Paul joined Australian Super, working in the London office, in November 2020 and is responsible for property investment activity in the UK and Europe. Since his arrival Paul has built out the Property team in London and led the acquisition of a 50% interest in the Canada Water regeneration scheme in partnership with British Land.

Paul has over thirty years’ experience in real estate investment, development and management. Previously he spent 13 years at The Crown Estate where he was the Chief Investment Officer and ran the strategy, investment, development and asset management teams dealing with £16 billion of assets. During his time there the teams he led were involved in around £10 billion of real estate transactions and completed over 2 million sq ft of new development. He also devised and led the creation of major partnerships with significant blue chip investors both in central London and around the UK. Prior to this Paul ran the real estate investment portfolio of the Church Commissioners.

Paul has also held various non-executive positions on unlisted vehicles and continues to contribute more widely to the real estate sector. Currently he sits on the board of Pathways To Property and is an active member of the British Property Federation.

Jay has 17 years’ experience leading complex development projects in central London across residential, office, hotel, cultural and retail sectors. He currently leads Native Land’s £2bn landmark Bankside Yard’s project and 105 Judd Street, King’s Cross. Before this he led planning and joint venture aspects of Burlington Gate, Mayfair. He has also spent significant time in the Asia Pacific region building and maintaining Native Land’s Joint Venture relationships.

Jay holds a MA (Oxon) in History & Economics from the University of Oxford and a MSc in Real Estate Investment & Finance from the University of Reading and is a Chartered Surveyor. In 2020 he was nominated by Property Week as their Young Property Personality of the Year. He joined the Native Land Board in 2021.

Lynn is Portfolio Director, Development & ESG at M&G Real Estate, responsible for M&G’s office development portfolio including the flagship City of London project, 40 Leadenhall. It is the second time that Lynn has joined M&G Real Estate having joined in 2016 as a Development Director covering the main commercial sectors, residential and master planning.

She has extensive experience in development across all sectors in the UK and Europe having previously worked at Europa, Aviva and The EDI Group. Passionate about sustainable design and the drive to zero carbon, Lynn has worked in commercial property for more than 30 years, is a judge for the BCO and Construction News Awards.

As Managing Principal of 10 Design, Chris has over 25 years of international experience on major projects throughout Europe, Middle East, Asia and Americas. Having lived and worked overseas in New York, Istanbul and Dubai, he is now back in his home base, leading the UK studios in London and Edinburgh.

Chris has extensive experience in the design, delivery, and management of projects across all stages. His current role is principal client liaison for projects in Europe and the Middle East. He works closely with

the design leadership to establish project direction and interface with clients and multi-disciplinary consultants, ensuring projects proceed in accordance with clients’ goals.

His award-winning works span a diverse range, most recently demonstrated by New Town Quarters Regeneration in Edinburgh, Al Seef Mixed Use Development in Dubai, and a number of world-class assets in Saudi Arabia to name a few.

Chris Jones is passionate about architecture, cities and the environment, how we shape the world around us and how it shapes us. He regularly shares the practice’s work, research and experience as a public speaker, visiting critic and jury member at academic institutions, international conferences and

public meetings across the world.

Sally Morris-Smith is a real estate partner at DAC Beachcroft. She has over 20 years’ experience advising clients across a range of sectors including investment, finance, development and asset management for both public and private sector clients. Her current key clients include a government department, a local authority, a UK developer and a manufacturer.

Bek has worked in a range of environments including outsourcing and public services, engineering and construction, before her role at Lendlease.

In undertaking both commercial and wider business roles, Bek has a strong track record in delivering cultural change and business growth.

In her role at Lendlease Bek is responsible for the commercial operations and overall growth of the Lendlease Development business, including New Business opportunities. Her previous experience in regeneration, change and partnership working enable her to build on the strong foundations that Lendlease has to further grow and innovate the Lendlease business.

Denz joined Legal & General Investment Management Real Assets (LGIMRA) in 2019 as Head of Retail and Futuring. Graduating from the London School of Economics Cities Programme, Denz is a designer and urbanist by background with extensive experience in creating future ready places by curating environments for people to live, work and play. Prior to joining LGIMRA, Denz was Head of Special Projects at tech start up Appear Here and Head of Commercial Placemaking at BNP Paribas Real Estate. Denz is currently focussed on building an all new consumer centric Retail team at LGIMRA, with a mission on designing and delivering incredible places for people.

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

Emma is Chair of TEDI-London, a higher education provider for future engineers founded by Arizona State University, King’s College London & UNSW Sydney. Also a Non-Executive Director of Assura plc.

Before joining British Land Emma spent 7 years at Landsec where she delivered a number of central London developments and oversaw their strategic land portfolio. She previously held development and land management roles at Barratt and Crest Nicholson.

Siobhan Jared is customer experience leader, with a background in people-focused roles in hospitality and real estate industries. Over 20 years, Siobhan has worked across both founder-led, private equity and public sector companies during periods of high growth, transformation, crisis impact and business revival. Siobhan advocates an authentic and empathetic approach to understanding customers, championing their needs to embed a customer centric approach, and has led complex business change programmes.

I have over 25 years of varied experience in both academia and industrial practice, leading and managing many organisations across many sectors and in different countries to realise significant and sustainable delivery success. I am a chartered quantity surveyor, chartered construction manager, chartered manager and chartered project manager. I provide consultancy and industrial partnership services when needed.I am currently a Professor of Sustainable Project and Cost Management, and Head of Division of Construction, Property and Surveying at London South Bank University. I am fully involved in academic practice, curriculum development and provide inspirational leadership to develop growth in performance, fostering teaching and learning excellence, outstanding student outcomes, impactful research and knowledge transfer. I provide consultancy and research on a sustainable built environment. I have been keynote speaker and presenter for other renowned conferences and industry seminars. I was recently the speaker for Reinforced Efficiency for Carbon Reduction and Cost Savings Industry Seminar, UK.

With over 30 years of experience Chris is a widely recognised, leading pioneer of innovative

customer experience solutions in an ever-changing market. Constantly championing the

customer, he has delivered transformation programmes for a range of global organisations.

Always putting the customer at the heart of the business, his visionary approach helps

organisations challenge their status quo and shape their future based on customer insight

and a deeper understanding of the value of customer experience.