Appointed to the Board: 2021

Skills and expertise: Emily has overall responsibility for overseeing Leasing and Asset Management transactions, building on our excellent customer service and relations, leading our marketing and digital strategy, whilst continuing to ensure that our future developments provide best in class workspace for the next generation of businesses. Emily is a chartered surveyor and was previously Director of Investment Management at CB Richard Ellis North America.

Other current appointments: Director of The Paddington Partnership.

Nicole Brocklebank-Fowler is based in Clifford Chance's London office in the newly created role of Global Head of Property Portfolio. She has a 25+ year career in Corporate Real Estate working on global projects in Fortune 100 companies with a particular focus on strategy and transactions. Nicole is passionate about the future of work and creating exceptional workplace experiences for both clients and staff through the principles of thoughtful and universal design, wellness, sustainability and the use of technology. Clifford Chance's commitment to ESG goals has meant the Firm undertaking relocations or renovations across the majority of its office portfolio.

John is Head of Offices for EMEA. In this position, he works closely with the company’s local teams and program leaders to enhance capabilities in the sector by sharing knowledge and best practice to deliver exceptional performance for investors across our office platform in EMEA.

Prior to that John was Head of Transactions for EMEA where he was responsible for overseeing the EMEA region transaction strategy, including deal sourcing, acquisitions and disposals, maintaining key market relationships and leading a team of Transactions Managers across the region. He was Chair of the EMEA Transaction Meetings.

Previously he was Head of the Value Add UK strategy and responsible for a number of key relationships and transactions. John also works closely with our Client Services team on key relationships with international clients looking to allocate capital to EMEA.

John joined CBRE Investment Management in 2013. Prior to this he spent ten years at UK property company Hammerson plc. as Group Director leading the team responsible for the London office development and asset management business including acquisitions,

development and management of a prime central London portfolio valued in excess of £1.6 billion. Notable projects include the former London Stock Exchange, 125 Old Broad Street and 750,000 sq ft office headquarters of Allen & Overy, Bishops Square London. , John began his career in real estate in 1987.

John earned a B.Sc. degree In Estate Management from the University of East London. He also earned a post graduate diploma in property investment from Investment Property Forum (IPF). He was elected a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) in 1994 and was made a Fellow (FRICS) in 2012.

Committees:

European Leadership Team

Member, EMEA Direct Real Estate Investment Committee

Francesca Young joined Helical plc in 2012 and is responsible for the asset management and leasing of a number of major London developments including The Bower estate in Old Street, 25 Charterhouse Square and The Loom, Whitechapel, totalling circa 500,000 sq ft of Grade offices. A key focus of Francesca’s role is to ensure Helical’s investment assets align with the company’s corporate strategy of creating sustainable and inspiring workplaces in London which are technologically smart, rich in amenities and promote employee wellbeing. Francesca holds a Master’s degree in Real Estate from the College of Estate Management and a Bachelor’s degree in History and Politics from Oxford Brookes University.

After relocating from Australia in 1999, Shane joined the interiors division of tp bennett in 2004. During his career he has worked on a wide variety of projects from boutique residential and international hospitality schemes, to strategic headquarter relocation projects for leading international brands including legal, financial, technology and media organisations.

Experienced in engaging and leading board level stakeholders through transformational relocation and refurbishment projects his expertise is articulating and translating client aspirations and business objectives into inspiring interior concepts that unite user experience, brand vision and organisational culture. Shane’s passion for design, architectural sensitivity and dedication to excellence has influenced exemplar projects for clients such Spotify, Schroders and Guardian Media Group, who’s multiple award-winning headquarters in London’s Kings Cross received the British Council for Offices’ 2014 Test of Time award for design durability.

Oliver has over a decade of Central London property experience in commercial and residential investments and developments including leasing, investment and product development.

He joined Landsec from CBRE in 2014 to lead the leasing of a number of landmark office developments comprising over 1.5 million sq ft across the capital. Most notably he led the pre-let negotiations at 21 Moorfields, securing Deutsche Bank for over 500,000 sq ft in summer 2017.

Oliver has also worked as an Investment Director, where he focused on acquisition and disposal strategies as well as investment management of the existing Landsec portfolio.

Oliver was responsible for delivering Landsec’s flexible office brand, Myo, which launched in May 2019; as well as Landsec’s Customised product and services.

In his role as Head of Offices, Oliver leads the implementation of Landsec’s central London office strategy including the evolution of Landsec’s office products and managing key customer relationships.

Oliver is a member of the RICS, IPF and ULI. He holds an MSc in Real Estate and IPF Diploma from the University of Reading as well as a BA in Geography from the University of Nottingham.

Richard is passionate about the future of commercial real estate, leading his team to take a collaborative approach to delivering successfully for his clients. As a senior member of G&T’s Interiors team, Richard works across the media, tech, legal and financial sectors helping to create tenant-led inspiring spaces that are fit for the future.

