Paddy has over 17 years of real estate experience having spent his early career in European Fund Management before joining Global Student Accommodation and leading acquisitions of £1bn of student accommodation across the UK and Europe. Paddy joined Colliers in 2021 and now advises a range of Investors and Developers on transactions, joint ventures and operations predominantly across Student Accommodation, Built to Rent and Co-Living.

Adam leads the Savills Place team within Property Management at Savills. He oversees customer experience and place-shaping across prime commercial and mixed-use assets. He is passionate about fostering community engagement and how this dovetails with ESG practices, technology and innovation, with the ultimate aim of creating remarkable and enduring destinations.

Louise has over 30 years’ experience across the property, landuse and construction sectors within the UK and overseas. She holds numerous Non-Executive Directorships and was previously a Partner of Arcadis LLP – UK Head of Development & Strategic Planning. As the first female RICS Global President (2014-15), Louise led a series of ground- breaking property related initiatives, and championed diversity & inclusivity. She is a Freeman of the City of London; was National Construction Achiever (2015) and holds Honorary Doctorates from the UK Universities of Wolverhampton, Sheffield Hallam and Birmingham City. Louise was awarded the OBE in 2019 for services to the built environment.

Ben Channon is an architect, author, TEDx speaker and mental wellbeing advocate, and is well known in the industry as a thought leader in designing for happiness and wellbeing. He is a Director at wellbeing design consultancy Ekkist, where he helps clients and design teams to create healthier places and achieve WELL Certification. Ben has written two books on the relationship between design and mental wellbeing: ‘Happy by Design’ and ‘The Happy Design Toolkit’.

Darren is an Architect and the Chief Executive of international architectural practice Scott Brownrigg. He has Strategic Board responsibility for the quality of design across the practice and has been at the forefront of many high-profile projects over the last over twenty years, within the UK and internationally.

Nick led and built Lambert Smith Hampton’s previous award winning commercial property team. He has 30 years of experience advising clients upon commercial property issues, particularly corporate occupiers. He has been the recipient of the prestigious Outstanding Contribution Award at the Thames Valley Property Awards. An expert in Corporate Real Estate, having advised many businesses upon location strategies and the acquisition of commercial property. Nick has led projects for clients in all sectors including Tech Co’s; Life Science & Pharmaceuticals; Professional Services and Financial. These have included advising upon a location strategy for 1000 person Tech Hub for a major bank, new UK Office HQs for Siemens (180,000 sq ft) and Yell (150,000 sq ft) plus office acquisitions for Microchip, Workday, Amicus Therapeutics, Carbon Black, Pegasystems and TripAdvisor amongst others. He was also a leader in developing and engaging technology applications and utilisation of modern practices in a large Surveying business

Savannah is the Founder & CEO of Built-ID working to drive meaningful & accessible community engagement by enabling local communities to voice their opinion on projects going on in their neighborhoods. In 2020, Savannah was featured alongside Greta Thunberg as one of Forbes 30 under 30 Social Entrepreneurs. Savannah is a regular columnist for Property Week, part of the ULI Europe Leadership Council, Urban Art Forum and sits on the Board of Trustees for The Legacy Foundation.

Michael Dean is the Co-Founder of Avamore Capital, a +£500M bridging and development finance lender established in 2015. Michael also co-owns Chartfield Homes, a design-led strategic land and development company specialising in delivering consents and new homes in the Home Counties. Outside of property and finance, Michael has interests in agriculture, technology and renewable energy.

