Senior Advisor, NLA

Laura King

Director, KPF

Graeme Craig

Director & Chief Executive, Places for London

Graeme is the Director & Chief Executive of Places for London. With a career spent largely in operational and project management, Graeme joined Transport for London (TfL) from Capita in 2004, initially to manage the operation of the central London Congestion Charging scheme. After a number of years as Director of Congestion Charging & Traffic Enforcement, Graeme led a TfL-wide transformation programme that included the creation of TfL’s first commercial development function. Taking on the role of Director of Commercial Development, Graeme led a new approach to property in TfL that culminated in the creation of a wholly owned commercial property subsidiary in 2022. Places for London is now a £1.7bn company that has 1,500 commercial tenancies and a pipeline that will see more than 20,000 homes built across the capital, largely delivered through joint ventures with leading developers

Jackie Sadek

Chair, UK Innovation Corridor

Jackie Sadek has 40 years’ experience in property, specializing in public-private sector partnerships. A former Specialist Adviser to Government on urban regeneration, Jackie now runs Urban Strategy, an urban regeneration consultancy.  She was part of the Grimsey Review team on the future of the high street and is an honorary Fellow of the Association of Chief Estates Surveyors.  She is co-author (with Peter Bill) of “Broken Homes”.   Jackie is Independent Chair of the UK Innovation Corridor, a bottom-up partnership of 15+ local authorities, six universities and hundreds of innovation and science companies in the London-Stansted-Cambridge sub region.  Jackie is a Board Member of the London Legacy Development Corporation.

Gijs Molenaar

Head of Europe, Jamestown LP

Gijs Molenaar is a Managing Director, Co-Head of Jamestown Europe. He brings more than 25 years of experience in Private Equity Real Estate, having held roles at global firms such as Cerberus Capital Management LLP, Henderson Park Capital LLP, and Hammerson PLC. Throughout his career, Mr. Molenaar has amassed expertise in hands-on asset management of complex and sizable properties. His extensive track record also includes spearheading award-winning development projects, notably involving cutting-edge construction methodologies such as Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) and Modular structures. Mr. Molenaar received a Master of Science in Architecture from Delft University of Technology and has Executive Management training from London Business School.

Ollie Morris

Director – Sustainability Asset Advisory Lead, CBRE

Ollie Morris is a Director in CBRE ESG’s Consulting team. He joined in September 2021 and focuses on supporting holistic sustainability strategy development at an organisational level and implementing across the property lifecycle. With over a decade of commercial, mixed-use and residential experience, Ollie is an established sustainability project lead across a number of developments through the RIBA Plan of works ensuring a pragmatic, collaborative design approach to sustainability. Ollie leads CBRE’s Whole Life Carbon service offering and actively contributes to a number of industry initiatives to support the built environments transition to Net Zero.

Simon Scott

Lead Director Living Capital Markets (UK), JLL

Donal Campbell

Senior Project Manager, Deka Immobilien Investment GmbH

Brett Leahy

Director of Planning and Growth, LB Enfield

Robert Murphy QVRM TD

Director - Head of Property Group, City of London Corporation

Joanna Rowelle

Director, Arup

A Director and UKIMEA Board Member Joanna leads Arup's business in London. She has delivered complex major projects linked to economic development, social value, place making, delivery vehicles and funding and finance.  Joanna has authored reports on subjects including equalities, social value, competitiveness and growth. She is on the Board of the Major Projects Association, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Member of the Institute of Economic Development.

Tony Clements

Chief Executive, LB Ealing

Jonathan Martin

Director of Inward Investment & Strategic Partnerships, LB Waltham Forest

Tim Emmett

Director, St. Mary’s University, Twickenham

Rosie Andrews

Head of Business Development for London and the South East, AtkinsRéalis

Rosie Andrews is Head of Business Development at AtkinsRéalis, with over a decade of experience working across both public and private sectors. Based in London, she specialises in regeneration and residential projects, and is passionate about delivering excellence, social value, and sustainable outcomes for clients. She is deeply committed to fostering trust and collaboration across the industry, exemplified by her founding of a regional Constructing Excellence club. Rosie is also a strong advocate for empowering and upskilling the next generation in the industry, ensuring they feel included, supported, and equipped to thrive in their careers. Rosie leads and inspires teams across the business to engage with clients in ways that exceed expectations. She founded and leads an internal programme to support colleagues in developing their client engagement skills, embedding a culture of successful relationship management across the organisation.

Brian Smith

Director, AECOM

Brian has worked on and delivered cost consultancy services on tall buildings for over 20 years both in London and overseas. This experience gives him a unique insight to the cost and commercial drivers whilst appreciating and understanding how these need to interface balance with architectural design and merit necessary to achieve planning and placemaking and more recently the net zero and ESG impacts to deliver a successful project.

Simon Perks

Director - Capital Deployment & Leasing, Prologis

Hannah Farahar

Development Director, British Land

Michael M. Samuelian, FAIA, AICP

Founding Director - Urban Technology Hub, Jacobs Institute, Cornell Tech, NYC

Michael Samuelian is the Founding Director at the Urban Technology Hub at the Jacobs Institute and Director of Campus Planning and Sustainability at Cornell Tech. He is an urban planner, real estate developer, professor and before joining Cornell, was the President of the Trust for Governors Island. From community development in Lower Manhattan and the creation of a new neighborhood in Hudson Yards to the activation of Governors Island; he’s helped plan, design and develop some of the most transformative projects in New York City. As the President and CEO of the Trust for Governors Island where he played a pivotal role in overseeing the planning, development, and ongoing operations of Governors Island. From 2005 through 2016, Michael served as Vice President at Related Companies, where he led large-scale mixed-use real estate development projects. Notably, he was a central agent in the planning and design of Hudson Yards, a transformative $25 billion development initiative on Manhattan's West Side. In the aftermath of 9/11, Michael was the Director of Lower Manhattan Special Projects at the New York City Department of City Planning. In this position, he played a crucial role in facilitating the allocation of federal funds dedicated to the recovery and rebuilding of Lower Manhattan. Michael received a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Architecture from Cooper Union. Michael is a Fellow of the AIA, member of the Advisory Board of ULI New York and an emeritus member of the New York State Board for Architecture. His contributions to New York City have garnered public recognition, including the prestigious John Q. Hejduk Alumni Award and induction into the Cooper Union Alumni Hall of Fame in 2018. More recently, in 2023, he was honored as a Power Player in Climate, Energy, and Sustainability by NYPolitics.com and acknowledged as a Notable LGBTQIA+ Leader by Crain’s New York.

