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.

Main responsibilities

Melanie is responsible for the European Asset Management

team - a sector-specific team of around 30 investment

professionals.

Experience and qualifications

Prior to joining Aviva Investors, Melanie Collett was Head of Asset

Management at Round Hill Capital – responsible for the

establishing and on-going management of a Pan-Euro

management platform backed by a number of American Private

Equity Partners.

Prior to Round Hill, Melanie was Head of European Underwriting

for GE Capital Real Estate, where she was for 13 years.

Melanie joined GE Real Estate in 2003 as an Associate Director

within the Investment team, primarily responsible for growing the

equity investment business and in 2006, she was promoted to

Director level with the BD team, focussing on debt and equity

transactions.

Melanie was promoted to Head of Debt Restructuring in 2009,

focussing on the workout of a $2BN loan book in 5 jurisdictions in

Europe. In 2013 she was promoted to Head of European Debt

Asset Management, managing a $5BN loan book in Europe

including the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Switzerland. She

has over 20 years of valuable experience in Real Estate debt and

equity and is a qualified Chartered Surveyor with experience in

banking, private practice and direct acquisitions.

Ciara joined Bruntwood in 2005 commencing her career as an Asset Manager. Ciara provided strategic services while adding value to Bruntwoods Manchester City Centre portfolio. She worked on rent reviews, lease renewals and surrenders while also helping with the company’s 5 year business plan including any acquisitions.

In 2007 Ciara became a chartered surveyor and started a new team for Bruntwood where she became Head of Customer Retention across all the regional cities. In 2013 Ciara became Head of Asset Management for Manchester leading on a portfolio with a value of £450m which involved Acquisition and Disposal work including the prestigious sale of City Tower for £132m and acquisition of a number of key city centre assets including Bruntwood’s new HQ Union.

Most recently Ciara was appointed as the Director of Asset Management looking across the Bruntwood Group. She is working on upskilling the asset management team and supporting them in their development while also driving value across the portfolio and overseeing strategic plans.

José Pellicer joined M&G Real Estate as Head of Investment Strategy in August 2019. He is responsible for setting the investment strategy across the fund range as well as overseeing the development of new products. He has over 20 years research and investment strategy experience in the UK and Continental Europe. Prior to this, he was Global Head of Research at Patrizia AG and a partner at Rockspring PIM prior to its acquisition by Patrizia. He has also worked at Goldman Sachs in the Property Derivatives team and at AEW, where he was Head of its London research operation. Jose began his career in 2000 as a general economist at Deutsche Bank and moved into the real estate division in 2002. José holds a Masters of Real Estate Investment from Cass Business School, a Masters in Quantitative Economics from Université Catholique de Louvain and a Bachelors degree from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

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.

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.

Alex is a Senior Development Manager at CO—RE, with experience in all stages of the development cycle, most prominently in the planning, refurbishment and leasing of prime commercial property. The CO—RE team are central London development experts that have advised on over 12.5 million sq ft with an investment value of over £10bn. Current projects include the major redevelopments of the former ITV Studios on South Bank, Lansdowne House on Berkeley Square, The Fitzrovia on Tottenham Court Road and 20 Ropemaker near Moorgate.

Claire joined Stanhope in September 2018 from Grosvenor Britain & Ireland where lead the Asset

Management team for the Belgravia portfolio. There she was accountable for delivering the long term

strategy to create distinctive and vibrant neighbourhoods which attract footfall, spend and offer

prosperity to their tenants. Having moved around the Grosvenor business over ten years, and setting

up the London Estate investment team, she has stakeholder management expertise, strategic

planning experience, major change credentials and can point to significant operational success

heading a £1bn business.

Claire leads the Asset Management team at Stanhope, a portfolio of just under 3 million sq ft and

£2.5bn of assets under management. Most notably, Claire has focused on the recently transformed

White City area to deliver the strategic vision and further build on the areas commercial success and

established reputation as a vibrant, innovative and creative part of London.

Claire is a member of Real Estate Balance and a Mentor for Stanhope initiative Mentoring Circle.

Yohance joined Quadrant’s office team in 2020 to help deliver c.500,000 sq. ft of offices in London. Key projects include 30 South Colonnade and Plot A Nine Elms.

