Neil Pennell is Head of Design Innovation & Property Solutions at Landsec, one of the UK’s

leading property companies. He is responsible for the design and development of innovative,

environmentally sustainable and technically excellent buildings.

Neil is a senior thought leader specialising in technical and innovative solutions for Landsec’s

current and future portfolio, acting as a trusted adviser to the senior executive team.

He is charged with providing strategic advice to the business on sustainable building design,

smart building technology and innovative procurement and construction processes to ensure

Landsec retains its leadership position in the real estate sector.

This involves a wide remit to drive innovation and the application of new technology,

including; Net Zero Carbon buildings, AI, advanced building analytics, Internet of Things, BIM,

P-DfMA, modern methods of construction, smart building and Prop Tech solutions.

Neil is an advocate of sustainable buildings, renewable energy technologies and intelligent

building design. His goal is to create amazing buildings for people; to live, work, shop and

enjoy their leisure time.

Neil sits on the Board of the British Council of Offices (BCO) and chairs the Technical Affairs

Committee which is responsible for producing the BCO’s industry leading technical

publications. He is also chair of the Buildings Clients Group, a director of the Better Buildings

Partnership and a member of the Construction Productivity Task Force.

Liam is the founder and Director of Spectrum Infrastructure, an innovative global service provider of in-building 4G connectivity. Their unique technology platform delivers all mobile network operators and the emergency services over a single system, underpinning The Internet of Things (IoT), improving health and safety, employee productivity and increasing the value of real estate.

Liam has spent the last 10 years within the wireless, fixed line and cloud sector with an emphasis on commercial real estate as his speciality and focus.

Bridget is the Chief Sustainability Officer at PwC UK with responsibility for the firm’s internal corporate

sustainability strategy.

A strategist by background, with a degree in languages from Oxford, an MBA from INSEAD and an MSc in

Environmental Technology from Imperial, she held multiple leadership positions in industry and in a

global management consultancy.

She joined PwC in 2010, where she focuses on innovation and behaviour change for better sustainability

performance. As a result, PwC is now a recognised leader in tackling its carbon footprint and in applying

the principles of the circular economy to its operations.

Bridget has shared what works and what does not in two ‘10 Years of Lessons Learned’ reports – available

at www.pwc.co.uk/goingcircular and www.pwc.co.uk/actingoncarbon.

Bridget is a Fellow of The Marketing Society and the ICRS, a former commissioner of the London

Sustainable Development Commission, and a member of BITC’s Environmental Leaders Group.

Munish Datta is passionate about the crucial role every sector of society - government, business, civic - must play to create a truly sustainable world. As director of membership & operations at UK Green Building Council, he is responsible for leading the organisations membership strategy and enabling the delivery of its mission to radically improve the sustainability of the built environment. As Senior Associate, faculty & tutor at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership he empowers senior business leaders & organisations to tackle critical global challenges. Formerly, Munish led cross business teams to design and deliver Marks & Spencer’s multi award winning, globally renowned sustainability strategy (Plan A) for its 1000+ buildings property portfolio. He is a start-up advisor, member of the UK Government BEIS ‘Green Construction Board’, Governor of the Stephen Perse family of schools & trustee of Rama Foundation, a charity building the capacities and skills of disadvantaged communities. Twitter: @MunishDatta

Tor Burrows is the Director of Sustainability and Innovation for Grosvenor Britain & Ireland.

This role is designed to galvanize delivery of our environmental goals for 2030 which will see the business become net carbon zero and zero waste by the end of the decade, while also contributing to a significant increase in biodiversity in its communities. She sits on the business’ Executive Committee.

Tor previously held the position of Director of Placemaking. She has worked in the company for nearly a decade, including leading the asset management programme for the Mayfair estate and working as Head of Strategy for Grosvenor Britain & Ireland. She sits on the Good Growth Steering Committee of London's West End Partnership and is part of the Westminster Property Association’s Senior Advisory Committee.

Tor sits on the WPA’s Senior Advisory Committee and on the West End Partnership’s Good Growth sub-committee.

Andrew Roughan has spent the predominant part of his career in Technology Infrastructure within

the telecoms and data centre sectors driving business transformation for clients and major cities.

He first got involved with Here East in 2011 where he was a founding member of the bid team who

successfully acquired a 200-year lease from the London Legacy Development Corporation to

transform the former Press and Broadcast Centre’s on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

His role as COO at Here East made him responsible for creating the eco-system and community

where large and small companies collide, allowing them to benefit from one another’s scale and

creativity, together with ensuring delivery of the Legacy goals that Here East aspires to.