Joanne Drew

Strategic Director of Housing and Regeneration, LB Enfield

Helen Wollaston

Design Director, McLaren

Helen Wollaston is the Design Director at McLaren Construction, leading a 45+ strong design management team across London & South. With expertise in Commercial, Residential, Hotel and Industrial & Logistics sectors, she’s known for uniting stakeholders through collaborative design and digital innovation. Her leadership has shaped award-winning projects like the V&A’s Medieval and Renaissance Gallery and 77 Mayfair. As a member of McLaren’s Technical Leadership Team, she plays a key role elevating design management practice across the group. A chartered construction professional, Helen also mentors future talent and chairs the Industrial Advisory Board for Loughborough University’s Construction Engineering Management course.

Caroline Harper

Deputy Managing Director, BeFirst

Ashley Spearing

Managing Director of Development and Regeneration, Berkeley Ventures, part of the Berkeley Group Plc

Ashley has had a 11-year career at Berkeley Group, with various roles across Land, Planning and Development. Prior to becoming a Managing Director in 2022, he was a senior development director within the St William and St James Division, overseeing a range of the UK’s largest projects such as Beckton Gasworks in LB Newham. Ashley’s current role has a group-wide strategic focus on all aspects underpinning development, public and private sector partnerships and funding to unlock and accelerate housing delivery at scale.

Nick Walkley

Principal & UK President, Avison Young

Rob McNichol

Assistant Director - Policy and Strategy, City of London Corporation

Prof Greg Clark

Senior Advisor, NLA

Alexandra Notay

Chair, Radix Big Tent Housing Commission

Alexandra Notay is an internationally recognised expert on housing, placemaking and ESG. She has 20 years’ strategic advisory and investment experience having worked extensively across four continents. Until July 2024 she was Placemaking and Investment Director at Thriving Investments (formerly PfP Capital), the fund and asset management arm of Places for People Group, overseeing a UK-wide residential strategy. In August 2024 Alex took over the chair of the Radix Big Tent Housing Commission from Dame Kate Barker. In January 2019 Alex was selected as one of the 48 women shaping the future of UK real estate at the prestigious BISNOW Women Leaders event. In October 2023 she won Residential Leader of the Year at the inaugural Property Week awards for Inspiring Women in Property. Alex is a published author and editor of over 30 books and reports on real estate including the renowned ULI UK Best Practice Guide on Build to Rent (2014, 2016). Alex is Chair of the British Property Federation (BPF) working group on residential ESG, former Vice-Chair of the ULI UK Residential Council and currently serves on BPF’s Build to Rent and Sustainability Committees, AREF’s ESG / Impact Investing Committee and is a Member of CREFC Europe. She is also Co-Chair of the Creative Land Trust, Commissioner on the UK government’s Geospatial Commission where she chairs the Property workstream and the National Land Use Data Programme Expert Advisory Group and is a Trustee of St Mary Redcliffe. With a reputation for being ‘abnormally energetic’, Alex is passionate about enabling tangible social impact through innovation and collaboration as well as mentoring the next generation of diverse talent.

Simon Corben

Director and Head of Profession for NHS Estates and Facilities, NHS England

Claire Kober

Managing Director Homes, Pinnacle Group

James Sheppard

International Head of Asset Management, Kadans Science Partner

Kemi Owoeye

Technical Lead – Sustainable Design, Willmott Dixon

Stephanie Handjiiska

Client Director, Climate X

Andrew Wordsworth

Managing Partner & CEO, Sustainable Ventures

Andrew Wordsworth is a Founder and Managing Partner of Sustainable Ventures. Andrew has been in the early-stage climate change sector for over 20 years having joined the Carbon Trust in 2002 where he was Managing Director of their commercial arm, Carbon Trust Enterprises. Previous roles included strategy consulting at Bain & Company following an initial career as a Chemical Engineer at Esso Petroleum. Sustainable Ventures was founded in 2011 with a vision of developing commercial solutions to the challenges of climate change and resource scarcity. Since then the company has become a central part of the UK’s growing net zero innovation ecosystem and created Europe’s largest cluster of sustainability and climate tech startups/scaleups centred around our London workspace in old County Hall.

Zoe Bignell

Head of UK Development Advisory & Asset Renewal, CBRE

Paul Creed

Head of Development & Placemaking, Royal Docks Team

Emily Gabb

Head of Strategic Partnerships, NLA

Steve Page

Head of GreenFiT, Savills

Ella Randell-Khan

Associate Director, SEGRO

Susan Freeman

Partner, Mishcon de Reya

David Francis

Director, West London Alliance

At the West London Alliance (WLA) David leads partnerships, programmes and services across seven Boroughs (combined population 2.1million), to make West London better for residents, businesses, investors, and visitors. His experience includes senior public, private and frontline third sector roles, working at the local, regional and national level. Prior to WLA he was a senior civil servant at the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government. In his early career he qualified and practiced as a chartered valuation surveyor.

Gary Bell

Director, Real Estate Digital, Turner & Townsend

As Real Estate Digital IST Sector Lead, Gary brings proven experience in developing and implementing digital transformation strategies that unlock value for clients in the IST Sector. Gary’s passion for the built environment translates into a keen understanding of the unique needs and challenges within this industry. Leveraging his expertise in the IST sector, Gary can ensure his team harnesses the power of digital solutions and processes to optimise efficiency, maximise ROI, and ultimately deliver best-in-class projects and programmes for their clients.

