Dan Scanlon is President of Brookfield Properties, United Kingdom responsible for leading the UK team and a 5-million-square-foot portfolio in London.

He joined Brookfield Properties in 2009 and has been instrumental in the site acquisition and successful delivery of more than 3 million sq ft of office, residential, retail and leisure in London. Before joining Brookfield Properties, Dan managed a series of large-scale construction projects in Melbourne and London, including 5 years in a senior position at Multiplex Construction (acquired by Brookfield in 2007).

Dan holds a bachelor’s degree of Science in Civil Engineering (honours) from the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Mike is UK editor of Bisnow. Before this, alongside three friends he bought pan-European property mag EuroProperty out of non-existence and re established it before selling the business to PropertyEU. Prior to that he was editor of Property Week, and has also worked for Estates Gazette.

Phillip Shalless is a Senior Asset Manager at AXA IM – Real Assets.

His responsibilities include the asset management for AXA IM – Real

Assets’ Twentytwo Bishopsgate tower development in the City of

London.

Phillip has a proven successful ability in proactive property asset

management considering all angles and investment opportunities for

the enhancement of value across all sectors of the UK property market

Phillip graduated with a Degree in Estate Management and is a

Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

He has over 35 years’ experience in the property industry; of which 28

have been at AXA RA.

Martin is the Head of Leasing for Brookfield Properties in the UK, where he leads a team that has secured many notable pre-letting transactions.

Martin has over 34 years’ experience with both Landlords and occupiers in the London market having previously held positions at Montagu Evans, JLL, Colliers and St Quintin. Martin is a Freeman of the City of London.

Emma is a Principal Director and designer with significant experience across both architecture and interior design; with an international portfolio covering a wide range of sectors including legal, high-end corporate, and large-scale finance & technology. Emma’s focus on design excellence, sustainability and innovation has led to the delivery of outstanding fit-out and refurbishment projects, working with clients such as King & Spalding, William Blair, Cinven, Brookfield, Warburg Pincus and Landsec.

Graham is one of the partners in the Hogan Lovells UK Real Estate team and coordinates the firm’s Life Sciences Real Estate sector. Graham has a long track record with Life Sciences, acting for both investors and operators. Graham was part of the team that set up the original Harwell Science and Innovation Campus for the UKAEA, a public and private joint venture that delivered the campus we see thriving today. Since then, Graham has acted for a range of Life Science operators, including Eli Lilly on all of Lilly’s UK Real Estate lab, office and development requirements. Graham regularly contributes to Real Estate Life Sciences thought leadership, as part of which he delivers training to clients considering: ground-up developments, repurposing existing assets for Life Sciences use, flexible leasing models, cooperation and promotion agreements, ESG’s role in Life Sciences, as well as bespoke asset management and dilapidations strategies. Graham takes a commercial but collaborative approach to negotiations, as it is imperative that parties approaching a Life Sciences Real Estate deal do so with a true sense of flexibility, partnership and innovation.

Fergus leads the asset, development and property

management activities of Grosvenor’s UK regional

office portfolio. He is responsible for managing the

assets day to day with support from the wider team

as well as driving financial, environmental and social

performance at a portfolio level. Fergus has been

with the business since 2010 with significant

experience in the London development market most

recently leading a number of residential and mixed-

use development projects in Victoria including the

520,000 sq ft Cundy Street Quarter scheme. Prior to that he led the Bermondsey Project

masterplan design to transform a 12-acre site into a 1,550 home scheme. Fergus has sat on

the NLA’s Expert Housing Panel and co-chaired the ULI Development Forum.

Simon Rowley is Director of Flex Workspaces for GPE, a FTSE 250 Real Estate Investment Trust specialising in investment and development of property in central London.

Simon has been responsible for implementing and executing leasing strategies and campaigns across the Group’s developments, including major pre-lets to Facebook, KKR and Clifford Chance. He is now leading the Group’s ambition to grow its Fully Managed spaces to over 1m sq ft in central London.

Laura leads a team of asset managers, based in the London office, with c £2bn of office assets to

manage across the UK, on behalf of international clients. She was appointed Client Experience Lead for

EMEA offices in 2022. Defining the role as the first incumbent, Laura is building and developing a team

to deliver excellent service to both clients and occupiers.

With 18 years’ experience, of which 16 years have been with CBRE IM, Laura has held a number of

investment management and leadership roles within the business.

Laura is passionate about cities, having lived in New York and now London, and developing places within

them for people to thrive. She has led repositioning projects such as Angel Central (a retail destination in

Islington), 10 Brindley Place (the largest office refurbishment in Birmingham to complete in 2022) and

Atlantic House (a City of London office refurbishment). Wellbeing, creativity, technology, adaptability and

long term sustainability are at the heart of her projects.

As a mother of two young children, Laura has always been a strong advocate of diversity, equity and

inclusion and has led a wellbeing and mental health working group at CBRE IM, which is all part of a

wider initiative to provide a more inclusive environment for the team to work, learn and grow.

Luke Armstrong is the Regional President for the UK, Ireland, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific at WeWork. In this role, he leads the region’s overall performance, with a focus on driving sustainable business growth and delivering exceptional customer experience. Luke has played a pivotal role in WeWork’s global expansion and has successfully managed complex business restructuring to solidify the company’s position as a category leader, delivering scalable and innovative real estate solutions to a growing portfolio of companies, from scaling startups to Fortune 100 Companies.

Prior to joining WeWork, Luke was Senior Director at VTS, Inc., the leading asset management and leasing platform, where he led the company’s expansion across the UK and European markets. Earlier in his career, Luke qualified as a Chartered Surveyor at CBRE and went on to serve as Director of London Markets, working with a diverse range of clients, including global institutions, REITs, and prestigious landed estates.Throughout his career, Luke’s extensive expertise has enabled him to navigate intricate real estate markets, while driving efficiency and innovation in the industry through technology and workplace optimisation.

Lee has been working with landlords and flexible workspace providers since 2011. After initially building industry expertise as a consultant for occupiers, Lee has spent the past 11 years advising landlords and operators on technology. Now with Wavenet, a leading technology partner for real estate, Lee is partnering with landlords and flex providers of all sizes, helping them to shape a technology strategy that drives occupancy, increases revenue, and enhances the occupier experience.

Vijay is responsible for executing the sales and business development activities for WIG’s

Indoor Networks business working in partnership with the UK’s leading real estate owners, developers and operators.

WIG is an independent wireless infrastructure operator that has pioneered the neutral host model in the UK. The company builds and operates communication towers (masts) in rural and suburban areas together with 5G capable small cells, and indoor networks to improve mobile coverage inside office buildings, hotels, shopping centres, stadiums and on city streets. WIG’s neutral host networks already provide coverage in venues with over 1.6bn of annual footfall and is backed by Brookfield Infrastructure a leading global infrastructure investment fund.

Vijay has spent over 25 years in the technology, media and telecoms industries having held senior executive roles with leading organisations such as News Corporation, Sky and Video Networks. Vijay holds an Engineering honours degree from University of London and an MBA from London Business School.

Chris Booth is the Managing Director of Overbury and Morgan Lovell, with overall responsibility for Morgan Sindall Group's Fit Out division. Since joining Overbury in 1994, Chris became a Managing Director in 2003. He was appointed to the Fit Out divisional board as Chief Operating Officer in 2010 and Managing Director of the division in 2013.

Under his leadership, Overbury has been appointed to deliver high profile projects like Citi Tower in Canary Wharf. During his tenure, Chris has witnessed the transformation and overhaul of workplace facilities and premises that have influenced leading global businesses.