Recently Andrew was appointed to be Managing Director of Plexal to lead the Innovation Centre at

Here East where they have a focus on hosting high growth and established businesses, convening

across industry borders and innovating to solve the problems that matter to society. Plexal has a

particular focus on cyber security and mobility

Marco Abdallah is Head of Engineering at Drees & Sommer UK. Since 2011, Marco has worked with Drees & Sommer engineering departments around the world, including the HQ in Stuttgart and as head of the department in Shanghai. Marco's areas of expertise include Green Building Design and Management and he leads on Drees & Sommer's Cradle-to-Cradle work stream. Significant past projects include a Research Campus for Novartis in Shanghai and Deutsche Bank's Headquarters in Paris.

In the past 30 years, Nic Pryke has gone from a furniture designer to the Creative Director of London’s leading workplace design and build company, Oktra. His understanding of workplace goes beyond the built environment, exploring human behaviour and employee experience. “The look and feel of a work environment is just one part of the design solution; mostly it’s about people and how they behave”, says Nic.

Nic shares his experience and predictions of the workplace industry at numerous events and thought leadership talks. He understands the specific drivers behind successful coworking spaces, having headed up Oktra’s design team who partnered with WeWork to deliver nearly two million square foot of coworking space across London.

Enrico Sanna is the co-founder and CEO of Fora, a premium workspace provider that is bringing together the best of hospitality, design and members clubs to create environments that inspire. Fora currently owns fifteen buildings in locations including Clerkenwell, Borough, Reading, Fitzrovia, Spitalfields, and Soho with new sites opening in Southwark and Shoreditch.

With a background firmly footed in the corporate environment, having held various roles across Deutsche Bank, including its hospitality portfolio, Enrico was inspired to start Fora with Katrina, sharing in the vision for an improved customer journey and the future of workspace. Backed by a substantial investment from Brockton Capital, Fora is challenging the co-working landscape as it leads the way in championing spaces designed for productivity and wellbeing.

In addition to his banking credentials, whilst at Deutsche Bank, Enrico has also served on the board of the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, taking it from an operating loss of $35m to a turnover of $155m in just three years.

In 2018, alongside co-founder Katrina Larkin, Enrico was listed sixth on the OnOffice Top 50 Power List.

Laurence is Trilogy’s Head of Asset Management & Leasing. His principal responsibilities include the identification and implementation of all property related business plans and value-add initiatives, as well as the management of agents and outsourced advisors.

Laurence has an MA in Property Valuation and Law, holds the IMC qualification and is a member of the RICS.

James brings his expertise in strategy, civil engineering and new venture development to Storey customers. His vision of companies benefiting from flexible workspaces backed by British Land led to the creation of Storey. A chartered engineer with an MBA from London Business School, James has also represented Great Britain in athletics.

Anand is an industry expert in the domain of Digital Twins and their applications for creating operationally efficient real estate assets that meet ESG goals of investors.

He has over 30 years of experience in the smart buildings industry, having built and scaled businesses that were acquired by SIEMENS. His current venture “Invicara” has developed the industry first “low code” cloud platform to create highly customized Digital Twins of the built environment.

Mr. Wolstenholme formed Trilogy Real Estate LLP as a UK-focused

investment and development management business in 2015. His

principle responsibilities include the creation and management

of Trilogy’s projects.

Prior to founding Trilogy, Mr. Wolstenholme was Investment

Director at Resolution, where he was responsible for the

acquisition, strategic business planning, procurement, and

letting of multiple office, retail and residential schemes. While

at Resolution, Mr. Wolstenholme was personally responsible for

13 transactions, investing over £300m of equity with a gross IRR

of over 28% and a 1.9x cash multiple. Mr. Wolstenholme spent 14

years at JLL where he gained a wide range of professional real

estate experience, most notably advising a range of UK institutions,

developers and international corporations on the funding of major

real estate undertakings.

Mr. Wolstenholme has a degree in Architecture from the Batlet

School of Architecture, UCL and a qualification in Chartered

Surveying (MRICS), as well as a diploma in Finance from the

Securities Institute.

Richard is the principal of Studio RHE, an innovative architecture practice with a background in both international Hotel and Office design. They came to prominence on completing ‘Alphabeta’ in London, a groundbreaking and winner of several Awards including the RIBA, OAS and BCO. Their imaginative, inclusive design approach and understanding of the new market and users’ needs also lead them to designing the co-working brands Huckletree and Fora. ‘Republic’ is the latest iteration of their approach; a new campus of flexible healthy workspace built around generous amenities and outdoor spaces meticulously imagined and realised by the practice.

