Built World Summit Speakers
Dan Labbad
Chief Executive
The Crown Estate
Dan Labbad was appointed Chief Executive of The Crown Estate in December 2019 and is an Executive Member of the Board and Chair of the Value Creation Committee. Prior to joining The Crown Estate, he held senior roles at global property and infrastructure group Lendlease, including Group Chief Operating Officer and dual roles as Chief Executive Officer, International Operations and Chief Executive Officer, Europe. He has long championed sustainability and technology, previously serving as a director of the Green Building Council of Australia and Chairman of the UK Green Building Council. He is also a non-executive director of Raspberry Pi Holdings plc
Sherin Aminossehe
Head of Growth & Missions
UK Ministry of Defence
Sherin is Head of Growth & Missions at the UK Ministry of Defence, where she leads complex programmes that drive innovation, regeneration, and long-term economic growth. With experience spanning both the public and private sectors, she has built a strong reputation for delivering large-scale transformation initiatives and navigating complex stakeholder environments.
Over the course of her career, Sherin has worked extensively across policy, strategy, and infrastructure, combining commercial expertise with deep experience engaging ministers, senior civil servants, industry leaders, and international partners. She is also a long-standing advocate for diversity and inclusion, championing environments where people can contribute and thrive.
Saud Alsulaimani
CEO, Saudi Arabia
JLL
Saud oversees development advisory, transactional advisory, asset and property management and project and development consultancy, ensuring that JLL clients receive comprehensive, innovative and data-driven real estate solutions. Prior to joining JLL, he held executive leadership roles across the public and private sectors. He was an Executive Director at the Tourism Development Fund, leading the Real Estate and Hospitality department and managing investment initiatives supporting the growth and diversification of Saudi Arabia’s tourism sector. Before that, he was a Partner at Knight Frank, heading real estate valuation and advisory in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Earlier in his career, he worked at the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), contributing to major national projects including NEOM, The Red Sea Project, King Abdullah Financial District, Qiddiya and ROSHN. He also serves as an independent board member across several organisations.
David Buck
Deputy Director
Office for Investment
Travis McCready
Industries President, Leasing Advisory & Co-Chair, Global Life Sciences Advisory Board
JLL
Travis McCready is the head of industries leasing advisory in the Americas for JLL and chair of the JLL Global Life Sciences Advisory Board. In this capacity, he oversees brokerage and advisory for JLL’s key global industry verticals, including life sciences, healthcare, data centers, energy, security & defense, technology, and higher education. He is also a member of the firm's Innovation Districts Practice, providing strategic advisory services to innovation districts across the world.
Travis has over 25 years of experience leading public, private, and non-profit ventures with a focus on science and technology-based real estate and innovation infrastructure. Outside of JLL, he remains active in the innovation community serving as board director of the global business accelerator MassChallenge, the global life sciences business enabler Nucleate, and Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. He also serves in advisory capacities at Johns Hopkins University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, University of Massachusetts, and the University of Toronto.
James Wilkinson
Global Head, Infrastructure and Real Estate Securities
BlackRock
James is Managing Director and Global Head of BlackRock’s Infrastructure and Real Estate Securities business, which provides solutions across listed real estate and listed infrastructure markets. He is a member of the European Investment Committee for BlackRock’s real estate private equity business and the global value-add real estate investment committee. He is board member for EPRA, the European Public Real Estate Association. James has three decades of investment experience across public and private real estate and infrastructure markets around the world, including the US, Asia Pacific and Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Méka Brunel
President
Fondation Palladio
Méka Brunel is a business leader in the real estate industry. She is an ETP engineer and FRICS and has an Executive MBA from HEC. She is currently President of Fondation Palladio.
From 1996, she held a range of management positions at Simco, which later merged with Gecina. In 2006, she became Chief Executive Officer of Eurosic, before joining Ivanhoé Cambridge in 2009 as Executive President Europe. She was a Director at Gecina since 2014 and was appointed as its Chief Executive Officer in January 2017. Fully involved in both community life and industry associations, particularly as Honorary President of the HQE-France GBC association, Vice-Chairwoman of the Palladio Foundation, Chair & Director of EPRA, Director of FSIF, Méka Brunel was appointed as a Director of Hammerson plc in November 2019. She was also President of the Greater Paris Metropolitan Authority’s Development Board from October 2017 to April 2021. Méka Brunel has been honored with the title of Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur. Lastly, Méka Brunel was named Professional of the Year in the 2013 and 2018 Pierres d’Or awards.