Rebekah Paczek

Director of Public Affairs and Community Relations, Earls Court Development Company

Rebekah Paczek is the Director of Public Affairs and Community Relations at The Earls Court Development Company, the company’s strategic lead on stakeholder relations, engagement and communications. The Earls Court site is one of London’s most exciting and important development opportunities, which will deliver a combination of new homes for Londoners and commercial opportunities alongside green and cultural spaces. Rebekah has a wealth of experience in policy, communications, consultation and community engagement, including founding in 2010 the communications agency Snapdragon Consulting, which specialises in property and planning communications.

Andrew McIntosh

Director of Place, Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Andrew is the Director of Place for the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and manages the Housing, Planning, Infrastructure, Culture, Land and Property and Delivery teams. Andrew previously worked at KPMG as an Associate Director in their Corporate Finance team and has advised a range of public and private sector clients on financing and procuring infrastructure projects. Andrew joined the GMCA in 2012 and managed a series of Investment Funds focusing on commercial property and housing and was responsible for the implementation of a number of housing and development investments across Greater Manchester. Andrew also has significant experience in financial structuring and modelling and is a board member of the North West Evergreen Funds. In his current role he is a member of Greater Manchester’s Strategic Infrastructure Board and leads the strategic relationship with all the major utility providers across Greater Manchester on behalf of the GMCA. Andrew works in partnership with all 10 Greater Manchester Local Authorities and leads the GMCAs work with the Local Authorities to deliver the conurbations growth ambitions set out within the Greater Manchester Strategy.

Rumi Bose

Placeshaping & Regeneration Consultant, Rumi Bose Ltd

Rumi is an urban design expert with 16 years of regeneration experience across London. She leads multi-disciplinary teams and works with communities and skilled partner organisations to build better places at the beating heart of London's high streets and town centres. Leading by listening, Rumi brings people together to create insightful and creative projects, weaving social, cultural and environmental challenges into designs that speak of hope and community. During her time working across London boroughs and for the Mayor of London, Rumi has successfully led and advised on a variety of regeneration projects, including the Neasden Town Centre Placemaking & Sustainability Action Plan, the Canada Water Masterplan Social Charter, Westway Community Street, the Low Line and the award-winning Peveril Gardens & Studios. Rumi approaches design intuitively. An award-winning place-shaping expert, her high street and regeneration projects have won New London Architecture, Civic Trust and RIBA awards. In her approach, she advocates for social impact, participatory action, and the revitalisation of spaces to create a shared experience for all Londoners.

Lucy Atlee

Senior Quality & Design Manager, Places for London

Lucy has been an architect for over 20 years and is a qualified BREEAM AP and Passivhaus Designer. She was board director of aLL Design Architects where she worked with Will Alsop before joining Transport for London via Public Practice. Lucy’s role at Places for London is to champion design and sustainability in the development programme of 20,000 new homes. She delivered TfL’s Sustainable Development Framework, volunteered with LETI on the creation of their Client Guide to Zero Carbon Buildings and is a member of the NLA Net Zero Expert Panel.

Michael Wood

Director – Fund Manager, M&G

Michael has more than 30 years’ experience of commercial property investment and has been with M&G since 2007. He is currently the Fund Manager for the Prudential Real Estate Partnership Fund a balanced fund with c£1bn of funds under management. Prior to this appointment, Michael was a Portfolio Director with responsibility for a £2 billion central London office portfolio.

Mina Hasman

Sustainability Director, Skidmore Owings & Merrill

Mina Hasman leads sustainability and wellbeing operations at SOM, where she directs the firm’s global climate action strategies. Her work spans across Europe, the UK, Asia and the Middle East, offering expertise in sustainable design across diverse climates and regulatory contexts. A recognised expert, Mina chairs the UK’s Construction Industry Council’s Climate Change Committee, and serves on the RIBA Council and the UNEP/GlobalABC’s COP Task Force. She is also the Commonwealth Association of Architects’ (CAA) Regional Vice President for Europe and tutors at various academic institutions, including The Bartlett (UCL) and the Manchester School of Architecture. Using her work as part of the transdisciplinary “Climate Framework” Initiative, Mina helped the RIBA to define its Mandatory Competence Requirements for climate literacy and authored the “RIBA Climate Guide”. Her leadership has earned many accolades, including the TIME Magazine’s 2023 list of top 100 Climate Leaders in the world, and The Big 5 Construction Award for Sustainable Leader of the Year in 2021. For her contribution to the advancement of the built environment industry and academia, she was honored with an Honorary Doctorate Degree by UCEM. Mina continues to shape the future of climate advocacy through her involvement with awards, such as the RIBA’s Stirling Prize, Silver Medal and the CAA Awards.

Sarah McCready

Director of Social Infrastructure, Barking Riverside

Matt Oakley

Head of EME Commercial Property Research, Savills

Dr Navjit Sagoo

Science Engagement & Climate Scientist, Climate X

Kashif Khan

Director, MetLife Private Capital Investors

Kashif Khan is a Director in the Private Infrastructure and Project Finance group for MetLife Private Capital Investors and is responsible for the origination and execution of new transactions, as well as the ongoing management of existing investments. Mr. Khan joined MetLife in 2015. Mr. Khan has over 13 years of experience in advisory and investing in infrastructure debt. Prior to joining MetLife, Mr. Khan was with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in its Infrastructure Debt Advisory team. During his time at RBS, Mr. Khan also completed placements in Risk Management Advisory and Energy & Resources Corporate Finance. Mr. Khan is a graduate of King’s College London where he earned a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and is a CFA charterholder.

Anna Woodeson

Director - Sustainability, Buro Happold

Anna joined Buro Happold as a Director in their Sustainability team in 2023 after an almost 30 year architectural career delivering award winning projects such as Battersea Power Station, where she worked alongside Buro Happold. Her particular passion and expertise is the inventive and sustainable reuse of existing buildings. She is also a director of a community energy organisation and a trustee of Architect’s Declare among other activities.

