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Since opening its doors in 1886, Olympia London’s stunning architecture and unique atmosphere has drawn millions of visitors from across the world. Continuing to build on this distinctive heritage, £700 million is being invested to create an extraordinary destination for the creative industries and entrepreneurship. By working with world-renowned design studio Heatherwick Studio and the award winning practice SPPARC architects, Olympia London will be enhanced to include a performing arts centre, cinema, offices, hotels, restaurants and shops to create a new cultural hub for London with more public and green space.

Speakers and Panels

People, Places and Economies

What Makes A Place?

Lloyd Lee

Lloyd Lee

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Yoo Capital

Felicity Black-Roberts

Felicity Black-Roberts

Senior Vice President, Development, EAME

Hyatt

Sir Howard Panter

Sir Howard Panter

Co-CEO

Trafalgar Entertainment

Richard Howard

Richard Howard

Head of London leasing

Cushman & Wakefield

David Hawkins
Moderator

David Hawkins

Partner

Norton Rose Fulbright

Lloyd Lee

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Yoo Capital

Lloyd Lee is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Yoo Capital. Mr. Lee is chiefly responsible for steering the firm’s investment strategy of blending fiscal responsibility with social responsibility and serves as Chair of the firm’s Investment Committee. Mr. Lee has over 25 years and $15 billion of real estate private equity experience in corporate opportunities as well as large-scale urban regeneration involving complex real estate operations in hospitality, entertainment, and urban living.

Over the last several years, Mr. Lee has led the firm's expansion into live entertainment, theatres, film and television studios and separately life sciences and innovation hubs with a strategic focus on delivering accessible creative communities that uniquely blend major global brands with local businesses and start-ups, educational institutions and community groups and non-profit organizations. Mr. Lee is a graduate of Harvard University, where he studied and continues to support theatre and the arts, and serves to steer the Harvard Learn to Fish Christian Research Endowment Fund.

Felicity Black-Roberts

Senior Vice President, Development, EAME

Hyatt

Felicity is responsible for developing Hyatt’s diverse brand portfolio across EAME, heading a diverse team of subregional development experts. Since joining in 2016, Felicity has overseen Hyatt’s market entries into 31 markets, including Barcelona, Biarritz, Dublin and Madrid, along with brand debuts in 23 markets including Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Paris and the French Alps. With 25 years’ experience in real estate and hospitality – spanning acquisitions, development, asset management – she understands the market from multiple industry perspectives. Prior to Hyatt, Felicity led acquisitions and developments for Starwood Hotels and Resorts in Western Europe, supported prominent brands including Forte, Le Méridien and worked with the investment fund Starman.

Sir Howard Panter

Co-CEO

Trafalgar Entertainment

Sir Howard Panter is a prominent theatre owner /producer and one of

the key figures in the arts and entertainment industry with over 40 years’

experience gained in organisations such as The Royal Court Theatre, The

Royal Shakespeare Company and Michael Codron Ltd.

Howard’s latest venture with his wife Dame Rosemary Squire, is

Trafalgar Entertainment, a live entertainment business and home

to Trafalgar Releasing (formerly Picturehouse Entertainment),

Stagecoach Performing Arts, Trafalgar Studios and Trafalgar Theatre

Productions.

In 2017 the company acquired the market leader Trafalgar

Releasing who broadcast productions live worldwide, from The

RSC, Glyndebourne, Met Opera, Bolshoi Ballet to David Gilmour,

Muse, Coldplay, BTS and more. In 2018 Trafalgar Entertainment

went on to acquire Stagecoach Performing Arts, the UK market

leader in extra-curricular Performing Arts tuition with nearly

700 schools and over 46,000 students in the UK and worldwide.

The largest shareholder of Trafalgar Entertainment is Barings

Alternative Investment, which operates as a subsidiary of MassMutual

Holding LLC, with assets under management of US$771 billion. Other

shareholders include Sir Richard Branson and Griffon Corporation, Greg

Dyke, James Tanner and NWH Consulting Ltd.