Chintan Raveshia
APAC Cities, Planning and Design Leader
Arup
Chintan leads the Cities, Planning & Design Business for Arup's Asia Pacific Region. An architect and urban designer, he has worked with governments to shape and implement national, regional and precinct-level urban planning and design strategies, and deepened his local understanding and knowledge across many geographies. He sits on Design Singapore Council’s Advisory Board, ULI Singapore’s Executive Committee, is a visiting lecturer at the National University of Singapore, and leads Business & Markets Strategy for Arup Southeast Asia.
In over 20 years, he has collaborated on and led some of the most iconic projects around the world including Indonesia’s new capital city, Smart Urban Habitat Masterplan in Singapore, Singapore’s food & sports masterplans, London’s Stratford City, and Dongtan – the world’s first planned eco city, in China. Passionate about climate action, Chintan is undertaking research and work that galvanises the built environment against climate risks while exploring opportunities in food resilience, regenerative design, and active mobility.
Penny Tonks
Director, Real Estate Strategy & Asset Management – EMEA
Cognizant
Penny Tonks is Director of Corporate Real Estate at Cognizant, leading EMEA portfolio strategy. She brings a tenant perspective to workplace transformation, focusing on flexibility, portfolio optimisation, and delivering resilient spaces aligned to evolving business priorities.
Chris Schorah
Development Director
Art-Invest Real Estate
Khaled Alsalman
Head of Local Real Estate Planning and Governance Department
PIF
Khaled AlSalman serves as the Head of Planning & Governance within the Local Real Estate Investment Division at PIF, where he leads portfolio-level planning, performance management, and governance oversight across a diverse real estate investment platform.
He brings over 13 years of management consulting experience across the GCC, advising senior government officials and C-suite executives. Throughout his career, he has led the formulation of more than 30 enterprise and sector-level strategies and overseen the execution of over 80 strategic initiatives across Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait.
Laura Citron OBE
Chief Executive
London & Partners
Laura Citron is CEO of London & Partners, London’s international trade, investment and promotion agency. She leads the organisation to grow London’s global reputation and to attract business, tourists, students, events and talent to London.
Laura has spent her career at the intersection of business, policy and communications. Prior to London & Partners, she was Managing Director of the Government & Public Sector Practice at WPP, the world’s largest marketing and communication services business. She taught communications for behaviour change at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.
Before joining WPP, Laura spent several years as a UK public servant in London and Brussels. She has also lived and worked in Russia and Germany. A proud Londoner, Laura has a postgraduate degree in Economics from University College London.
James Stevens
Head of Investment – Global Real Estate
Aviva Investors
James is currently responsible for leading Aviva's Real Estate Equity Investment team who manage a variety of real estate funds and mandates across Europe. Their solutions cover broad market exposure with core income strategies, and niche or thematic investments through to more value-add strategies.
James joined Aviva Investors in 2019 as Head of Development, Global Real Estate. James had responsibility for identifying, investing and delivering mixed-use developments, joint ventures, land master planning and reconfigurations of schemes across the retail, leisure, commercial and residential sectors. James was also responsible for improving the environmental performance of our real estate assets through refurbishment and redevelopment.
John Forrester
Chairman
Related Argent
John Forrester is Chair of Related Argent and Strategic Adviser to The Related Companies, where he supports the company’s growth strategy and development ambitions across London and beyond. He also serves as Chair of Real Estate Development at Innovo Group. With more than 35 years of experience in property investment, development, and management, John is widely recognised as one of the real estate industry’s most respected leaders.
Previously, John served as Group Chief Executive Officer and Global President of Cushman & Wakefield and earlier as Group Chief Executive of DTZ Holdings plc. During his career, he has played a key role in shaping major real estate businesses and landmark projects across the UK and internationally. John is also active in a number of industry and cultural organisations, including as former President of the British Council for Offices, Trustee of the Museum of the Home, and Advisory Board member of British American Business.