Yohance studied and worked in architecture on commercial projects in the UK and luxury residential abroad before joining CBRE in 2014. Yohance spent a year in investment valuations before joining CBRE’s Capital Advisors. There he was a non-discretionary advisor working debt and equity investment strategies focusing on development. This included fund structuring, investment management, strategic development management, asset repositioning and development finance.

Outside of his professional role Yohance is an honorary lecturer at UCL’s Bartlett School of Planning and a visiting research fellow in the economics department of Goldsmiths University. He also holds academic and committee roles at The ULI, RICS and UCEM. In November 2020 he was recognised by the British Council for Offices as a Rising Star in the industry.

Matt Coulson is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Chiswick Park Enjoy-Work. He is responsible to

lead and develop the business strategy for the 1.8 million sq ft office development in Chiswick, W4,

managed by property management company Enjoy-Work.

Matt joined Chiswick Park Enjoy-Work as Operations Director in 2014. Prior to this, he was part of

the team developing and opening Center Parcs Woburn Forest for 3yrs. He also worked for eight

years at David Lloyd Clubs. Fitness enthusiast, Matt Coulson studied Sports Science at Liverpool John

Mores University and is a professional personal trainer by trade.

James is the Chief Product & Technology Officer at essensys. A natural entrepreneur, serial co-founder and technology leader, he has a passion for creating innovative products in elegant and inspiring ways. He’s responsible for leading the vision and strategic direction of the essensys technology portfolio

Gavin joined Chapman Taylor in 2021 to help reinforce and expand our capability in the office sector, in which he has more than 25 years of award-winning experience working as an Interior Designer with global clients, government agencies, academia and professional services organisations.

Having worked on projects with a diverse range of well-known clients, Gavin has extensive experience of leading multidisciplinary teams and is frequently invited to contribute to roundtable discussions and networking events. He is able to quickly build strong relationships with clients and end users and excels at briefing and engagement.

Gavin passionately believes in working with clients and collaboratively including them in the design process, and he has a keen interest in how design can support business change, believing there is a need to focus on delivering economically successful projects that support clients in their business objectives.

Areas of expertise:

Interiors / Office / Mixed-Use / Project Leadership / Client Liaison / Delivery

Phillipa is a Partner and the Global Director of Sustainability at AESG, a Specialist Consultancy, Engineering and Advisory firm headquartered in London, Singapore, and Dubai, working on projects throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Phillipa’s career has spanned both the UK and Middle Eastern markets, having led some of the firms most challenging sustainable development projects she has also gained extensive experience providing strategic advice to both the public and private sector.

Most notably, her work has included the development of an Energy and Water Rating System for the existing building market in Dubai, an incentive initiated by the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy to stimulate the retrofit market and to improve efficiency of the existing building stock within the Emirate, and the development of Net Zero Carbon roadmaps for the NHS, supporting they’re efforts to achieve Net Zero Carbon status by 2040.

Phillipa has been recognized for her achievements within the sustainability sector, and was awarded Sustainability Manager of the Year at the ADSG Business Leadership Awards in 2018.

Teresa is the VP of Strategic Engagement and focuses on driving innovation in LPs and connecting them with portfolio companies. She is particularly passionate about hospitality and sustainability start-ups. Prior to joining RHV, Teresa led London operations at an unicorn hospitality proptech, Sonder. She also has prior experience as a strategy consultant at the Boston Consulting Group as well as a real estate advisory firm. Teresa has an MBA from Columbia Business School, with specialisations in strategy and real estate, and a BS in Hotel Administration from Cornell University, with a minor in real estate.

Justin Harley is a residential real estate visionary with over 18 years’ experience in building and implementing flexible workspace software solutions to make portfolios operationally efficient. Harley joined Yardi in 2019 as Regional Director and has dedicated his time ensuring clients and software seekers are adopting the most appropriate tech solutions for their businesses.

Savannah de Savary is the Founder and CEO of Built-ID. After graduating from the University of Oxford, Savannah joined Thor Equities, where she managed NYC real estate development projects before founding the PropTech start-up, Built-ID at the age of 23.

