Alison spent five years with the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) where, as Director of Design and Regeneration, she was responsible for delivering the overall design and early delivery of many of the venues for the London 2012 games. Her previous roles have included Chief Executive of Sheffield One and Project Director of Manchester Millennium Ltd. She was awarded a CBE in 2004.

My career spans more than 20 years in investment, asset management and development. Before joining Landsec, I was Head of Estates at The Mercers’ Company. In leading its property team, I gained a lot of valuable office, retail and residential experience. I moved to Landsec in 2003 to work on the London Portfolio – first as its Head of Development, then becoming Managing Director in April 2014. A highlight has been leading the 3,000,000 sq ft development programme in the City and West End, an ambitious and exciting programme that included our transformation of Victoria. I was appointed as a business board member of the Mayor of London’s London Local Enterprise Partnership for London (LEAP) in 2016.

Vivienne is chair of Real Estate Balance, a non-profit membership organisation working to improve the gender balance at senior levels in the property sector. Real Estate Balance believes the best way to achieve change is by working with CEOs, senior leadership and middle managers to build more inclusive and diverse organisations, and at more junior levels to empower talented women to become industry leaders. In addition to her work with Real Estate Balance, Vivienne is CEO of Soho Housing. She joined the housing association in 2016, from The Crown Estate where she had spent 6 years on its executive board.

Sherin’s most recent role was Head of Commercial Office business at Lendlease, she was responsible for a range of regeneration projects, including the £2.4bn International Quarter London in Stratford, Silvertown and Euston, with a gross development value of over £5bn. She also led the company’s social impact strategy. In Whitehall, she held the dual role of CEO at the Government Property Unit and Head of Property Profession for the Civil Service. As part of her work for the largest owner of real estate in the UK, she led, devised and executed the property strategy for government, looking at how they could use their portfolios effectively to create growth as well as saving over £1bn in running costs and £3.6bn in capital receipts. Through the creation of the One Public Estate programme, she also been a strong part of the Government’s social change agenda with a particular focus on creating more homes and jobs. She is due to return to Government in late summer in a new senior leadership role. Sherin is also a trustee of the Design Council and has recently won the Asian Women of Achievement Awards in the inaugural Real Estate, Infrastructure and Construction Category. She has been in the Property Week Power 100, 40 under 40 and Bisnow’s 51 Most Influential Women in UK Real Estate.

Board appointment Appointed Finance Director on 20.7.1987 and Chief Executive on 1.10.2011 Experience Overall responsibility for implementing the Group’s strategy and day-to-day operations Joined the Group in 1986 External appointments Director of Longmartin Properties Limited Board member of Westminster Property Association Chairman, UK China Visa Alliance Board member of Freehold

Lynda joined from Scottish Widows Investment Partnership where she held the role of Director of Real Estate. The role at MAG reports to Group CEO Charlie Cornish, and oversees the group’s £641m property division across its four airports. The existing portfolio also includes the £1 billion Airport City development at Manchester Airport. In October 2015, Lynda was responsible for the landmark visit of President Xi Jinping of China and Prime Minister David Cameron to Airport City and Manchester Airport, successfully launching the £130m China Cluster developments, along with a new direct route to Beijing – generating over 5,000 pieces of global media coverage and reaching over 2bn people. Graduating in 1986 with a degree in Accountancy and Finance, Lynda has had a strong 20+ year career in the property industry, where she has headed Co-operative Estates plus roles at Lloyds Banking Group and BT where she worked for 18 years. She has also held executive positions as a pension fund Trustee, an Environment Commissioner, a member of AGMA’s Business Leadership Council and a BT Regional Director. She is a Chartered Management Accountant with a degree in Accounting and Finance.

Sue joined CBRE (then Richard Ellis) as a Graduate working in Valuation and Fund Management before moving into Investment. She was Managing Director, Capital Markets following the Insignia/ CBRE merger and sat on the UK Executive Board until 2007 and is a former head of CBRE Strategic Investment Advisory Group. She was the Director Observer on the CBRE Group Board for 2 years until 2009. She is the Client Care Manager for some of CBRE’s biggest clients including CBRE Global Investors, PRUPIM and Aberdeen Property Investors and sits on the PruPim: CBRE Partnership Board.

Andrea is a Director of Women Talk Real Estate, and a writer and communications consultant in the property industry. Women Talk Real Estate offers a practical solution to increase the visibility of women in the industry by connecting female professionals with speaking and press opportunities and offering tailored training for women on all aspects of building a successful stage and media presence. Andrea most recently worked as Head of Marketing and Communications EMEA at CBRE Global Investors where she oversaw the corporate and programme marketing, press, branding and internal communications in the region. Andrea began her career as a journalist at Property Week before moving on to be editor of EuroProperty for seven years. Following this she worked for various industry bodies including the Urban Land Institute as well as spending three years as a director and interim CEO at INREV in Amsterdam, and one year at its sister organisation ANREV in Hong Kong. She is currently working as a consultant in the industry while working on a book about the history of the modern European property industry.

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.