James Thomson
Deputy Chair, Policy and Resources Committee
City of London Corporation
James serves as Deputy Chair of the Policy and Resources Committee for the City of London Corporation, which oversees strategic priorities and provision of local government services for the Square Mile’s 8,600 residents and 678,000 workers. He was elected as Common Councillor in 2013. James joined Price Waterhouse (now PwC) and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1992, followed by 10 years in investment banking: joining Samuel Montagu (becoming part of HSBC Investment Bank) and Deutsche Bank. He was Chair, stepping down in 2025, and former Chief Executive of MJ Gleeson plc, the listed house builder building low-cost affordable homes for first time buyers.
Abigail Dean
Global Head of Strategic Insights
Nuveen Real Assets
Abigail Dean is the Global Head of Strategic Insights for Nuveen Real Assets, responsible for the organisation’s global sustainability, proptech and research functions. She leads the Strategic Insights team, working across investment, product development, compliance, risk and investor relations to ensure strategies in Real Estate, Infrastructure and Natural Capital are informed by global megatrends and that ESG is embedded in fund and asset management. She has driven Nuveen Real Estate’s target to achieve net zero carbon by 2040 and leads work on climate risk and sustainability integration. Abigail is a member of the Executive Leadership Team and has extensive prior experience at JLL as a director in their sustainability consulting team, Upstream.
Dominique Moerenhout
Chief Executive Officer
European Public Real Estate Association
Dominique joined EPRA as CEO in 2017, moving from BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management where he held the CEO position for Luxembourg and Belgium. After working in a private bank followed by five years as a management consultant on large financial sector projects for KPMG Consulting, he joined Fortis Private Real Estate in 2004, where he was COO for international investment and fund management activities in Luxembourg, Belgium, The Netherlands and Spain until 2011, before moving with the company to the UK. He is a native French and Dutch speaker and fluent in English. He holds a Master in Business Administration from ICHEC Brussels and a European Master in Financial Analysis (CFA) from the Belgian Association of Financial Analysts.
Joanna Rowelle
Global Property Leader
Arup
Joanna is Arup's Global Property Leader. She is also the Business & Markets Leader for Arup's UK, India, Middle East and Africa (UKIMEA) business. In her role, she leads economic development and regeneration projects linked to infrastructure investment, masterplans and strategic city plans. She also advises city governments on a wide range of topics including infrastructure investment, airport cities, regeneration and economic policy.
Prior to joining Arup in 2013, Joanna was the Assistant Director for Regeneration for the Mayor of London. This role included overseeing multiple regeneration programmes across London with a focus on infrastructure including Crossrail, economic development and high streets.
Martin Towns
Global Head of Real Estate
M&G
Martin Towns is Global Head of Real Estate at M&G Real Estate, one of the world’s largest real estate investment managers with a portfolio spanning 29 countries across Europe, Asia, and North America. In this role, Martin leads the firm’s international property investment strategies and plays a key role in shaping overall performance across the company’s real estate platform. He oversees a diverse portfolio of commercial, residential, and infrastructure assets, driving portfolio optimisation, risk management, and the delivery of strong returns for institutional clients including pension funds and insurance companies.
Martin brings over two decades of experience in real estate investment and asset management, with a strong track record across both direct property and indirect investments. His expertise spans multiple sectors, including office, retail, residential, and alternatives, as well as navigating complex market cycles and evolving investor demands. He is highly experienced in real estate fund management, asset allocation, and investment strategy, positioning M&G as a leading institutional real estate investor.
Catherine Staniland
Chief Impact Officer
NLA
Andy Smith
Head of 22 Bishopsgate
JLL
Andy is the Head of 22 Bishopsgate and leads the team that ‘creates a place where people thrive’ (our guiding mission for all we do).
Andy has worked in real estate industry for most of his career, mainly as a client lead, building and operating space as well as creating high performing teams that provide exceptional service, whether technical or experiential, but above all as an enabler.
Nick McKeogh
CEO and Co-Founder
NLA
Scott Anderson
Head of Property Development
Places for London
Scott is a seasoned leader in real estate development with over 25 years of experience. As Head of Property Development at Places for London Scott’s focus is delivering scalable social and commercial benefits in public-private partnerships and equity joint ventures. Notably, he strategically planned and executed the Platinum Portfolio joint venture with Helical plc—a partnership delivering several best-in-class commercial assets near TfL’s transport infrastructure in central London.