Featured as one of the PropTech companies changing real estate forever and one of Forbes’ Groundbreaking Female Founded PropTech Startups, Built-ID is the tech-for-good innovator behind the market-leading community engagement platform, Give My View. By making it fun and easy for hard-to-reach groups to engage with decision-makers, Built-ID consistently generates unprecedented community engagement results. Their client base includes Mitsubishi Estate, Legal & General, The University of Oxford, Innogy, Grosvenor Estate, The City of London, Cadogan Estates, C C Land Holdings, Haringey Council, ASM Global and many more, both in the property industry and increasingly beyond.

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. Savannah was invited onto The Evening Standard’s Women Tech Charge podcast, “which looks at the incredible women revolutionising our lives through technology.”

Her work with Built-ID has resulted in various accolades, including being named one of the Top 30 Female Entrepreneurs in the UK to Watch, voted one of The Women Who Will Shape the Future of Real Estate by Bisnow, Young Personality of the Year at the Property Awards and featured in Property Week’s Power 100: Top 20 Ones to Watch, and as one of the Top 20 PropTech influencers in a poll by the UK PropTech Association.

Her work creating inclusive technology has led to coverage on BBC News & in The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, Evening Standard as well as Tech & Real Estate press in the UK & internationally.

Mr. Chang joined Hines in July 1999. Since 2009, he has worked closely with the HECF fund manager in coordinating all asset management activities of the Fund with local country team asset managers. He also spearheads the Fund’s sustainability strategy and its implementation, including HECFs submission into the GRESB survey. In his previous role at Hines, Mr. Chang worked on the development management of the 4,320-square-meter Salustiano luxury residential in Madrid; the 27,000-square-meter Benrather Karree office building in Düsseldorf; and the 33,000-square-meter Illa del Llac residential complex in Barcelona. He began his career at Hines as assistant construction manager of the 50,000-square-meter EDF office tower in Paris. Prior to Hines, Mr. Chang worked as an architect at Architecture Studio in Paris. Mr. Chang holds a BSc degree in Architecture from the University of Maryland and an MBA and MS in Urban Planning from Columbia University in New York City.

Joanna has held the position of Head of Property Research at Canada Life Asset Management since 2015. She is responsible for managing research and strategy, which includes forecasts, thought leadership, house views, quarterly reporting and writing regular research content.

Joanna has over twenty-five years’ experience in Property Research & Strategy at a global, European and UK-only level. Prior to Canada Life, she worked as an Associate Director in DTZ’s Global Forecasting & Research team, and has gained experience at major global property fund managers such as AXA Real Estate, LaSalle Investment Management and Invesco, as well as Cushman & Wakefield’s European Research team, where she was a European retail analyst.

Joanna holds an MSc in Real Estate Investment from Cass Business School, City University London and a BA (Hons) from Manchester University. She also speaks Spanish, German and French, as well as her native English.

She is a committee member of the Society of Property Researchers, organising regular industry events and is a member of the Investment Property Forum. She writes regular blogs on behalf of Canada Life Asset Management and has had articles published in major property journals such as IPE Real Assets and Euro Property. She is passionate about ESG, diversity and inclusion in the real estate sector.

As Head of Environmental Sustainability, Matt leads the environmental performance of British Land's standing portfolio and development pipeline, responsible for implementing our pathway to net zero carbon by 2030 and wider environmental sustainability agenda. Matt works across the business to ensure our assets are designed, built and operated to the highest environmental standards. Matt led British Land to a 55% reduction in its operational energy intensity achieved in 2019. He has held various roles across the business, including establishing our approach to wellbeing and most recently developing and implementing our approach to smart buildings and digital placemaking. Recent development projects include the delivery of British Land's first net zero development at 100 Liverpool Street and leading sustainability at Canada Water - a 53 acre mixed use regeneration project.

Prior to joining British Land, Matt held various sustainability consulting and banking roles. Matt has a Master's degree from Forum for the Future.

Tom is Head of Occupier Solutions UK and has been with BNP Paribas Real Estate for a combined period of ten years. The Occupier Solutions team deliver the full service offering across portfolio management, occupier strategy, occupier capital markets, workplace strategy and tenant representation, supporting corporates with driving real estate decision making to maximise positive impact on their ESG agenda as well as business balance sheet and P&L.