Helen Causer is Office and Investment Lead for King’s Cross. Helen is responsible for asset management, leasing and performance of the office portfolio at the landmark King’s Cross redevelopment.

Since joining Argent, Helen has secured some of London’s largest commercial office deals of the last decade, including Google, DeepMinds, Facebook, Sony Music, Nike and Universal Music, totalling over 2 million sq ft.

Helen is passionate about building strong and collaborative relationships with occupiers, working in partnership to understand and respond to business drivers. She has a strong interest in workplace design, innovation and customer experience particularly around health, wellbeing and sustainability.

As DeepMind’s Central Support Manager, Emma is responsible for supporting the organisation’s growth through building a state of the art team to enable the organisation to achieve its mission in the most impactful way. With a diverse operational background in the tech sector, Emma has led several large scale projects and events centred around creating innovative and sustainable working environments. Emma is committed to providing an inclusive and engaging employee experience, which was recognised earlier this year through receiving second place in the ‘Health and Wellbeing of its People’ category, at the UK Employee Experience Awards.

Charlie Wade is the EMEA Managing Director for VTS, the modern platform for commercial

real estate. The fastest growing technology company in commercial real estate history, it has

over 12 billion sq ft of office, retail and industrial assets combined managed on its platform

globally. Prior to VTS, Charlie spent 10 years at JLL, working in London, New York and Silicon Valley,

leading business development for the West Coast hub of JLL’s International Desk.

Current Responsibilities

• Zeynep is the Co-Head of Europe for the Funds Advisory team based in London

• She is responsible for coordinating the firms coverage of European indirect capital flows into real estate focusing on joint ventures, separate

accounts, club deals and commingled funds

• Another important part of Zeynep’s role is to globally coordinate the firm’s efforts around real estate consultants; ensuring that we have a deep

network of relationships with all the groups advising institutional investors in real estate

Relevant Experience

• Zeynep has over ten years of relevant experience, specializing in real estate fundraising, investing and asset management

• Prior to joining Jones Lang LaSalle, Zeynep was a Managing Director at Hodes Weill & Associates where she was principally responsible for the

coverage of institutional investors in Europe, including all the consultants

• Previously, Zeynep was a Managing Director, Head of Business Development and Investor Relations at Peakside Capital where she was

responsible for all aspects of business development and capital formation, as well as being a member of the Management Committee of the

firm

Education and Affiliations

• Zeynep has lived in the UK and the United States for the last twenty years. Turkish national; she speaks 3 languages

• After receiving her undergraduate degree with Honors from Harvard University in the United States, Zeynep started her career in finance in the

M&A department at Morgan Stanley in New York in 1999 after which she joined Merrill Lynch, the predecessor company to Peakside Capital

Alex has been with ECN for 18 months and prior to joining, worked for Wyevale Garden centres where he played a leading role transforming their concessions department growing revenue by 50% /£8m in 4 years. Alex has extensive experience, working with landlords and managing/property agents having also spent time at speciality leasing agency Space and People.

Skills and expertise: Paul is a chartered surveyor who joined the Group in 1987. He was appointed Chief Executive in 2019. He has overall responsibility for Group strategy, business development, sustainability, health & safety and day to day operations.

Other current appointments: Director of The Paddington Partnership, Director of Sadler’s Wells Foundation and Vice Chairman of the Westminster Property Association.

Committees: Responsible Business.

Zach Vaughan is Managing Partner in Brookfield’s Property Group, responsible for

Brookfield’s European real estate investments.

Mr. Vaughan joined Brookfield in the United States in 2012 and relocated to London

in 2015. Since joining, he has been involved in several M&A and asset transactions

including Thayer Lodging, Center Parcs, MPG Office Trust, Student Roost,

Associated Estates and Interhotels. Before to relocating to London he oversaw

Brookfield’s North American multifamily investments and its operating company,

Fairfield Residential. Prior to joining Brookfield, Mr. Vaughan worked at Canada

Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Reichmann International.

Mr. Vaughan received an Honors Economics degree from The University of Western

Ontario.

Steven joined HB Reavis UK in April 2017 as Transactions Director, assuming responsibility for acquisitions, leasing, financing, asset management, and marketing. In August 2018, Steven was appointed UK Chief Executive, overseeing ambitious plans for growth across the UK market, as well as delivery of the current UK portfolio. This includes the major redevelopment of Elizabeth House in Waterloo and over-site development at Farringdon West Crossrail station in the heart of Clerkenwell. Prior to joining HB Reavis, Steven was head of BNP Paribas Real Estate’s West End and Midtown office.