Sally joined Prologis in 2021 has 20 years’ experience in logistics and industrial site selection, development, leasing and asset management as both a landlord and occupier, having worked for Amazon, Savills, John Lewis, Brixton plc and King Sturge. Sally is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Susan is a partner at law firm Mishcon de Reya. An experienced real estate lawyer, her in depth understanding of the property market and business training as a Sloan Masters MSc (London Business School) graduate, combined with a wide circle of contacts help make the firm’s programme of events “must attend” networking opportunities. Susan is a member of the Mishcon Technology Group, which has launched MDR LAB - an incubator programme for tech start-ups in the legal space. She also mentors for Pi Labs accelerator programme for proptech start-ups since it launched and is a regular speaker on the #proptech circuit. Susan is Vice Chair of the British Property Federation's Technology and Innovation Group. She is also a member of the Urban land Institute Technology and Real Estate European Product Council. She chaired the FUTURE: Proptech Advisory Group bringing together key influencers in real estate and proptech. Susan is a non-executive director of development company, This Land, on the advisory boards of Seaforth Land and Work.Life and is on the board of Central District Alliance, the Holborn and surrounding area's Business Improvement District where she chairs its Property Group. She is on the advisory board of Property Week and is an active member of a number of property related organisations including The British Property Federation and The Urban Land Institute. Susan has recently been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by University College of Estate Management for services to the built environment. She regularly undertakes speaking and panel engagements on real estate, retail and proptech related issues. She hosts the popular Propertyshe podcast where she interviews some of the top influencers who define and make a difference to the real estate industry and built environment.

A prominent Central London real estate figure, Tony Gibbon joined Newmark in 2022 following the acquisition of BH2, the business he co-founded in 1994. He began his career in 1981.

Sophie Goddard is Director of Sustainability for Canary Wharf Group; the developer, contractor, and property manager who transform urban spaces into extraordinary environments. Sophie has previously led sustainability across the UK for the regional and specialist businesses within Balfour Beatty, the UK’s largest contractor. Sophie has also spent time in the retail industry where she led programmes to deliver sustainable outcomes in the Far East. With over 10 years of experience in a variety of roles and sectors, Sophie firmly believes that the private sector has a key role to play in responding to the climate crisis in a way which creates healthy and prosperous places to live and work.

Andrew has worked at Bidwells for over 20 years and leads the Capital Markets team which specialises in the acquisition and disposal of commercial assets, together with developmentfunding and the forming of joint ventures. In 2021 Bidwells Capital Markets team advised on c. £1bn of (83%) all Life Science transactions in the Arc.

A multi award winning development consultant and architect, Harry is a well-known figure in UK real estate with over 25 years’ experience delivering multi-million-pound hotel and other complex real estate projects. Harry is a champion of the co-living and co-working market and delivered Europe’s largest co-living project in London’s Canary Wharf and delivered two of London’s newest private member’s clubs.

Stuart has nearly 30 years’ experience in the design, leasing, marketing, and delivery of retail and leisure mixed use developments across the UK and Europe. Over this time Stuart has overseen hundreds of deals with occupiers covering retail, F&B, leisure, offices, hotels, and residential. Previously he was UK Board Director for Multi Development and was a Co-Founder of Queensberry during which time he helped deliver major projects for both the public and private sectors focussing on urban regeneration and the repurposing of assets, many of which have won numerous industry awards. He is currently working on a number of major regeneration and repurposing projects across the UK.

Jane is a Managing Director of Canary Wharf Group Plc with overall responsibility for People, Culture & Customer Experience. Prior to joining Canary Wharf Group, Jane ran her own strategic consultancy business, advising British Land plc, the British Property Federation, Knight Frank and Savills. She is a Non-Executive Director of the fund manager, Moorfield, and was formerly a Non-Executive Director of Notting Hill Genesis Housing Association and a Board Member of Pathways to Property, an initiative focussed on increasing social mobility within the real estate industry. Jane is a qualified solicitor and prior to founding her consultancy business, had a twenty-year career in the City as an Equity Partner and Real Estate Sector Head at Addleshaw Goddard, where she was also a Member of its UK Governance Board.

Andy has extensive experience in the flexible workspace sector with positions at MWB Business Exchange, Headspace Group and BE Offices. With a keen understanding of space-as-a-service he has overseen the growth of brands in coworking, serviced offices and managed workspace.

Andrew Jackson leads Avison Young’s industrial team which embraces agency, investment and lease advisory specialists. He has advised on many major projects including Rhenus Logistics world leading 1 million sq ft campus at Nuneaton, Jaguar Land Rover’s 2.94 million sq ft parts distribution centre in Leicestershire and the acquisition of the 350 acre Honda manufacturing site by Panattoni in Swindon.

