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Oliver Knight

Oliver Knight

Head of Offices

Landsec

Tom Smithers

Tom Smithers

Property Director

Ashby Capital

Charlie Green

Charlie Green

CEO

Workspace Group

Philippa Abendanon

Philippa Abendanon

Head of Occupier Markets

Derwent

Rex Conyers‑Silverthorn

Rex Conyers‑Silverthorn

Vice President, Leasing

BGRE

Jack Sibley

Jack Sibley

Head of PropTech and Innovation

Related Argent

Roderick Miller

Roderick Miller

Head of Workplace and Operations

UK TV

Carrie Hawley

Carrie Hawley

CEO & Senior Principal

HLB Lighting Design

Zac Goodman

Zac Goodman

CEO & Founder

TSP

Lewis Harman

Lewis Harman

Director

Hunters

Simon Privett

Simon Privett

UK Country Manager

Embrava

James Hallworth

James Hallworth

Partner and Head of Building Technology

Workman LLP

Simon Elliot
Moderator

Simon Elliot

Real Estate Partner

Greenberg Traurig

Oliver Knight

Head of Offices

Landsec

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.

Tom Smithers

Property Director

Ashby Capital

Tom is Property Director at AshbyCapital, overseeing all aspects of the company’s real estate portfolio, from development and leasing to asset management, sustainability and technology. He takes a hands-on approach to ensure each asset delivers long-term value, exceptional performance and an outstanding occupier experience.

Tom plays a leading role in driving AshbyCapital’s focus on innovation and sustainability, embedding smart technology, AI-driven analytics and digital twin systems across its landmark office buildings including The Kensington Building, The JJ Mack Building, One Bartholomew and Two Fitzroy Place.

Philippa Abendanon

Head of Occupier Markets

Derwent

Philippa provides strategic leadership across Derwent London’s leasing and asset management functions, driving an integrated occupier portfolio strategy that maximises income, enhances capital growth, and strengthens cross team collaboration. She acts as a key conduit between the Executive Board and operational teams, aligning asset, leasing, and investment strategies while championing innovation, digital adoption, and a customer and stakeholder focussed approach.

Rex Conyers‑Silverthorn

Vice President, Leasing

BGRE

Rex Conyers-Silverthorn is Vice President of Leasing at BGRE, formerly Brookfield Properties. Based in London, Rex leads leasing activity across BGRE’s office portfolio, working with existing and prospective occupiers to drive performance and deliver high-quality workplace experiences.

With more than 25 years of experience in the commercial real estate sector, Rex has played a key role in securing many of London’s most significant leasing transactions. Having previously advised both landlords and occupiers, he brings a broad perspective on market dynamics, occupier needs and the delivery of spaces that support productivity, engagement and long-term value. Rex is a chartered member of the RICS.

Jack Sibley

Head of PropTech and Innovation

Related Argent

Jack is Related Argent's Head of PropTech and Innovation, a role he has held since 2022. Jack works closely across all Related Argent's development and asset management teams to embed a culture of innovation into the business. His role is dedicated to engaging with the PropTech ecosystem, running start-up pilots and scaling out impactful technologies across the business and its real estate projects.

Roderick Miller

Head of Workplace and Operations

UK TV

I'm Head of Workplace Operations & Experience, specialising in workplace strategy, employee experience, and operational excellence. He is passionate about designing and managing workplaces that enhance wellbeing, foster collaboration, and support business performance, helping organisations create meaningful places where people and businesses can thrive.

Carrie Hawley

CEO & Senior Principal

HLB Lighting Design

As the firm’s CEO and founder of the Boston branch of HLB, Carrie brings 30 years of substantive experience in the world of architectural lighting design. She is a dynamic and passionate leader, an architect by training, and has a design sensibility that transcends standard design schemes. Carrie is an active member of the architectural community and has served in many industry leadership positions, including board roles in various professional organizations. Carrie frequently shares her thought leadership with worldwide lighting and architecture communities, with recent speaking engagements that include virtual webinars, Lightfair, ABX, BisNow, and the IALD Americas, Europe and Asia Conferences.

Zac Goodman

CEO & Founder

TSP

Zac Goodman founded TSP in 2009, having started his career at Goldman Sachs.

Today TSP has close to £5bn AUM, manages 9 million sq ft and has over 80 employees. Zac is in his 18th year as CEO and is still driven by a passion for great people, great design, guided by the belief that the best investments are made in people, and that great people build great businesses.

