David is currently on secondment from Homes England, where he was Head of Public Land, since December 2016, his previous role was Head of Area for The Homes and communities Agency, where he worked for 8 and half years.

Experience and work history: Head of sustainable communities, Director of Development and Regeneration, Projects Director and Business Development Manager. A Bachelor of Town Planning (which he received a Distinction) and BA (hons) Urban and Regional Planning which he received at Coventry University . He is a chartered Town Planner and an Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

He lives with his Wife and 2 daughters and has interests include brick laying and building at home.

David Thame started writing for Property Week (then called CSW) in 1988, and he hasn't stopped writing about property since. He's appeared regularly in titles ranging from Retail Week, Estates Gazette and Investors Chronicle to the Manchester Evening News and The Grocer. Today he writes for half a dozen titles, and is proud to include Bisnow among them. He has a PhD from the University of Manchester.

Andy built the distribution channel at SevenCapital, alongside his co-directors, to offer property investors a unique 360-degree service, including sales, mortgages, furniture, property management, rental and exit. A property investor himself, Andy knows service is key, and developed the channel based on his own poor experience as a first-time investor in the early 2000s. The business’ key focus is on customer service ensuring every client of SevenCapital receives the guidance and support they need during the buying process. It’s this service that currently sets SevenCapital aside from many other developers in the playing field.

As well as his success with SevenCapital, Andy has built five prosperous businesses within the Motor Finance, Residential Property, Recruitment and Charity Sectors.

Any also sits on the boards of Seven Invest, Alexander Daniels, University of Nottingham Impact Board and The Brain Tumour Charity, for which he is Founder, Trustee and a dedicated fundraiser: through The Joseph Foote Charity Ball and various other challenges, he aims to raise £500,000 each year.

CEO and founder of Court Collaboration and its group companies, Anthony has a proven track record in complex real estate development and investment transactions, working directly with investment partners to deliver significant real estate projects in the UK.

With a firm understanding of commercial development and experience of delivering a multi-million pound mixed-use project, Anthony started Court Collaboration in 2010 where he is responsible for the company’s growth, vision and ultimate strategic development. Anthony spends much of his time in Asia visiting current and new clients and is proud of the inward investment record Court has into both the UK and Birmingham delivering over £300,000,000 into the City from Asia so far.

Anthony is formerly a Governor of Birmingham Metropolitan College and Founder and former Chairman of both the Greater Birmingham Professional Services Academy and Birmingham Enterprise Academy (having founded both himself). In 2008, he was crowned the youngest ever winner of the Birmingham Young Professional of the Year Award, and was awarded a Fellowship to the College by Birmingham Metropolitan College for his services to Birmingham in 2011. Anthony is also listed as one of Midlands Business Insider’s ‘entrepreneurs to watch’ and is mentioned as a top 10 Property Professional in the Birmingham Post’s 2017 Midlands Power 250.

Adam has been with Galliard Homes for 15 years. He is the director responsible for acquisitions and projects in the West Midlands for the Galliard Apsley Partnership.

Galliard Homes, together with Apsley House Capital, has acquired four sites in Birmingham city centre and aim to deliver 2,500 - 3,000 new homes on brownfield sites in the city over the next five years.

The Partnership is also seeking sites across the wider West Midlands, with aspirations to deliver quality housing around the region.

Michael O’Shea is a partner and Head of the Gowling WLG's contentious construction team. He is recognised by clients and his peers as a leader in his field and is one of the few lawyers to have taken a construction case to the House of Lords (now the Supreme Court).

Michael is a CEDR Accredited Mediator, member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Past Chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors North West Dispute Faculty, a member of TeCSA, a Regional Coordinator of the Society of Construction Law and has been a visiting lecturer at the University of Manchester. He is also qualified as a solicitor in Ireland.

He is known for his role as trusted advisor to a number of significant UK contractors and is a specialist in complex legal, factual and technical disputes.

Stephanie brings two decades of experience in real estate and property management, operations and training. Prior to Atlas, she relocated to the United Kingdom in 2013 with a focus on residential and mixed use clients at Yardi Systems, Ltd. Stephanie has also worked with U.S. establishments, such as Alliance Residential, Greystar, CompassRock RE, and Laramar Group, acting on behalf of high profile investment clients. She has held various offices from National IT and Training Manager, Senior Property Director, Regional Manager, and Area Coordinator for OSHA (Occupational Safety) Compliance, where she lead teams in operations, acquisitions and due diligence. She is also a member of the UKAA Training Committee.

Gary has over 30 years of experience in financial services and investments, initially in the mortgage sector where he successfully grew his lending business from a £100 million lender to a £1 billion lender within 5 years. Gary sold High Street Home Loans to GMAC-RFC in 2003, remaining a Director and operating at board level for several years. The High Street Group was conceived in 2006, initially in the areas of financial management and investment, and in 2011 he turned the focus towards alternative investment strategies and development finance, taking advantage of the potential gap in the market. In 2013 he entered the construction and development sector, realising the opportunity of providing an end•to•end solution from land acquisition to project completion, and in a short space of time had become one of the fastest growing medium sized builders winning accolades such as Best Medium Sized Builder (UK) and Best Renovation Project (Scotland), with a pipeline of projects valued at £120 million. More recently, Gary identified the revolution and demand for Private Rental and Build to Rent Sector, and the Company already has two large projects under construction in Milton Keynes and Newcastle, with over £1 billion of projects in the pipeline.

Louise is a well-respected international planning and

development professional with both executive and non-

executive experience. She is a thought leader, global

champion & presenter across the built environment sector.

She is also an advisor & leader of initiatives developing

urban land use policy across the UK, Sub-Saharan Africa

and Asia.

She has extensive knowledge of legal, commercial &

investment aspects of the urban development industry; is

regularly appointed as an expert witness, and is an

Examiner & advisor to the UK Government.

Louise offers professional and technical expertise together

with extensive experience of the development industry,

having worked within the housing building sector, property

agencies, UK Government and UN Departments both here

in the UK and internationally. She has a successful track

record of advising & developing sustainable strategies

across the built environment sector.