Anouk is chief growth officer at Cambridge Finance, which she joined in late 2020 to scale its training platforms within the UK and globally. Her career spans across London, Dubai and now Madrid. She has worked for Merrill Lynch, a global private bank in the City of London, and Deacon Capital, an independent financial services group for advising high net worth/ultra high net worth clients in the Middle East. She then switched sectors by setting up her own turnkey consultancy for commercial real estate projects in Dubai.

Vivienne King has over 30 years’ leadership experience in the real estate industry. The former CEO of Revo, the membership organisation supporting the whole of the retail property market, Vivienne worked closely with the Government in relation to the economic impact of Covid-19. Prior to 2020 Vivienne was CEO of Soho Housing Association and Soho Ltd, a retail property business in Central London, and with over 20 years in the senior team at the Crown Estate. Vivienne is now running her own consultancy business and is a NED and Board advisor with a number of organisations in the built environment. She is a well-recognised voice in commercial real estate, speaking out on issues as diverse as business rates reform, entrepreneurialism and high street regeneration. As a co-founder of Real Estate Balance, she is passionate about the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion in society and more broadly about ESG, having been in the vanguard to make this a strategic imperative for the industry, whilst at the Crown Estate.

David has over 15 years of experience in European real estate and has transacted across sectors and jurisdictions. He joined the Harbert European Real Estate team in November 2007 and has managed acquisitions and dispositions in excess of €4 billion in value.

Angelica Krystle Donati is the President of ANCE Giovani, the Italian Construction and Development Association and the head of Business Development at Donati S.p.A an established Italian construction company with a 40-year history in residential, commercial, infrastructure and residential projects both in Italy and abroad. Furthermore, Angelica is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Donati Immobiliare Group, an Italian-born international developer, builder-developer and investment company operating in Italy, the U.K. and the US, with a primary focus on the Rome, London and New York markets. As an advocate on the topics of digital transformation and PropTech innovation, Angelica is a regular contributor to both Forbes and Property Week in the UK, specialising in issues related to technological advancement and sustainability in the real estate and construction industries.

Melanie joined the British Property Federation as Chief Executive in January 2015. Prior to this, Melanie spent nine years as Director General of the Food and Drink Federation. Melanie began her working life as a Police Constable in the Metropolitan Police Service. She joined the civil service (HM Customs and Excise) in 1988 and subsequently held senior roles in a number of departments including the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Office of the Rail Regulator and the Cabinet Office. She was awarded the CBE in 2015 for services to the food and drink industry.

Jonathan is a Development Director, he joined Bericote in 2014 from Cushman & Wakefield where he was a Partner specialised in Occupier Consultancy. He is responsible for the running of the commercial aspects of development projects from bid process, acquisition and legal due diligence through to completion, as well as running the marketing, letting and disposal process.

Phil joined Duxburys Chartered Surveyors as a General Practice Surveyor in 1996 after completing his BSc (Hons) in Building Surveying. In 2001, after obtaining membership of the RICS and forming and developing the company’s commercial property department, he joined Whittle Jones North West, part of the Northern Trust Group, as a Management Surveyor. During this time he was responsible for the ongoing management and letting of a 2,000,000 sq ft portfolio of office and industrial property in the North West. In 2003 he was promoted to the role of Development Surveyor at Delma Developments, the development arm of the Group. At Delma, Phil was responsible for the development of over 250,000 sq ft of industrial property. Phil joined Muse Developments in 2006 to assist with the delivery of the company’s mixed use regeneration portfolio and was promoted to the role of Development Director in 2011. He assumed the role of Regional Director in 2018. He is now responsible, as Muse’s Regional Director, for a wide range of projects throughout the North West and heads up the team of development directors and surveyors in the Manchester office. He is also a member of the main Muse board. Since joining Muse he has delivered, or currently has on site, over 700,000 sq ft of offices, 550 new homes, a 143 bedroom hotel and 2 large multi storey car parks. He has also successfully led two CPOs and gained consent for the largest ever planning application submitted to Salford City Council. Phil also secured the forward funding of 3 PRS residential developments at New Bailey. Development of the 225 units has commenced, a scheme that is one of the first institutionally funded PRS developments in the city. Phil is a member of the Investment Property Forum and the British Council for Offices, where he was formerly Chair of the Northern Region Next Gen committee.