The production arm of the company, Trafalgar Theatre

Productions, is producing a group in London and internationally

including the Lincoln Center’s award-winning production of The

King and I at the London Palladium and now worldwide, The

Rocky Horror Show worldwide, the acclaimed award-winning hit

comedy Admissions starring Alex Kingston, new British musical

Tom Morris’ The Grinning Man, Apologia starring Stockard

Channing and Killer Joe starring Orlando Bloom. Other co-

productions have included the two sell-out ground breaking new

British productions: the Bush Theatre’s Misty and National

Theatre’s Nine Night. Other co-productions include The Starry

Messenger starring Matthew Broderick and Elizabeth McGovern

at Wyndham’s Theatre, Mary Stuart starring Juliet Stevenson

and Lia Williams at the Duke of York’s, Jersey Boys UK Tour, the

UK Tour and London season of The Messiah starring Hugh

Dennis, John Marquez and Lesley Garrett and The Height of The

Storm at Wyndham’s Theatre starring Jonathan Pryce and Dame

Eileen Atkins.

Prior to Trafalgar Entertainment, Howard was co-founder, Joint

CEO and Creative Director for the Ambassador Theatre Group Ltd

(ATG), the world’s number one live-theatre company with almost 50

venues in Britain, the US and Europe. He and Rosemary remain the

second largest shareholder of ATG. Under his leadership, ATG became

from scratch one of the most prolific, broad-based theatre producers in

the world with productions in the West End and on Broadway including

touring productions in the UK, North America, Europe, Australia and

Asia.

David Hawkins

Moderator

Norton Rose Fulbright

David Hawkins has been a partner in the real estate team at Norton Rose Fulbright LLP for over 10 years specialising in investment and development transactions across all sectors. Projects David has been involved with include the joint venture funding of the extension to the Westfield London Shopping Centre, the development of a 36 story mixed use tower opposite the Barbican and the development of Europe’s largest newly opened deep water port at London Gateway in Essex. David is involved with a number of industry bodies and sits on the City of London Law Society Land Law committee.

Fostering Placemaking Through Collaboration

An Interview with Grosvenor's Britain & Ireland CEO Craig McWilliam

Craig McWilliam

Craig McWilliam

Chief Executive

Grosvenor

John Gravett
Moderator

John Gravett

Head of Real Estate Management

Cluttons

Craig McWilliam

Chief Executive

Grosvenor

Craig McWilliam, FRICS, was appointed to the Grosvenor Britain & Ireland Board in 2010. In 2013 he became the Executive Director responsible for the London estate, having previously had charge of all development activities off the London estate. In January 2017, Craig became CEO of Grosvenor Britain & Ireland. Prior to joining Grosvenor he was a Managing Director at Fortress Investment Group.

Craig is an Honorary Fellow of the RICS, a Trustee of LandAid and a Director of London First. He also sits on BPF's Policy Committee and is Vice-Chairman of the Westminster Property Association.

John Gravett

Moderator

Cluttons

John provides strategic advice to TMT portfolios and specialised advice in

telecommunications strategy, network roll-out and estate management. As a skilled

international real estate manager, John has extensive experience in the development and

implementation of real estate solutions at both a local and international level.

The Places of Innovation

How Does It Get Delivered?

Bill Hughes

Bill Hughes

Global Head of Real Assets

Legal & General Investment Management

Neil Alford

Neil Alford

Central Faculty, Office of the Provost

Imperial College London

Paul Westwood

Paul Westwood

Project Leader

Heatherwick Studio

David Twohig

David Twohig

Founding Partner

Wordsearch Place

Sowmya Parthasarathy
Moderator

Sowmya Parthasarathy

Associate Director

Arup

Bill Hughes

Global Head of Real Assets

Legal & General Investment Management

Bill joined Legal & General in 2007 and is responsible for transforming its UK property fund management business into a global real assets platform. Operating in both the direct investment and lending markets, today it actively invests and manages over £35bn of assets across real estate, infrastructure and corporate and alternative debt. Bill continues to play an active role in several influential government and industry committees around responsible investing, infrastructure, urban regeneration and housing. He is a Global Governing Trustee of the Urban Land Institute and is on the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (NZCBS) Governance Board. Bill is also Chair of the Property Industry Alliance (PIA), which brings together the UK’s leading property bodies to give them a stronger collective voice on issues such as policy, research and best practice. Prior to joining Legal & General, Bill was CEO at RREEF UK (the Real Estate Fund Management business of DWS) and Head of Research and Deputy Managing Director at Schroder Property Investment Management.