Odun Oredein
Architect
Gensler
Odun is an experienced architect with a well-rounded portfolio of work spanning multiple sectors. Odun has worked in a wide range of projects throughout London prior to joining Gensler. He has been involved with all stages of design and build working and delivering public and private sector schemes. He has amassed specialised experience specifically across Adaptive Reuse, Education and Residential projects. Odun has experience working closely with clients to develop detailed briefs, formulate design proposals, ensure coordination within the design team and establish appropriate technical solutions.
Francesco Ferrari
Associate Structural Engineer
Arup
Phil Ryan
Senior Director – Cities Research
JLL
Phil Ryan is the Senior Director of Cities Research, part of JLL’s Global Insight platform based out of London. In his role, he works with a variety of industry leaders ranging from developers to asset managers, pension and equity funds, city authorities and multinational corporates to translate the language of the built environment into strategies and advice for navigating a rapidly changing real estate landscape in cities around the world. He is a recognised leader in understanding the interaction between market fundamentals, city dynamics and long-term spatial planning and development trajectories and regularly speaks at conferences and events focusing on repairing and enhancing spaces and places.
In his previous role, Phil was the director of JLL’s US Office Research platform in New York, where he focused on both national and local trends in the office market across more than 50 metro areas, with an emphasis on integrating economic and demographic data into real estate analysis, outlooks and decision-making as well as contributing to JLL’s quarterly office report suite and industry-specific reporting.
Sue Asprey Price
CEO, EMEA Work Dynamics & Global Head of Portfolio Services
JLL
Sue sits on the JLL Work Dynamics Global Board and leads Work Dynamics in EMEA and Global Portfolio Services.
Sue oversees the delivery of professional services that help businesses adapt to the changing workplace and create more human-centric, resilient, and responsible real estate. Sue has over 25 years’ experience in the real estate sector across property development, advisory and occupier client services. Her ambitious, highly motivated and results-driven approach has allowed Sue to develop a track record of results. With a strong consulting background, consistently delivering solutions and strategic advice to clients, Sue has developed an extensive understanding of internal business functions and strategic drivers as well as P&L management.
Sue started her career in Canada and has worked in international roles throughout her career. She had the opportunity to run her own business in the Data Centre
sector which she then sold to Digital Realty Trust. Sue holds a Master of Science in Architecture from the University of Toronto and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada.
A former Canadian rugby international, she is passionate about the positive impact sport and outdoor learning has on younger generations. Sue was formerly
a Trustee for London Youth, an organisation focused on London’s youth organisations ensuring young people have the opportunities and skills they need to succeed.
Sue is the global board sponsor for the Data Centre practice at JLL and recently joined the leadership team at Global Technical Realty as a Non-Executive Director.
She is an industry expert, representing JLL on leading societal and real estate topics.
Pavel Streblov
Managing Director
Penta Real Estate
Stephen Pantano
Senior Fellow for Market Transformation
Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Stephen Pantano is a Senior Fellow for Market Transformation in the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Impact Lab, where he leads ULI’s programs to decarbonize and improve the climate resilience of the commercial built environment. Stephen has more than 30 years of experience building teams that drive global market impacts through research, analysis, and storytelling. He is a creative and visionary leader with experience across every level of the market transformation process - from testing and qualifying electromechanical systems, to designing analytical models, to developing and implementing market-shaping policy to accelerate energy efficiency, energy access, and clean energy transitions.
Mike Devriendt
Director
Arup
Mike has over 25 years of design experience, leading transport orientated development projects for public and private sector clients that are sustainable and improve urban environments, enabling current and future generations to thrive. Mike has had continuous involvement with projects at Stratford throughout his career. As part of the walking tour, he will share insights of these transformative projects explaining how they have contributed towards making Stratford the thriving hub it is today and describe plans that are being developed for future growth.