Jordan Jeffery

Head of Property & Asset Management, JLL UK

Dr Ambalika Batra-Penny

Head of Enterprise and Innovation, City St George’s, University of London

Mark Lacey

Director, Turner & Townsend alinea

Anna Blandford

Interim Assistant Director of Regeneration and Economic Development, LB Haringey

Katherine Fleming

Chief Operating Officer, London HQ

Emily Samoluk

Senior Sustainability Manager, British Land

Having amassed a degree of experience working for a contractor, Emily is now focused client side with British Land incorporating that knowledge into more robust and effective sustainability strategies from project feasibility right through to practical completion and Handover. Emily works directly for British Land’s development arm, overseeing the implementation of British Land’s Sustainability Brief for Our Places on a number of development projects including 2 Finsbury Avenue, Canada Water, Broadgate Campus and Regents Place. This involves driving success in areas such as embodied carbon, operational efficiency and NABERS Design for Performance, delivery of sustainability certifications and circular economy. More recently Emily has been driving material reuse on projects, including initiatives around buildings as material banks and incorporating higher levels of reclaimed materials. Emily is also specialising in the sustainable impact of fit outs and is driving British Land’s new policies around this

Mollie Claypool

Co-founder & CEO, AUAR

Mollie is Co-Founder and CEO of Automated Architecture (AUAR). As a thought leader working at the intersection of the design of architectural systems and automation, Mollie believes in radically changing the way we build so we can change the way we live. Key to this for her are issues of labour as well as material and social sustainability. As an author, she co-wrote “Robotic Building: Architecture in the Age of Automation” (Detail Edition 2019) and authored the SPACE10 report “The Digital in Architecture: Then, Now and in the Future” (2019). Informing her work at AUAR is her background as an educator and activist, having been involved for many years in environmental, housing and maternal rights activism. She is an Associate Professor at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, where she has co-directed the award-winning AUAR Labs, which won Architect Journal’s Social Sustainability Award in 2021 and previously directed the BSc Architecture (Hons) Part 1 undergraduate programme. She has been a visiting professor at the Cluster for Excellence Integrative Computational Design and Construction for Architecture at the University of Stuttgart and was a faculty member at the AA School of Architecture. Mollie studied architecture at Pratt Institute in New York City and architecture theory in London, where she graduated from the Architectural Association.

Paul Hargreaves

Construction Director, Lipton Rogers

Magali Thomson

Project Lead - Placemaking, GOSH

Magali is Project Lead for Placemaking at GOSH, leading a transformational approach to public realm. She is setting out a vision to radically transform a polluted and traffic dominated urban street next to the children’s hospital. The aim is for a climate resilient, healthy and child-friendly street.

Joseph McNeil

Development Manager, Strandbrook

Becca Heron

Strategic Director of Growth and Development, Manchester City Council

Becca Heron is the Strategic Director of Growth and Development at Manchester City Council. Formerly Director of Economy and Skills at Wigan Council, Becca’s career has included a number of different public sector roles, including previous positions within both Manchester City Council and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA).

Peter O'Brien

Director - Regeneration & Growth , LB Hounslow

Steven Medway

Chief Executive, Knightsbridge Partnership

Simon Tranter

Head of sustainability, Howard de Walden Estates

Tom Mellows

Head of UK Science - Occupier Representation, Development and Leasing, Savills

Fiona Scott

Founding Partner, Gort Scott Architects

Robbie Epsom

EMEA Head of Sustainability - Senior Director, CBRE

Jenny Offord

Head of Meridian Water Regeneration, LB Enfield

Head of Meridian Water Regeneration, Enfield Council

Emily Wright

Freelance Journalist and Editor,

Emily Wright is a real estate, architecture and design journalist writing for titles including The Times, Wallpaper* and The Spaces where she is a contributing editor. She was previously head of content at Estates Gazette where she spent 12 years. She launched Well-Placed, a Substack focussed on human-centred design in 2024.

Elizabeth Oliveira

Senior Development Manager, Muse

Elizabeth joined Muse as a Senior Development Manager in July 2021. Elizabeth’s work is primarily focused in London, where she is currently managing the delivery of a landmark mixed use project in Canning Town under the ECF joint venture. With a total combined value of over £350M, the project is set to provide over 800 new homes, built to a variety of tenures, including affordable, private rented and private for sale. Importantly, the project will have an abundance of softer outputs including social impact gains for the local area, new healthy and sustainable affordable homes, and a prominent example of effective collaborative working between the public and private sectors in inner London on brownfield land. Elizabeth champions Muse’s role in this regeneration space, and prior to joining Muse worked in the public sector, consultancy and at a private developer so adds a diversity of experience in this space to Muse’s South team.

Basil Demeroutis

Managing Partner, FORE Partnership

Basil is Managing Partner of FORE Partnership, the purpose-driven real estate private equity firm that drives social and environmental innovation in the built environment using low carbon strategies, social impact, place making, and design. Prior to founding FORE, Basil was a partner at Capricorn Investment Group, the family office of Jeff Skoll (eBay), and was Managing Partner of a German property fund. He spent 13 years in investment banking in New York and London. Basil is Chair of the children’s charity, the Institute of Imagination, and sits on the board of trustees of the UK Green Building Council, the property industry’s largest membership organisation dedicated to sustainability. He graduated with a degree in Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University.

Robin Dobson

Group Property Director, Network Rail

Robin Dobson joined Network Rail on March 2022 coming from Hammerson Plc where he ran the Development and construction business – a major British property development and investment company. Robin’s focus will be on delivering growth and bringing forward development opportunities with key partners such as Homes England in support of the Government’s levelling up agenda. Robin has a proven track record of delivering strong growth across regeneration projects, and has significant experience across all real estate asset classes in the UK and Europe. Whilst at Hammerson PLC, his achievements included the creation of a £3bn mixed use platform of urban estates across six UK cities, including London and Dublin, comprising 6,000 private rented units, and 2.5m sq. ft of workspace, hospitality, cultural and education buildings. Robin has recently secured planning consents on major projects such as London’s Bishopsgate Goods yard (3m sq. ft of mixed-use regeneration project), Birmingham’s Martineau Galleries (2m sq. ft commercial space), and led the opening and refurbishment of 1m sq. ft retail and leisure projects in both Leeds and Southampton. Through this experience he has developed strong political, local authority and joint venture relationships across most UK cities which will be hugely beneficial in his role in unlocking value across the Network Rail estat

Jon Neale

Head of Research & Strategic Insight, Montagu Evans

Jon Neale is the Head of Research & Strategic Insight at Montagu Evans, providing market analysis, social and economic insight and strategic advice to support the full spectrum of the partnership’s clients. With almost 20 years of experience in real estate research and strategy, Jon applies his skills to a variety of challenges across the full range of real estate sectors and geographies. This ranges from working on questions around specific sites, buildings or portfolios to analysing wider socio-economic trends and their impacts on specific sectors. He has carried out projects for many key players in the UK industry, including British Land, Brookfield, Hammerson and Lend Lease, and is a regular commentator on real estate issues in the press and at conferences and other events.