Joining WiredScore in 2017 to help WiredScore's expansion across the United Kingdom & Ireland, Tom now oversees the business operations there, in the Nordics, Central, Eastern and Southern Europe, and in the Middle East. Prior to joining WiredScore Tom worked in commercial real estate investment and portfolio management.

Jackie is a Partner in the Real Estate team at law firm Hogan Lovells. Jackie deals with all aspects of commercial real estate including transactions, development and hotels. Jackie is a member of the BPF, IPF and ULI. She is Chair of the City of London Law Society Land Law Committee. Jackie was included in the list of The Top 50 Women in the UK Super Lawyers and is recommended in Legal 500 in the Hall of Fame, Chambers as a Senior Statesperson and Who's Who Legal for Real Estate.

Zvi Noé is a founder and partner at the Noé Group, and he has over 20 years of wide-ranging experience in the real estate industry. His role includes significant oversight of the ongoing asset management of all properties within the Capreon portfolio. Zvi takes a keen interest in the areas of business development, strategy, and partner relationships. As well as his day job, Zvi takes a significant interest in charity both as a trustee of The Rachel Charitable Trust, as well as a trustee and founder of One Great Day.

Andrew is an International leasing partner with over 30 years’ experience joining Cushman & Wakefield in June 2012, and prior to this he was at CBRE. He has developed expertise in development consultancy, pre-leasing and leasing, advising landlords on some of the largest office developments in Central London.

Having held the role of Senior Partner since 2015, I am always looking at ways we can work smarter and provide an even better level of advice and service to our clients. In 2022 I was reappointed Chair of the UK and Ireland Board of the RICS for a further three-year term.

Mark is a high-profile leader in the worlds of retail property and placemaking, a position recognised with his appointment to lead the governments High Street Task Force in July 2020; following his role as Revo President in 2019. Over nearly three decades Mark has worked in all aspects of the industry as an advisor, investor/developer and occupier. In 2008 he co-founded Ellandi, a business currently undertaking over 30 projects in the UK with a value in excess of £1.5bn. In 2016 Ellandi won Property Entrepreneurs of the Year at the Property Awards and were shortlisted for the Retail Property Company of the Year award by Estates Gazette. Most recently Ellandi won the inaugural Estates Gazette Rewire award recognizing our commitment to leading diversity and inclusivity in the built environment industry. Mark is a passionate advocate of the role of community in repurposing and shaping the purpose of our future places in response to the challenges and opportunities presented by the current market.

Darren Rogers is head of Fried Frank’s European Real Estate Department, advising clients on the full spectrum of commercial real estate transactions, including major City of London lettings, joint ventures, and large-scale mixed-use development work. Darren advises real estate companies, fund managers, sovereign wealth funds, and global real estate private equity firms on their most business-critical transactions.

Steven is the UK CEO of international workspace provider, HB Reavis. He leads the UK team’s ambitious and expanding project portfolio, including the major development of One Waterloo, the delivery of Worship Square and the recently completed Bloom Clerkenwell, in addition to implementing HB Reavis’ workspace service brands.

After 62 years in the industry, I feel like one of the cornerstones of the property business. I formed JAI 47 years ago and it still gives me great pleasure meeting new and old clients and developing relationships. Come and meet me and my diverse and highly respected team and let’s do some business.

Camilla Topham is the Co-founder of Distrkt; a modern hospitality and leisure property consultancy which she launched in 2018 with Michael Webb. Distrkt specialise in advising Landlords strategically on their developments and estates and current clients include The Shaftesbury Estate, Borough Market, The Crown Estate, Borough Yards development and The Knightsbridge Estate. Camilla has extensive experience in F&B and leisure leasing nationwide. She cares passionately about the impact hospitality and leisure has on the built environment and its role in creating the places we want to dwell in and are drawn to.