Steven holds a 1st class degree in Commercial Real Estate and has been included on numerous industry awards such as Estates Gazette’s Young Property Person of the Year, Property Week’s Most Influential Property People Under 40, CoreNet’s annual insight award, the RICS Development Surveyors’ Award and most recently named in OnOffice: The Power List 2019 Top 50 Movers and Shakers in commercial real estate.

James Goldsmith is Head of Leasing at AXA IM - Real Assets. He has worked on some of

London's most progressive schemes, including Apple's first UK flagship in Regent Street,

Central Saint Giles, Television Centre and The Shard. And now Twentytwo, which will deliver

1.35million sq ft of social workspace in the heart of the City of London. He maintains a strong

belief in market research and how broader social and economic issues influence occupier needs

and objectives. During his 25-year career in Central London, James has executed many high-

profile and award-winning transactions as both an adviser and a principal; operating within the leasing, asset management and development markets.

David Marks is the CEO and co-founder of Brockton Everlast, a London-

based real estate investment firm established in 2006. The firm has

raised over £2.20 billion in institutional capital, developing and investing

into 370 properties across 22m sq ft. Its current focus spans three areas:

a 2m sq ft masterplan of laboratories in Cambridge, 1m sq ft of office

development in central London, and Fora, London’s largest flex office

operator, managing 3m sq ft and 30,000 desks across 70 buildings in

partnership with Blackstone. David has been a member of the Bank of

England’s Commercial Property Forum since 2006 and a trustee of the

National Gallery since 2017. David holds a Master’s from MIT and a BA

from the University of Manchester.

Coming soon...

...coming soon

Olly Olsen is the co-Founder and co-CEO of The Office Group (‘TOG’), one of the largest privately-owned flexible workspace providers in London. When Olly and business partner Charlie Green founded TOG in 2003, their pioneering vision was simple: to create beautifully-designed, site specific office buildings with a variety of workspaces, and to offer tenants progressive membership schemes and short-term leases that would help businesses, and the people in them, to thrive. TOG attracts a fast growing and diverse mix of businesses from startups and SMEs to larger enterprise companies. Today the multi award-winning company has 18,000 members and nearly 50 buildings across 2 million sq ftwith more on the way. In his remit as co-CEO, Olly is responsible for the operational and trading performance of the business. He is passionate and focused on TOG’s member experience, constantly listening and innovating to redefine, evolve and ultimately address how TOG’s members wish to work.

John is a partner in the real estate group at Slaughter and May. He has considerable experience in a wide range of real estate work. He has acted extensively on acquisitions and disposals of all types of property interests, on significant development projects, on major lettings and on the real estate aspects of corporate and financing transactions. His clients include investors, occupiers, developers, livery companies, hotel owners, housebuilders and banks. He is listed as a leading individual in the real estate section of Chambers UK 2025. John is member of the Hall of Fame for corporate occupiers, is recognised as a leading individual for development and as a key lawyer for investment in the commercial property section of Legal 500 2025. He is recognised as a notable practitioner in IFLR1000 2024 and is also listed in Who’s Who Legal: Real Estate 2024.

Richard has been with Regus for 4 years leading their UK business. Prior to that he was the CEO of G4S, UK & Ireland where he was responsible for 50,000 employees and leading businesses with combined revenues of £1.7bn. Richard also sat on the group Executive Committee of G4S plc, a global business support services provider operating in over 125 countries.

Roelof Opperman is a Principal and Co-Lead of the PropTech Investment Group at Fifth Wall, a Los Angeles-based venture capital fund focused on the Built World.

Roelof focuses on technology and innovations within the multi-family, office, and hospitality real estate asset classes. He led Fifth Wall’s investments in Lyric, Eden, Appear Here, Hippo, Industrious, Loggi, Recharge, Lime, and Aurora Solar.

Previously, Roelof worked at Norwest Venture Partners, Evercore Partners, Goldman Sachs, and Bridgewater Associates.

Roelof is originally from Johannesburg, South Africa, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude, from Emory University. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Boudewijn is Chief Operating Officer (COO) and a Board Member of EDGE, owned by OVG Real Estate. After a Geography Master’s graduate at Groningen University

and a Business Economics Master’s graduate at the University of Amsterdam, Boudewijn began his professional career at Amvest and Unibail-Rodamco, where he honed his Asset and Development Management skills on high street shops and shopping centers. In 2008, Boudewijn joined EDGE as Commercial Manager. His knack for recognizing upcoming talent and building high-performance teams allowed Boudewijn to rise to the role of Head of Investment in 2015. He was then swiftly promoted to Executive Commercial Director for Western Europe in 2016.