Jessica Wilson

Director, Newsteer Real Estate Advisers

Jess advises a range of public and private sector clients, including several NHS Trusts in respect of healthcare developments ranging from minor works to major redevelopments including a new replacement 100,000 sqm regional hospital, a new 79no. bed mental health inpatient facility and the transformation of an existing maternity and neonatal ward. Jess is experienced at guiding healthcare clients through the planning and development process, from inception and feasibility through to construction and delivery. Jess has a particular interest in exploring the concept of bringing healthcare into high street settings as the retail landscape changes.

Oliver Maury

Partner and Head of Development Advisory, Montagu Evans

Oliver is a Partner and heads up our Development Advisory team, where he focuses on devising and implementing delivery strategies in relation to complex residential-led regeneration schemes across London and the South East. From scheme inception through to delivery, he advises both public and private sector clients on promoting and delivering public private partnership projects as well as on developments directly led by local authorities and other government agencies. Oliver has run a number of OJEU/FTS-compliant developer partner procurement processes involving a range of delivery structures, from traditional partnering contracts through to contractual joint ventures and full corporate joint ventures. At a time when the public sector development landscape changes at pace in the context of changing political and economic drivers, increased experience and innovation is required to help develop deliverable and viable solutions that meet public and private sector objectives. With over 17 years’ experience in regeneration and development, Oliver is perfectly placed to advise clients on such matters, bringing in expertise from across the firm as necessary.

Matthew Carpen

Managing Director, Barking Riverside

Matt has overall responsibility for the design and delivery of the Regeneration site Barking Riverside, a joint venture between L&Q and the Mayor of London, which is one of the largest development sites in the UK. Prior to this Matt worked at the GLA for ten years under both former London Mayor Ken Livingston and Boris Johnson, first as part of the Planning team and later in the Housing and Land team where he was instrumental in bringing forward the Barking Riverside railway extension finance package.

Will Lunn

Work Winning Director, Sir Robert McAlpine

Will Lunn began his career in structural design before transitioning into the construction sector, where he quickly made his mark. An early highlight of his career was his involvement in the 2012 Olympic Park project, where he contributed to various aspects, from soil stabilisation to fit-out, over a three-year period. For the past decade, Will has specialised in preconstruction roles, and his recent appointment as Work Winning Director reflects his expertise in fostering collaboration and delivering complex projects under the Construction Management contract form. In his role, he works closely with clients, consultants, and the supply chain to ensure that projects not only meet but exceed expectations.

David Gavin

Managing Director - Industrial & Logistics, McLaren

Mike Standing

Graduate Student, Courtauld Institute

Elizabeth Harris

Regeneration Service Manager, LB Sutton

Tim Ruthven

Director of External Engagement, UCL

Shonagh Manson

Assistant Director, Culture and Creative Industries, Greater London Authority

Ayo Allu

Director of Design, Technical & Innovation,

Rachael Owens

Head of Sustainability, Buckley Gray Yeoman

Rachael Owens is an architect and Head of Sustainability at Buckley Gray Yeoman, a practice that champions the adaptive reuse of existing buildings. She is also co-Director of the National Retrofit Hub, a non-profit collaborative organisation that brings together those involved in the sector to enable the local delivery of retrofit at scale. Rachael sits on the NLA Net Zero expert panel and is a WELL accredited professional. She was named 2021 RIBA Journal Rising Star for her work in practice to communicate sustainable design and within the Architects Climate Action Network to campaign for the regulation of embodied carbon emissions. In 2023 she joined the RIBA Stirling Prize jury as the sustainability expert and this year, she won the AJ100 Sustainability Leader of the Year award.

Catherine Staniland

Director, Strategy & Research, NLA

Kerstin Kane

Principal Planning Officer, Sustainability, City of London Corporation

Kerstin background is in town planning and urban design. In Hamburg, Germany, I worked as a planning consultant focussing on embedding good urban design and sustainability principles into planning policy and development management as the awareness of the need to adapt to and mitigate climate change grew in Germany 25 years ago.   In London, up to a few years ago, sustainability played a minor part in the planning process, predominantly as a consultee in London planning policy teams. As a planning officer (Design & Conservation) both in the City of London as well as in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, Kerstin adopted Sustainability as one of the topics to be discussed as part of design negotiations with developers to ensure that principles of both climate change adaptation and mitigation are integrated into the design of development from the beginning of the planning process.   Kerstin current role as Sustainability Officer in the City of London was created following the increasing awareness of the climate emergency among the City of London’s communities and members. To address the climate emergency in the planning process, she is leading on the development of planning advice for developers to carry out Whole Lifecycle Carbon Optioneering, as well as creating the Sustainable City SPD. I am also heavily involved in negotiations with applicants to strive for best in class development for net zero carbon emissions and climate resilience.

Pat Hayes

Executive Director, Housing & Property, Slough Borough Council

Dr William Bird MBE

CEO, Intelligent Health

Benjamin O'Connor

Director, NLA

Jay Morton

Director, Bell Phillips

Luka Vukotic

Head of Development, Art-Invest Real Estate

Luka is Head of Development for Art-Invest Real Estate UK. He oversees Art-Invest’s development projects in the UK, including ​Canada Water Dockside. Canada Water Dockside is a 4.5-acre office-led scheme in Canada Water that marks Art-Invest’s largest investment in London to date. Luka has 15 years of diverse experience in the real estate sector, having led the delivery of over £1bn GDV of flagship projects in London. Prior to Art-Invest, Luka was Project Director at Argent where he oversaw the development of two plots within the King’s Cross masterplan; before joining Argent, Luka was at LendlLease, responsible for delivering the detailed planning permission for the second phase of the Elephant and Castle masterplan. ​​Luka is a Chartered Engineer and a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He has a degree in Civil Engineering from Columbia University, in the US, and MPhil and MSc degrees in engineering from the University of Cambridge.