Tom has been pivotal in assuring cohesion and management between BNP Paribas, BNP Paribas Real Estate and Strutt & Parker’s shared clients. Tom also sits on the BNP Paribas Real Estate Commercial Exec across all of the BNPPRE UK commercial businesses and oversees all EMEA frameworks for corporates.

Before returning to the BNPPRE, Tom lived in Hong Kong for seven years supporting occupiers across APAC.

Kate is the Head of Net Zero and Sustainability for Building Services nationally at WSP UK.

She is an experienced Environmentally Sustainable Building Design Engineer with specialist skills in low and zero carbon and design and building physics.

Specialising in providing environmentally sustainable solutions for buildings and managing their integration throughout the design process.

Kates experience covers a wide range of projects including office buildings, hospitals, hotels, retail, residential, schools and universities. Kate has provided design advice to a wide range of clients in commercial and public sectors.

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.

Sebastian is a Principal at VTS - the commercial real estate industry's No. 1 data and

technology platform for Leasing, Asset Management and Tenant Engagement - where

he leads global strategy for clients and market activation of new products. Sebastian

was an early U.K. employee of Convene, the US based Events, Flexible and Hybrid

workplace operator; and started his career as a leasing agent at Knight Frank and co-

founder of Sociable Surveyors: the award winning provider of all-expenses-paid Global

Internships. Sebastian's unique real estate and technology experience, spanning client

and agency sides across the capital stack, has earned him a position as a trusted growth

and technology-focused real estate professional.

Anthea Harries is a Chartered Surveyor with over 20 years’ experience in Asset Management across Central London and has worked for a number of property businesses. Anthea is Head of Assets (King’s Cross) for Argent where she leads the asset team responsible for the King’s Cross, a 67 acre, 8 million square feet, mixed use regeneration project.

Prior to Argent, Anthea was Head of St James’s at The Crown Estate for 7 years, an estate which is undergoing a £500million regeneration project. In the 10 years prior to the Crown, Anthea worked across the City and West End portfolio’s for British Land.

A pioneer in the festival world, Katrina co-founded The Big Chill Festival in 1994. In 2013 she worked on the redevelopment, re-branding and curation of Camden Lock Market, with great success. In 2014, Katrina joined Market Tech, overseeing 16 acres of Central London real estate, and was influential in the planning and launching of Market Tech’s coworking office space ‘The Interchange’. She was also a driving force behind the Haiti fundraiser at The Roundhouse in 2011 and sits on the charity board of Charity in the City.

“From Spec to Let: What It Takes to Deliver a Winning Office in 2025.”

Richard has been a director at LOM for more than 20 years, leading both architectural and interior design commissions in the UK and internationally. He recently oversaw the design of Santander UK’s new headquarters, Unity Place in Milton Keynes, a unique groundbreaking workplace that brings together business strategy, occupier experience and social value.

Richard combines rigorous project management with a passion for delivering spaces that really work for their occupants and deliver value for their patrons. His experience with major banks, developers, and a wide range of clients gives him a clear perspective on how occupier needs shape successful developments—insight that is exceeding valuable to achieving full occupation in 2025 and beyond.

Jonny Rosenblatt is the Co-Founder of Spacemade, the first of it’s kind operational partner for landlords looking to provide a bespoke workspace offer directly to their customers. Spacemade works with building owners to individually design new flexible workspaces, each with their own dedicated brand, all operated by Spacemade’s infrastructure and within it’s network. As one of the UK’s fastest growing start-ups, Spacemade has over 100,000 sq ft of flexible office space under operation across the UK with numerous new locations in the pipeline for 2022.

With over a decade of commercial real estate experience, Jonny has been at the forefront of the shift towards flexibility, hospitality and community creation in the office market, having founded and launched Headspace Group in 2012. For the next five years, he grew the product and brand into an industry recognised market leader before successfully exiting in 2017 following a trade sale. Jonny recognised that the established flexible operator leasehold model was only the very beginning of the movement towards landlords providing agile space, services and solutions.