Nick heads up the Groups property business and is responsible for all aspects of Unite's real estate activities including property development, asset management and investment. He joined Unite in 2007 and has held a number of roles within the business.

Nick sits on the Unite Students Executive Committee and is also a member of the BPF Student Accommodation Committee.

Ailish Christian-West is responsible for managing Get Living’s £2B build-to-rent neighbourhood portfolio and current development pipeline of circa 6,000 homes, working with investors and development partners to drive investment performance and grow the Get Living UK portfolio, targeting 15,000 homes. She leads Get Living’s ESG agenda and supports industry collaboration on a broad range of issues, advocating for a sustainable real estate sector and recognition of social contribution.

In 2020, Christian-West chaired Revo, a national body representing the retail property industry during a particularly challenging time for the 30-year-old organisation due to the pandemic. She took up her current role leading Get Living’s portfolio during 2020, immediately getting to work on building a talented portfolio management team to deliver an ambitious portfolio growth strategy.

She initiated the creation of the Lab E20 at East Village, an exemplar of the future of retail in residential neighbourhoods, where residents and visitors can see and buy sustainable products being designed and created in the store. She has led on investment and operational strategies to enhance portfolio performance, which are already delivering results.

Christian-West has more than 20 years’ experience in UK real estate. Prior to Get Living, she spent 12 years at Landsec as an executive committee member responsible for portfolio management and operations. At Landsec, she led key strategic initiatives including the London suburban residential asset strategy, exiting secondary shopping centres and creating significant value through building a retail outlet portfolio. She spent 10 years in fund management running core-plus and opportunistic funds, including at LaSalle Investment Management, and she has served on the board of a technology startup fund.

Christian-West enjoys spending time with her husband and two young children at home in London and looks forward to travelling again in the future.

As a Senior Development Director for East Wick and Sweetwater project, Hanna manages the feasibility, business planning, budget, design, programming and planning pathways of mixed-use regeneration project which has over 1,800 homes and 20,000sqm of non-residential floor space, part of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park legacy. She brings her skillset as a MRICS qualified planning and development professional to help achieve the vision for a community first neighbourhood.

Hanna is also the founder of Black Women in Real Estate, bringing together black women in property with the intent for them to connect, empower each other and grow. She also sits on the board of E16 CLT - a community land trust in Newham, helping to make strategic decisions on the management of newly owned ex-council properties and the feasibility of future opportunities. In addition, Hanna is the vice chair of the University of Greenwich’s Construction, Property and Surveying Practices – Industry Advisory Board and sits on the Estate Gazette’s D&I Content Advisory Panel.

I’m a member of the new deal origination team in Structured Property Finance. Our responsibilities include sourcing new deals, client interaction and financial analysis and modelling, as well as market research, credit approval processes, loan implementation, interfacing with service providers and loan management.

Meri Braziel is CCO at Glide, a communications, internet, and utilities service provider to public and private sector organisations across the UK. Key markets include higher education, purpose built student and keyworker accommodation, and industrial and science parks. Serving over 300,000 subscribers and businesses, Residential Services includes Cablecom’s developments in the Build to Rent (BTR) and Retirement Village sectors.

Ms. Braziel also provides direction for product development and delivery including strategic partnerships and expansion into the Internet of Things. She has over 30 years experience in the global telecommunications and ICT industry and was CEO of technology companies in satellite hardware, high performance storage equipment maintenance, and wireless broadband networks. Meri is a co-founder of the networking group, Women in Telecom and Technology.