Marcus Dixon

UK Head of Living and Residential Research, JLL

Tim Burke

Deputy Editor, EG

Alexia Laird

Sustainability Director, Landsec

Alexia leads on sustainable design across Landsec’s extensive development pipeline comprising of prime commercial office developments, major refurbishments as well as large, urban regeneration masterplans. Her role is to shape the environmental sustainability and net zero strategy for all planning, design and construction activities and deliver on ambitious targets.

Peter O’Brien

Director Regeneration and Growth, London Borough of Hounslow

Peter came to LB Hounslow in late 2023 where he leads on the borough’s placemaking and economy work. This includes positioning and promoting the borough to translate growth into opportunities for our residents, developing investable propositions to steer our places to be greener and more liveable, and working across the council to make sure our assets serve our communities efficiently and effectively. Before that, he was Assistant Director at LB Haringey where he led on estate regeneration and growth area delivery. His early career was as an Economist Planner at Llewelyn Davies delivering master planning and policy/research consultancy for clients across the UK.

Damian Wild

Managing Director, ING Media

Gillian James

Portfolio Lead - North Paddington, Westminster City Council

Paul Swinney

Director of Policy and Research, Centre for Cities

Glenn Howells

Partner, Howells

Shelley Hathaway-Batt

Head of Strategic Partnerships, Clarion Housing

Shelley Hathaway-Batt is Head of Strategic Partnerships and Projects at Clarion Futures, the charitable foundation of Clarion Housing Group. She has over 11 years’ experience working in housing across a diverse range of roles, and now leads a team responsible for maximising the social value generated by both Clarion and its supply chain. In 2022/23, Clarion generated a record £16m in social value through its supply chain, working with partners and contractors to make a positive difference to the lives of residents through everything from supporting people into work and improving their digital skills to investing and volunteering time to improve facilities in Clarion communities. A keen champion of innovation and the power of collaboration, Shelley’s work helps Clarion to build partnerships and deliver more.

Simon Hodson

Sustainability Director, JLL

Simon was formerly Head of Land & Development at JLL leading on some of London’s largest land transactions, regeneration and land assembly including Canada Water and Nine Elms.   In 2020 Simon led JLL’s UK Health, Later Living & Care business, focussing on better social outcomes from development, in recognition of rapid demographic change and increasing longevity.    Simon now leads on JLL’s environmental, social and governance strategy across the residential and living business and holds an Exec Msc in Cities from London School of Economics.

Jamie Quinn

Sustainability Director, Related Argent

Jamie joined Related Argent in 2023 as Sustainability Director and is responsible for environmental, social and governance (ESG) across all its projects. He is particularly focused on helping Brent Cross Town become a net zero town by 2030 and King’s Cross to become net zero carbon by 2035. A Chartered Environmentalist and Full Member of IEMA with more than 20 years’ experience, Jamie is experienced in developing partnerships with industry, academia and third sector organisations to achieve key ESG goals. Before joining Related Argent, Jamie held leadership roles at multinational organisations including EQUANS, ENGIE, Cofely GDF-SUEZ and Balfour Beatty, implementing ESG programmes across the built environment sector. He is the former Chairperson of Our Park Life Community Interest Company on The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and is a current Board member of Urban Partners at King’s Cross.

Tom Wigg

Senior Advisor, UK Green Building Council (UKGBC)

Following a Master’s in astrophysics, Tom has spent the last 7 years working in sustainability in the built environment. Firstly, as a consultant delivering full spectrum sustainability and energy services, before joining the UKGBC’s Advancing Net Zero (ANZ) programme as a Senior Advisor on Net Zero Carbon Buildings three years ago. Tom sits on the Technical Steering Group of the forthcoming UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard and is currently leading the next phase of UKGBC's Non-Domestic Retrofit Workstream, focussed on the retail and logistics sectors. He also sits on the CRREM Global Scientific and Industry Panel, LETI steering group, BECD steering group, NABERS steering group, and is part of the Whole Life Carbon Network (WLCN).

Rebecca Evans

Associate Director, ING Media

Henry Nicholson

Chief Executive, The Rebel School

Rossella Nicolin

Head of Sustainability, Laing O’Rourke.

Rossella Nicolin is Head of Sustainability for Europe at Laing O’Rourke. An award-winning chartered engineer with more than 15 years international experience in the construction sector, Rossella has led major projects’ design and delivery across UK, Europe, Asia and USA. Rossella has key executive responsibilities for the Europe Hub sustainability function, covering operations, projects and key strategic initiatives.

Sophie Beagles

Head of Regeneration, Investment and Jobs, London Borough of Ealing

Sophie is Head of Regeneration, Investment and Jobs at London Borough of Ealing and Public Practice alumni. She has previously worked at the Greater London Authority as a Planning and Design Advisor. Sophie studied architecture at The University of Bath and has worked at a number of award-winning architecture practices. During this time, she was an Architecture Ambassador for the Royal Institute of British Architects and Mentor Design Professional at Open City. She is also a visiting critic at The University of Bath.

Matt King

Head of Engineering Design, Savills

Laura Jenkinson

Principal - Town Planning, Avison Young

Charles Olsen

Senior Associate Principal, KPF

Jan Kattein

Director, Jan Kattein Architects

Dr Jan Kattein, DipArch, MArch, PhD, FIPM is a writer, lecturer and architect reframing design as a socially and environmentally regenerative practice. His studio, Jan Kattein Architects is recognized internationally as a leading placemaking and participatory design practices with award-winning projects that are celebrated for their spatial- and civic accomplishments. Recent awards include the 2023 social Value Architect of the Year Award, Best Build Environment Practice in the TET Education Awards 2023 and a Commendation for a lifetime of Architecture for the Common Good in the 2024 MacEwen Awards. Jan is the author of ‘The Architecture Chronicle – Diary of an Architectural Practice’ published by Ashgate in 2014, ‘High Street Regeneration’ published by UCL in 2022 and ‘Londoners Making London – Transforming neighbourhoods’ published by Lund Humphries in 2024. My research critically reflects on the role of the architect, advocating for the integration between spatial and social practice as an urgent response to the environmental crisis.