Beyond TSP, Zac has been an active real estate investor having transacted close to £1bn of real estate including establishing NorthHill a real estate platform.

In 2021, he led TSP to become BCorp accredited, the first company in the UK real estate industry to achieve this certification.

His work has been widely recognised: Zac was named Property Leader of the Year 2025 by Property Week and listed in its Top 40 Under 40.

Outside of work, Zac has won Countdown six times and once cycled 1,000km from Berlin to London in six days.

Lewis Harman

Director

Hunters

Lewis Harman is Business Development Director at Hunters, one of the UK's leading independent workplace furniture consultancies. With over 20 years' experience in the commercial interiors industry and a background in graphic design, Lewis combines creative thinking with commercial expertise to deliver innovative, sustainable workplace solutions. He works closely with occupiers, landlords, architects and project managers to develop procurement strategies that maximise value without compromising design intent. Passionate about challenging conventional approaches, Lewis has delivered major projects for some of the UK's most recognisable organisations, with a particular focus on sustainability, bespoke solutions and creating workplaces that inspire people to do their best work.

Simon Privett

UK Country Manager

Embrava

Simon Privett is UK Country Manager at Embrava, leading the company’s UK growth and working with occupiers, consultants and technology partners to create more connected workplace environments. With a background in workplace technology and employee experience, Simon has particular expertise in how changing occupier expectations around flexibility, workplace experience and technology are shaping the future of the office.

James Hallworth

Partner and Head of Building Technology

Workman LLP

James Hallworth is Partner and Head of Building Technology at Workman LLP, and the driving force behind IBOS, the firm's specialist building technology division helping property and asset owners get more from their buildings.

James's view is straightforward: most building technology doesn't fail because of a lack of innovation - it fails because responsibility for delivery and performance gets lost somewhere between strategy and site. He works at that intersection, helping asset owners, property and site teams align around real performance outcomes rather than tools, dashboards or assumptions.

Through IBOS, James has seen first-hand where AI and smart systems are genuinely changing how buildings are run - and where the harder, more human parts of leasing and asset management still resist automation. He's equally focused on the barriers slowing adoption across London's office market, from legacy infrastructure and fragmented data to the cultural shifts needed to make "smart" buildings actually work in practice.

James also hosts the Built to Perform podcast, speaking with industry leaders about turning ambition into real-world building performance.

Why Attend This Office Conference in London

London office supply is the tightest it's been in years. Prime City rents hit a record £130.80 per square foot in Q1 2026, up 40% year over year. The City Core has just 1.1 years of Grade A supply left, against a 10 year average of 1.7. Mayfair and St James's are down to 0.7 years. No Grade A space of scale is expected before Q3 2027, and the squeeze runs through 2029.

New development can't keep pace. 2026 completions are down 40% from 2025, and over half of future supply is refurbishment, not ground-up. Grade A still took 78% of Q1 2026 leasing, proof occupiers are paying up for quality as terms shorten and rents rise.

This event puts developers, landlords, occupiers, workplace leaders, and proptech innovators in one room to work through what that means: where ground-up still pencils, what occupiers actually want, how leasing and operating models need to shift, and where AI is already changing how buildings run. If you're making London office decisions in the next two to five years, this is built for you.

What You’ll Learn:

  • Learn what rent level justifies new construction and where retrofit now beats ground-up.

  • See how floor plates are adapting to hybrid work and four-year pre-lease commitments.

  • Find out what occupiers want that the market isn't delivering, which amenities actually bring people back to the office, and how to sell the ROI to a CFO.

  • Hear how landlords weigh owning, operating, and partnering on a building.

  • Learn how to turn occupier inertia into stronger relationships and structure deals as lease terms shorten and rents rise.

  • Explore where AI is already transforming leasing and asset management, how smart systems cut costs while improving tenant experience, and the real barriers to adoption: cost, data, infrastructure, or culture.

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Agenda

Time Activity
1:00 PM
1:30 PM
Registration
1:30 PM
2:10 PM
Building for the Market

Development and Design in a Supply-Constrained London

2:10 PM
2:50 PM
Running the Building

Leasing and Operations

2:50 PM
3:20 PM
Stretch and Networking Break
3:25 PM
3:55 PM
Meaningful Places

Designing Workplaces That Attract, Retain, and Perform

3:55 PM
4:30 PM
The Intelligent Building

How AI and Tech Are Reshaping the Office

4:30 PM
5:30 PM
Cocktails and Networking

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