Scott is responsible for the overall strategy and running of the Allsop LLP business and as an investment sales expert continues to play a day to day role in the National Investment Department with the view to winning and growing more investment business.

Roger Wade is the Founder and CEO of BOXPARK, London’s award-winning food and retail revolution. After graduating from University, Roger started Boxfresh, the original British Streetwear brand in 1989. He grew the Boxfresh brand from a market stall, to an international brand selling in over 12 different countries. In 2005, Roger sold Boxfresh to Pentland Brands and formed his own brand consultancy, Brands Incorporated, specialising in the development, financing and licensing of UK fashion brands. Five years later, Roger transformed a patch of wasteland to create the world’s first pop-up dining and shopping destination in the heart of London’s Shoreditch. The next iteration of BOXPARK launched in Croydon in 2015 – slightly different to the original site, BOXPARK Croydon has the look and feel of a modern food hall with an innovative structure and outdoor seating space. Finally, inspired by its Croydon sibling but with a twist, BOXPARK Wembley launched in December 2018 – becoming a new Fanzone for Wembley Stadium and Arena visitors, and the first BOXPARK site to offer leisure activities with its unique ‘PlayBox’ zone. Roger is a creative entrepreneur. He believes that all brands should be special and identifies those special brands/projects and adds values to them. He is passionate about independent brands, the future of retail, and thinking outside the Box!

Martin leads a team that has secured many notable pre-letting transactions. Martin has over 34 years’ experience with both Landlords and occupiers in the London market having previously held positions at Montagu Evans, JLL, Colliers and St Quintin. Martin is a Freeman of the City of London.

Carl Whayman is the chief executive of Lee Baron – one of the UK’s leading property management firms. Operating throughout the UK for over 40 years, Lee Baron delivers a high-quality property management service to its clients, built on excellent customer service, financial management and attention to detail. The firm’s highly experienced team is organised into three distinct specialisations: portfolios (mixed commercial across the UK), London commercial and mixed-use residential. Carl joined the firm over 35 years ago as a graduate surveyor before rising the ranks to CEO, where he oversees the management of over £2.5bn of UK real estate.

Maria Wiedner is the CEO and founder of Cambridge Finance, a real estate financial modelling training and consulting company. Maria is also the founder of Real Estate Women, a network dedicated to diversity and inclusion in the built environment. Maria has worked in the very quantitative areas of property derivatives and equity analysis and has set up Cambridge Finance to help the real estate industry make sense of the numbers.

Paul Wilkinson is a Principal at Avison Young, specialising in Retail Investment, based in the West End. He was a joint founding partner of Wilkinson Williams in 1991 who became market leaders as advisors to the retail warehouse property market and as a 16 strong partnership were taken over by AY in 2018. Key clients are British Land, Realty, Paloma and LondonMetric. He is keen Preston North End fan and did have an (expensive) partial ownership a few years ago.

Chris is Managing Partner at Maples Teesdale. He has 30 years’ experience in commercial real estate investment and development, acting for institutional investors, developers, funders and landowners. In addition he has substantial experience advising corporate occupiers and media companies on acquisitions, disposals and lettings, together with related property management activity.

Mickola Wilson is a highly experienced real estate fund and asset manager, her current roles include Non-Executive Director of Mailbox REIT which was listed on the newly formed IPSX in May 2021, a Non-Executive of KPMT and a member of the Property Committee of the Mercers Livery Company.

Guy founded Locale in 2005, a pioneer in developing for digital solutions for the real estate industry. With a digital footprint of over 80m sqft of commercial and residential real estate in UK and Ireland, Locale has combined its in-depth understanding of the property industry with state-of-the-art technology redefining the way real estate asset is managed, the way in which real estate engages with its occupiers in a bid to create a cohesive community, and the way in which assets communicate with stakeholders.