Charles Begley

Chief Executive, London Property Alliance

Charles has been the Chief Executive of the London Property Alliance since 2014. The London Property Alliance brings together the Westminster Property Association (WPA) and the City Property Association (CPA) to provide a unified voice for the leading owners, developers, investors and professional advisors for real estate across the City, West End and their neighbouring commercial districts. Combined, the associations represent more than 400 of the leading property owners, investors, developers and advisors in the Cities of London and Westminster. CPA was established in 1904 and WPA was established in 1989. The Alliance makes representations to policymakers at the local and national level, publishes thought leadership research and hosts a wide range of events to help members stay engaged, connected and informed. Charles has a background in journalism and communications and has worked in senior roles at a variety of organisations including ITN, Chime and Westminster City Council. In his spare time, he enjoys playing Lego with his son and telling people he once played for Manchester City’s youth team.

Charlotte Bowen

International Business Development and Account Management, Commonplace

Charlotte Bowen is the Private Sector Lead for England and Ireland at Commonplace, the UK’s top digital community engagement platform. With over a decade of expertise in PropTech, she has driven growth for numerous proptech and plantech solutions, excelling in data-driven community engagement, regeneration, development activation, and social impact.

Mark Walker

Chair, CIBSE Healthcare

Advising on design, maintenance, decarbonisation and adaptation of healthcare estates across the UK with nearly 40 years the construction industry, Mark is Chair of the CIBSE Healthcare specialist group and section author for the CIBSE Healthcare Facilities Design Guide. He is also an IHEEM registered authorising engineer in medical gases.

Freddie Broadhurst

Senior Social Impact Manager, British Land

Angela Reed

Head of Strategic Relations, Heart of London Business Alliance

With over 30 years’ experience developing strategic partnerships, Angela works with key stakeholders to maximise Heart of London Business Alliance’s influence and impact and to creatively drive projects forward.  Angela leads Heart of London’s involvement in the West End Investment and Curation programme in association with Westminster Council, London and Partners and major property owners.

Ian Rae

Corporate Director for Regeneration, Planning & Delivery, Waltham Forest

Ian has over 20 years of experience working in the built environment sector across four London Boroughs. As Corporate Director for Regeneration, Planning & Delivery at Waltham Forest, Ian oversees the borough’s inclusive growth strategy and leads delivery of its wider regeneration programme. As part of this Ian has been the senior Council lead working in partnership with Barts NHS to prepare and deliver a master plan for the re-development of Whipps Cross hospital. This will establish a new exemplar design neighbourhood in Waltham Forest, delivering 1,500 homes, open spaces and community facilities alongside a new state-of-the-art hospital.

Ellie Cosgrave

Director of CIC & Research, Publica

Dr Ellie Cosgrave is Director of Publica’s Campaign for Inclusive Cities. She has worked internationally with organisations such as C40 Cities, Plan International, the Decolab, and the Change Cities network to explore strategic approaches to gender inclusion and women’s safety in cities globally. She has also worked closely with statutory authorities at a local level, such as the Greater London Authority, LLDC, Transport for London and Trafford council as well as developers. With them, she has created guidelines, resources and training materials to support the built environment sector in understanding the nature of violence against women and girls in public space, as well as practical measures that can begin to transform neighbourhoods on the ground.  Ellie is also Associate Professor of Urban Policy and UCL, Co-Director of the UCL Urban Lab, and a BBC broadcaster where she has hosted the BBC World Service’s ‘My Perfect City’ and ‘Tomorrow’s World’ podcast.

Matthew Morgan

Director and co-Founder, Quality of Life Foundation

Matthew Morgan, Director and co-Founder, Quality of Life Foundation. Matthew is committed to making health and wellbeing central to the way we create and care for our homes and communities. He seeks to foster greater understanding and cooperation between local communities, the built environment industry and government at a local and national level.

Emma Williamson

Director of Planning, OPDC

Hannah Brewster

Regional Healthcare Director, ADP Architecture

Stephen Passmore

Head of Knowledge, Future of London

Stephen leads the knowledge work at Future of London, which collaboratively explores the current and emerging issues in regeneration, housing, local economy and infrastructure. With the Knowledge team, he produces practical guidance to help urban practitioners navigate the fast pace of change in London. He has spent his career working at the intersection of the built environment and sustainability sectors, helping to lead innovative activities in the UK and globally. Recently he was CEO at Resilience Brokers where he led and contributed to transformative projects in the UK and globally. Topics included place-based data and technology, resilience, nature-based solutions, finance, housing/retrofit, circular economy, health and wellbeing, creativity and art and net zero. Before that, Stephen led the Housing and Innovation programme at the Energy Saving Trust, working on housing retrofit, sustainable buildings and smart metering. He is a visiting lecturer at UCL in resilient infrastructure, a London National Park City ranger and was selected as one of 50 rising sustainability stars by the UKs building magazine.

Sam Mathys

Night Time Economy Manager, LB Hackney

Kirsten Haggart

Associate Director, Waugh Thistleton Architects

Hugo Braddick

Associate Director, Haworth Tomkins

Joanne Woodman

Assistant Director, Capital Projects, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Mark Taylor

Managing Director, Commercial & Major Projects, Sir Robert McAlpine

Mark heads up SRM’s Commercial and Major Projects Sectors within our Buildings Business Unit, overseeing the c£700m pa turnover delivery of all our major and commercial schemes nationally. Previously, Mark spent seven years as SRM’s Project Director for the £1.1bn Phase 3 of the Battersea Power Station development. Before that, he was Project Director for the £1bn new build construction of Bloomberg LP’s new London HQ in the City. Prior to joining SRM in 2012, Mark was Managing Director of national top-four fit-out firm Ibex Interiors.