Alex Notay
Chief Executive
The Housing Forum
Alexandra Notay is CEO of The Housing Forum, appointed in January 2026, and an internationally recognised expert and strategic advisor on housing, placemaking and ESG. She has over 20 years of strategic advisory and investment experience across five continents. She is Chair of the Radix Big Tent Housing Commission, leading its report Beyond the Perma-Crisis - delivering 1000 homes a day. Until July 2024 she was Placemaking and Investment Director at Thriving Investments, overseeing UK residential strategy, including major joint ventures and acquisitions. She has held senior roles across industry bodies and government advisory boards, and is widely recognised for her leadership in housing, planning and sustainable development.
Harry Cliffe-Roberts
Global Building Transformation Lead
Gensler
Harry is an architect with a vision for design and innovation at all scales — a drive that he applies in his role as Studio Director in Gensler’s London office and Global Building Transformation & Adaptive Reuse Leader. Over his 11 years at Gensler, he has led a team of architects focused on the repositioning of existing buildings and many key projects across London, including Cargo and The Acre. His broad range of abilities span from initial concept development to the delivery of demanding and complex projects, pursuing quality through end-to-end involvement. Harry has grown a deep and specialised skillset in repositioning and adaptive reuse, energising the whole studio team with his personable and pragmatic approach. Harry’s passion and excellent people skills equip him to both spearhead project coordination with consultants and collaborate closely with clients, identifying opportunities for them to innovate within the market. He received his RIBA Part II and III qualifications from the Architectural Association and The Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL) respectively.
Matthew Redgrove
Senior Development Executive
Helical
Matt is a Senior Development Executive at Helical working on the group’s development opportunities including 100 New Bridge Street, Brettenham House, Paddington Over-station Development as well as assessing new development opportunities.
In addition to his development role, Matt sits on Helical’s Sustainability Committee and is part of the Corporate Health & Safety team. He is also a Chartered member of RICS.
Professor Greg Clark CBE FAcSS
Urbanist & Writer, Senior Advisor, Teacher, Speaker, Host, & Podcaster
Greg is author of 10 books and 100 reports on cities, investment and place-leadership. He is co-host of two podcasts, The Century of Cities and The DNA of Cities, and co-founder of the Urban Analytics Group, The Business of Cities. His column, The Planet of Cities, is hosted by RICS, and he is Global Cities expert on the BBC World Service Series, My Perfect City.
He has chaired more than 20 international advisory boards for individual cities that are reformulating their future investment strategies, long term plans, and governance, including Barcelona, New York, Mumbai, Sao Paulo, Bogota, Mexico City, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Barcelona, Vienna, Turin, and Oslo. He has led comparative studies on Chinese, Canadian, Australian, European, North American, Latin American, Middle Eastern, South-East Asian, Caribbean, Nordic, and Indian Cities.
Andrew Ferguson
Chief Executive
Platform4
Kelcie Sellers
Associate Director, World Research
Savills
Huasop Lee
Design Director, Senior Associate
Gensler
Huasop is a Design Director dedicated to fostering a culture of openness and innovation through thoughtful design.
Combining a hands-on management style with a nuanced understanding of the relationship between architecture and interiors, Huasop brings meticulous attention to detail and a collaborative mindset to every project, ensuring outcomes that respond to both user experience and stakeholder objectives.
Huasop excels at nurturing strong client relationships through a design approach rooted in a deep respect for international and cultural diversity. Emphasising close collaboration with clients and specialist consultants he evolves clear design philosophies tailored to each project, and delivers award-winning work.
Graeme Craig
Director & Chief Executive
Places for London
Graeme Craig is Director and Chief Executive of Places for London, where he leads the organisation’s commercial property and development strategy across London. Under his leadership, Places for London has grown into a £1.7 billion business with 1,500 commercial tenancies and a major development pipeline set to deliver more than 20,000 homes through partnerships with leading developers.
Graeme joined Transport for London in 2004 to manage the central London Congestion Charging scheme, before going on to lead Congestion Charging & Traffic Enforcement and later a TfL-wide transformation programme. He subsequently established TfL’s first commercial development function and played a central role in creating Places for London as a wholly owned commercial property subsidiary in 2022. With a background in operational and project management, Graeme is recognised for driving innovative approaches to public-sector property development and unlocking long-term value from London’s transport estate.