Anuj Mittal is Partner and Co-head of TPG Angelo Gordon’s Europe Real Estate business. Anuj has been directly responsible for, or overseen, in excess of $6 billion of real estate assets. Prior to re-joining Angelo Gordon in 2008 (acquired by TPG in 2023), Anuj was self-employed as a real estate developer focusing on office redevelopments in Germany and The Netherlands. Before that, Anuj worked for Cerberus Capital Management where he purchased and managed opportunistic real estate portfolios throughout Europe. Between 2004 and 2006, Anuj worked for Angelo Gordon in New York, focusing on real estate opportunities in the U.S. Prior to Angelo Gordon, Anuj was a member of the U.S. investing team for the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds. Anuj holds a B.S. degree from Johns Hopkins University. He is a member of the board of trustees for Johns Hopkins University, and an honorary board member of the University of Baltimore Real Estate and Economic Development Program.

Jon has worked at The Crown Estate for more than 20 years and leads the offices team working across the 9m sq ft Central London portfolio. Jon has played a major role in driving forward and leasing The Crown Estate’s office development pipeline. This includes major schemes at 20 Air Street, 1 New Burlington Place, 10 New Burlington Street, The Marq, working together with partners NBIM; and St James’s Market, a joint venture with Oxford Properties. He also oversees the leasing and asset management of The Crown Estate’s directly managed office portfolio across Regent Street and St James’s, which ranges from flexible workspaces including One Heddon Street to HQ office buildings of +100,000 sq ft.

Rodrigo Cortes is a Managing Director at Tishman Speyer, responsible for client relationships and capital raising activities in Europe, with a focus on the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Southern Europe, and Israel. In addition, he works closely with the European acquisitions team for the expansion of Tishman Speyer’s business in Iberia. Prior to joining Tishman Speyer, he was the Head of Fundraising & Client Development at Azora Capital where he drove strategy and oversaw relationships for a broad range of investors globally. Previously, he spent over 13 years at Goldman Sachs in London as a member of Mergers & Acquisitions as well as Equity Capital Markets teams, always with a strong focus on the real estate industry. Rodrigo holds a BSc in Business Administration and Finance from CUNEF university, Madrid.

Alice joined Clearbell in August 2021 and asset manages investments and portfolios across our funds and separate accounts. This includes The Kodak Building, a 70,000 sq ft office redevelopment on Kingsway which PC’d in March 2023. Alice is also the Asset Management ESG lead at Clearbell. Prior to Clearbell, Alice worked at Savills, where she worked in City Office Agency, before taking a role as an Asset Manager at Orchard Street Investment Management. She has a Masters in Engineering from the University of Edinburgh and a Masters in Real Estate from the University of Reading.

Nacho has over two decades of Central London property experience in commercial developments. He joined Tishman Speyer in 2022 to lead the Design and Construction activities for Tishman Speyer in the UK. Prior to joining Tishman Speyer, Nacho was the Office Delivery Director for Battersea Power Station Development Company Limited and played a key role in the transformation and restoration of the Grade II* listed Power Station where he led the delivery of one of Europe’s largest office developments; and prior to this he led the Refurbishment Company, established for the rebuilding of the iconic Battersea Power Station chimneys and brickwork repairs. Before joining Battersea Power Station Development Company, Nacho worked at Hammerson UK Properties Plc, Ernst & Young LLP and also at EC Harris LLP.

Kas Mohammed is the Vice President of the Digital Buildings division at Schneider Electric in the UK and Ireland. His team work within both new and existing buildings across Commercial Real Estate, Healthcare, Life Sciences and Education segments to deliver systems which ensure optimal efficiency and user comfort across all stages of the building life cycle. Kas is passionate about improving sustainability across the built environment and reducing carbon emissions in our sector.

Anastasia is a partner in Maples Teesdale’s commercial real estate team and is Head of ESG at our firm. In this role, Anastasia leads our ESG committee, which is committed to understanding the changes and how it affects our clients and their business interests, assisting them to respond swiftly to challenges and opportunities across all sectors and disseminating this information both within our firm and externally.

Anastasia has extensive experience of capital transactions; acquisitions, disposals and refinancing of commercial property, including portfolios and sale and leaseback transactions; developments, pre-lets as well as asset management [shopping centres, retail parks, hotels, warehouses, industrial parks and offices]; and specialist expertise in dealing with embassy and ambassadorial premises.

Anastasia is the co-Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Maples Teesdale. As an individual is passionate about the need for diversity within the legal profession, Anastasia pro-actively supports, and helps drive our Firm’s view that a diverse workplace is key to our business. Anastasia is also responsible for selecting trainees and paralegals to join our team. Anastasia is also a keen advocate of women raising their visibility in both the legal profession and the real estate industry. Anastasia is also a founding member of the Allbright women’s networking club, an active member of Real Estate Balance, and registered as a speaker with Women Talk Real Estate and on the committee of RE:Women.