2024 Speakers

Wesley Ankrah

Social Value Director, Savills

Helen Newman

Group Head of Sustainability, Bidwells

Peter Runacres

Head of Urban Futures, The Earls Court Development Company

Suzanne Benson

Head of Real Estate, Trowers & Hamlins

Simon Leek

Company Carbon Manager, Sir Robert McAlpine

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

Federico Ortiz

Head of Programme, NLA

Charlie Scott

Board Director, Waterman Group

Ola Badamosi

Deputy CEO, Paddington Development Trust

Jules Pipe

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

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.

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.

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.

Howard Dawber

Deputy Mayor for Business, Growth & Skills, 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.

Brenda Dacres

Mayor, LB Lewisham

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.

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

Michael Phillips

Principal, Chairman and President, Jamestown

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.

Shravan Joshi MBE

Chairman of Planning & Transportation, City of London Corporation

Shravan Joshi has served since 2018 as an elected member at the City Corporation and has held various positions including, Deputy Chairman of the Licensing Committee, Deputy Chairman of the Streets and Walkways Sub-Committee & Deputy Chairman of the Property Investment Board.

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.

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.

Cllr Peter Mason

Leader, LB Ealing

Kristy Lansdown

Head of 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 Goodall

Chief Executive Director, Related Argent

Lynn Smith

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

Cllr Gareth Roberts

Leader, Richmond Council

Prof Sadie Morgan OBE

Senior Advisor, NLA

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

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

Rob Samuel

Head of UK Development, AXA Investment Managers

Amy Hockley

Head of Innovation Leasing, British Land

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.

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.

Samantha McClary

Editor, EG

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

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.

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

Dee Corsi

Chief Executive, New West End Company

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

John Anderson

Chief Investment Office, Imperial College

Tim Emmett

Director, St. Mary’s University, Twickenham

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.

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.

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

Richard Garside

Head of Central London & International Investment, Savills

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

Jackie Sadek

Chair, UK Innovation Corridor

Prof Greg Clark

Senior Advisor, NLA

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.

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.

Katie Stewart

Executve Director - Environment, City of London Corporation

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.

Ruth Duston OBE

CEO, Primera Corporation

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.

Cllr Helen Dennis

Cabinet Member for New Homes and Sustainable Development, Southwark Council

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.

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

Brett Leahy

Director of Planning and Growth, LB Enfield

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.

Adam Challis

UK Head of Research & Strategy, JLL

Adam leads UK Research & Strategy 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 deliver 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). He is a member of the Urban Land Institute and is a Board Trustee and Chairperson of the Investment & Finance committee at World Habitat.

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

Jonathan Martin

Director of Inward Investment & Strategic Partnerships, LB Waltham Forest

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.

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.

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.

Tim Steer

Executive Director - Housing and land, Greater London Authority

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

Catherine Staniland

Director, Strategy & Research, NLA

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