Neil Alford

Central Faculty, Office of the Provost

Imperial College London

Neil Alford is a Materials Scientist. He graduated from St Andrews University and spent 3 years working in SE Asia and S America in the Oil Exploration Industry on wildcat rigs and then worked for ICI for 13 years. His current position is Associate Provost (academic planning) and his current research work on functional materials led to the development of the first room temperature, earth’s field MASER (a Microwave laser). His role at Imperial involves the planning and development of the estate including the development of the new campus at White City. In 2013 he was awarded the MBE for services to Engineering.

Paul Westwood

Project Leader

Heatherwick Studio

An architect with nine years postgraduate experience working across public,

cultural, historical renovation projects and masterplanning. Paul joined the studio

in 2013 and is currently leading the development and construction of Pier55, a new

public park and performance space in the Hudson River in New York City, due to

complete in 2021.

Paul is also leading on Olympia London and the transformation of the 14-acre site

into a destination with restaurants, hotels, performance venues and office space, as

well as creating 2.5 acres of new public space.

He successfully led the retail interior of Shanghai Bund Finance Centre, a

400,000sqm mixed-use development in the heart of Shanghai. He was also

instrumental on 1000 Trees, a 3 millionsqft mixed-use development in China

including a 1 millionsqft shopping mall, 5,000sqft creative office space, cinema

complex, supermarket, and a new public park.

Prior to joining Heatherwick Studio, Paul worked at architectural practices in

London, Sweden and New York. He contributed to the notable Stirling- Prize

shortlisted regeneration of Park Hill, a Grade II listed residential complex in

Sheffield, and Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge at Hawkins Brown. He also worked

on the award-winning expansion of Queens Museum, New York at Grimshaw

Architects LLP.

Paul studied Architecture at the University of Sheffield and London Metropolitan

University.

David Twohig

Founding Partner

Wordsearch Place

David is a property developer who has championed the synergy of creating great places while maximizing value. From 2008 to 2017 David worked as both Chief Development Officer and Head of Design and Placemaking at Battersea Power Station. David was instrumental in developing the concept strategy, masterplan, mix and activation at the Power Station. Prior to that he helped establish the largest western-owned development company in China and well as working in Ireland. In 2017, David became one of the founding partners at Wordsearch Place and is currently advising on over 75 million sqft development across the globe.

Sowmya Parthasarathy

Moderator

Arup

Sowmya is an architect and urban designer with over 20 years of global experience in the UK, US, and Asia. She is one of the Mayor of London’s 50 Design Advocates, selected to drive forward London’s ‘good growth by design’ programme. As a member of Arup’s Integrated City Planning group, she leads city-scale projects working across the disciplines of architecture, urban design, planning, engineering, transport, and sustainability. Her expertise lies in masterplanning and strategic planning for new development and regeneration in urban areas confronting significant growth and expansion. Sowmya has been a designer and advisor on projects in the public as well as private sector including London's 2012 Olympic Legacy Masterplan and sustainability vision and Imperial College London’s campus in the White City Opportunity Area.

Summary

1. Placemaking begins with a vision and creative seed. What does it take to turn a concept into a reality? 2. How do you curate and form the identity of a place? What are the genuine pillars that truly make a place? 3. How do we ensure that today’s place is still a special place years from now? 4. What are science and innovation occupiers thinking?  How do they make their commercial decisions? What kind of places do they prefer and how do those places encourage collaboration? 5. How do occupiers define quality of life? Is it flexibility, convenience, green spaces, amenities? How do you strive for the right mix? 6. Is a place of innovation a campus or can it be absorbed into the city? How do you bring development expertise into this trend?

Venue

Olympia London

Hammersmith Road

Kensington

W14 8UX

NOTE: All guests should enter through the Central building entrance on Hammersmith Road. Once inside, guests should proceed to the 3rd Floor. 


Agenda

Time Activity
7:30 AM
8:30 AM
Breakfast & Networking
8:35 AM
9:15 AM
People, Places and Economies

What Makes A Place?

9:15 AM
9:35 AM
Fostering Placemaking Through Collaboration

An Interview with Grosvenor's Britain & Ireland CEO Craig McWilliam

9:35 AM
9:40 AM
Stretch & Coffee Break
9:40 AM
10:20 AM
The Places of Innovation

How Does It Get Delivered?

10:20 AM
10:45 AM
Post-Panel Networking