In his current role as COO, Boudewijn is passionate about working alongside the teams he mentors, unlocking new projects and creating stand-out buildings in cities world-wide. A year-round cyclist, Boudewijn stays in peak condition by honoring the elements; taking to the ice during winter and practicing his serve on the tennis court in summer. Boudewijn is happiest when both the projects and the people he leads achieve their goals.

Freddie has nearly a decade of experience within the Central London commercial office market, so he fully understands the metrics which both landlords and tenants consider when making real estate decisions. With a great interest in workplace and wellness, Freddie is passionate about using technology to improve these elements for both landlords and tenants through Savvy.

Andrew has worked in the architecture and planning industry on a global scale for three decades and brings a great depth of workplace and client services expertise to our London office and international teams.

With experience in design leadership, strategy, and organisational transformation, Andrew will continue to grow M Moser’s service capabilities across EMEA and develop the transatlantic link.

Caroline Pontifex is director of workplace experience at KKS Savills and leads their occupier and workplace strategy team. Advising occupiers using workplace as a vehicle for change, and developers ensuring real estate solutions are able to respond to change, her work analysing emerging occupier and workplace trends, and developing standards and space planning principles has led to the studio winning prestigious awards.

Richard Blair is Senior Managing Director and Country Head of Hines UK. During his time with Hines, he has been responsible for all investment activities for Hines funds and third-party capital sources in the UK, and has recently been involved with the acquisition of projects in London and Birmingham. He served as Project Officer for assets within Hines' Pan European Value Added Fund, Hines' European Development Fund II and Hines' Global REIT. Blair is a Chartered Surveyor and graduated from City University, London, with an MSc in Property Investment. He is a member of the British Council for Offices and Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

Eleanor Jukes is the Senior Investment Manager within Legal & General Capital’s Future Cities business. Future Cities is a framework that enables us to make sense of the future world, and incorporates investment into urban regeneration, clean energy and infrastructure. Since 2015 it has committed over £1 billion to initiatives worth £8 billion, alongside signing a JV with Oxford University to fund development in Oxford of £4 billion across 10 years. Eleanor joined Legal & General Capital in 2019 from the Real Assets division of Legal & General Investment Management where she was the Senior Strategist for five years. Prior to Legal & General Eleanor worked at Schroders for three years within its European Real Estate Investment Management business. She started her investment in 2006 as an Economist at Experian Business Strategies. Eleanor graduated from the University of Nottingham with a Masters degree. She also holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC).

Lesley joined Seaforth Land, the London-focused commercial real estate investor and asset manager, as Chief Investment Officer in September 2019 to grow the company’s highly specialised fiduciary operating platform. She has worked on real estate transactions across Europe and North America, and has a wealth of financing experience across a diverse range of sectors including office, retail, residential and alternatives.

Prior to Seaforth Land, Lesley spent 14 years at Delancey as Director of Banking and Treasure and as a member of the company’s Steering Committee. She had oversight of all third-party financing and banking relationships, and sourced approximately £3 billion of new financing for Delancey clients and partners from 2014 to 2019.

Lesley started her career in the real estate private equity group of Deutsche Bank in New York where she first met her colleagues Tyler Goodwin, founder and chief executive officer, and Kurt Roeloffs, chairperson, around 20 years ago. She left in 2002 to pursue the next phase of her career.

An active participant in the UK real estate industry, Lesley was a member of the UK Government’s Build to Rent Joint Committee and CREFC Europe’s Build to Rent Finance Initiative Committee. She is currently a Council Member of Cranfield University where she sits on the Finance Committee and the Nominations Committee in addition to the main council.

Helen is a commercial real estate lawyer working in our London Walbrook headquarters. Her client base includes institutional real estate investment clients and major office occupiers. She has extensive experience of structured real estate transactions and real estate finance.

As CEO of the successful coworking hub, Runway East, and Chair of the ICE List, Natasha’s core interests lie in nurturing high-growth startups and building collaborative tech communities.

With over 1800 members and 170 companies spread across four locations in London and Bristol, members at Runway East include ClassPass, Settled and YellowDog, with a community that has raised over £300m in funding to date.

The ICE List is a thriving community of over 300 entrepreneurs and investors, striving to improve the professional and personal lives of members, as well as embolden the UK tech scene as a whole.

Prior to Runway East and the ICE List, Natasha has contributed to the success of leading companies across Silicon Valley and London, as well as launching TaskFirm - providing on-demand, vetted freelancers to startups and entrepreneurs.