Patricia Brown, MBE Hon FRIBA

Director, Central

Patricia Brown has been in leadership roles in since the mid-1990s, and at the heart of many of the initiatives that have been part of the successful urban evolution of London and beyond. She was part of the capital’s inaugural inward investment agency before leading Central London Partnership, the cross-sector partnership focused on maintaining the capital’s position as a global world city. Placing the combination of economic and social vibrancy at the centre of its ground-breaking work – including the establishment of the BIDs movement in the UK – helped to achieve a more people-centred, liveable, city. Through her consultancy, Central, Patricia has continued with this focus of inter-disciplinary dot-connecting, advising civic and business leaders on positive urban change and development, establishing the vision, collaborations, strategies and partnerships to achieve this. Building positive public private partnerships has particularly defined Patricia’s work and she has led the British Property Federation’s work on this area for some years. Other current board positions include Historic England’s London and national advisory committees and GWR’s Strategic Advisory Board, as well as a Design Council Ambassador.

Harriet Shone

Director, London Communications Agency

Richard Palmer

Development Director, Delancey

Bev Letherby

Associate Director - Operations, Archus

David Height

Director, Design & Engineering, Mistsui Fudosan

Tom Atkinson

Customer Performance Manager, Commmercial Development, Places for London

Tom leads Places for London’s customer experience programme, working to bring the voice of its property customers – the businesses on its estate, from mechanics in railway arches to leisure destinations at central London stations – into the business and, together, improving the value we create and driving inclusive growth for the city. Places for London works in partnership with its customers, including on shared environmental and social outcomes. With 1,500 customers – 95 per cent small business – achieving those outcomes is a team effort. Places for London is piloting responsible business skills training for its customers, in partnership with the Heart of the City. The pilot builds on the introduction of a new London Lease which encourages decent jobs and environmental data sharing and Places for London’s wider work to support its customers – not least how it responded to the pandemic. Places for London exists to move London forward with thriving, connected places. It leads in shaping connected places that help London evolve safely, inclusively and sustainably, which will generate a growing endowment for future transport investment.

Holly Harcus

Development Manager, Ellandi

Gareth Atkinson

Director, Civic Engineers

Gareth is an Engineer and Director at Civic Engineers. His experience ranges from the sustainable retrofit and extension of existing buildings, low carbon new buildings to large-scale regeneration and public realm schemes. He is passionate about delivering sustainable developments and is an industry leader in adopting circular economy and building/material reuse with a focus on collaboration to break down barriers for sharing materials across the industry. Gareth is a visiting lecturer at the University of Creative Arts and at the University of Cambridge where he teaches architectural students structural design and industry professionals on sustainability and building reuse. He pushes Civic Engineers’ expertise in the design and delivery of innovative green infrastructure and SuDs across projects. As an Urbanist passionate about healthy and low carbon modes of transport, Gareth provides his holistic design skillset to regeneration projects from an engineering and placemaking perspective.

Kirstin Ziemer

Senior Medical Planner, HOK

Kirstin leads the clinical design for our healthcare projects and has extensive experience in planning and designing healthcare projects in the UK, Europe and Australia. She has a thorough understanding of the complexities involved in delivering healthcare projects and an in-depth knowledge of clinical functionality, best practice and emerging trends. Kirstin oversees design resources both internally and externally and establishes excellent working relationships. Her ability to engage with client user groups, whether they are clinical staff, administrators or patient groups is a key attribute. Kirstin believes that design is a collaborative process that involves listening, interpreting, challenging, and avoiding pre-conceived solutions. She understands the imperatives driving the future of clinical care and has developed and tested protocols for managing clinical design, people, time and quality within the healthcare design process. Kirstin is passionate about delivering healing environments which are well designed, efficient and make a difference to the lives of both staff and patients.

Ian Poole

Senior Whole Life Carbon Officer, Westminster City Council

Ian is a chartered environmentalist and structural engineer who specialises in whole life carbon and the circular economy. Ian currently splits his time working for Westminster City Council and Elliott Wood and is leading the development of a ‘Planning Application Carbon Evaluation and Reduction’ platform (PACER); a collaboration between Westminster City Council and Preoptima.

Millie Dodd

Senior Communications Manager, Just Build Homes.

Millie’s work is focused on ensuring that those affected by the housing crisis have their voices heard in the planning debate. Through Just Build Homes she mobilises supportive voices, generating an evidence base of supportive responses on planning portals and thereby helping to get thousands of new homes approved.

Steven Lang

Research Director, Savills

Michaela Winter-Taylor

Senior Associate, Cities and Urban Design Lead, Gensler

Michaela is a leader within Gensler's Cities practice, overseeing a creative team of strategists, designers, and planners who use innovative approaches in consultation, design development, and delivery to realize proposals attuned to their local context. She is deeply committed to addressing complex urban challenges, with specialized expertise in integrating infrastructure with urban growth, regeneration, and placemaking at every scale.

Robyn Prince

Strategic Planning and Engagement Manager, Countryside Partnerships

Richard Dobson

Area Director - London, Morgan Sindall

Paul Broadhurst

24 Hour London Manager, Greater London Authority

Andrew Geldard

Chief Communications Officer, Willmott Dixon

Sarah Atkinson

Interim Head of Marketing, Communication and Engagement, Greater London Authority

Sarah works in the Royal Docks Team as interim Head of Marketing, Communication and Engagement. Her role supports communities and partners to work together to put the Royal Docks on the map as an outstanding place to live, work and visit. She previously worked with UN agencies on Innovation programmes to re-design delivery of health and education services.

Matt Griffiths-Rimmer

Communications and Impact Director, Hadley Property Group

Kita Berman van Heerden

Deputy Head of Programmes, East London Business Alliance

Toby Fox

Consultant, 3Fox

Sarah Yates

Research Manager, Future of London

Sarah worked with NLA on the Great Estates project since its inception in 2006 and was principal researcher at NLA. She is co-author of Great Estates: Models for Modern Placemaking, published in partnership with RIBA Books in 2024. She currently works as Research and Events Manager at Future of London.

Sam Oguz

Senior Town Planner, BDP

Charlotte Dove Brown

Private Sector Lead for England and Ireland, Commonplace

Mark Byles

Director, Newsteer