Ben Smith
South Geography Leader
Arup
Ben has over 25 years’ experience in international consulting on sustainable development, climate change and urban resilience, leading on projects ranging from area renewal and infrastructure to research programmes and Arup’s long-standing partnership with C40 Cities. Having authored strategy and guidance documents for a range of clients, Ben is currently project director for Arup’s work with the National Lottery Community Fund, he is contributing to climate research for DESNZ and supporting the delivery of a new detailed masterplan for new development in Mumbai. Ben also serves as Commissioner for the London Climate and Sustainability Commission (LCSC), appointed by Mayor Sadiq Khan.
Rahul Patel
Director
Arup
Vanessa Hale
Chief Executive
Real Estate:UK
Vanessa is a leader and innovator in the real estate sector, bringing nearly over 20 years of extensive experience in corporate strategy, research, data, and innovation across a variety of real estate sectors and geographies. She is a cross-sector specialist in the built environment, drawing on broad expertise gained from delivering a diverse range of strategic projects.
Known for her commercially anchored perspective and infectious energy, Vanessa is a change-oriented leader dedicated to driving organisational transformation and is a trusted advisor to clients, stakeholders, and senior executives. She routinely leads complex work with cross-disciplinary teams on projects addressing a wide range of sectors including build to rent, industrial, offices, retail, retirement and residential. Her deep understanding of the challenges, dynamics and opportunities combined with a lateral perspective allows her to enable cross-disciplinary teams to tackle diverse challenges in the built environment with success.
Vanessa holds degrees from the University of Illinois and Roosevelt University. She is a current Trustee for the Urban Land Institute (ULI), previously a Global Governing Trustee, Mentor for REACH UK and Chair of BNP Paribas Real Estate’s UK Charity committee. She has also held Chair roles at ULI UK and DRUM London, having also served on the Property Industry Alliance board, Property Week's Diversity & Inclusion Editorial board and the Commercial Property board of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). Vanessa is an active industry mentor and a member of the Society of Property Researchers.
Kate Willard OBE
Founding Director
Willard KGM
Leo Shapland
Chief Executive
The King's Cross Group
Leo is CEO of The King’s Cross Group, a position he has held since April 2025. Leo joined The King’s Cross Group from Workspace Group where he was Executive Director and Head of Portfolio Management, responsible for a multibillion-pound property portfolio across London and the South East.
Prior to this, he was Head of UK Real Estate Asset Management at Aviva Investors, responsible for financial performance and strategy of the UK portfolio and real estate business. Leo also spent almost a decade at Tishman Speyer working in a number of roles in asset management, development, joint ventures and investment in the firm’s San Francisco and London offices. He set up its Seattle office in 2016 where he spent three years as Head of Office, before moving back to the UK.
David Williams
Executive Director, London Commercial Development
Savills
David Williams is an executive director for Savills UK Limited responsible for Savills alumni program and the education sector group.
David joined Savills in 1982 and since 1996 has been directly involved in the evolution and continued growth of Savills UK and European business.
David is widely recognised as a general practice surveyor assisting clients on the delivery of key long term development projects, creating future-proofed and sustainable mixed-use developments of the highest global standards. A specific examples of his work include assisting Argent LLP on the commercial delivery of King's Cross from inception in 2000 to the present.
Gopal Srinivasan
Associate Director
Arup
Gopal has a background in civil structures and bridges. He has worked in the Stratford area since 2001 firstly on bridges across the HS1 Stratford box then on the Stratford City Development on the Northern Ticket Hall for Stratford Station and the bridges and civil infrastructure for the development. He then worked on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Park leading on planning images, virtual model and on the design of the South of the Park in both Games and legacy modes.
David Height
Managing Director, Design & Engineering
Mitsui Fudosan UK
Helena Morris
Senior Development Director
Stanhope
Richard Harrison
Managing Director, Principal
Gensler
As a Co-Managing Director of Gensler’s London office, Richard brings over 20 years of experience as an architect with strong expertise covering mixed use developments, commercial office buildings, tall buildings, and repositioning projects. His portfolio features a number of high-profile projects across the U.K., Europe, and the Middle East. Known for an infectious enthusiasm that inspires colleagues and clients alike, Richard applies a comprehensive understanding of how users occupy space to lead his clients and teams to find innovative solutions that meet the highest standards for design and business objectives. Richard has an unwavering commitment to client relationships and is passionate about mentoring the next generation of leaders. He earned a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Architecture from Kingston University and a Diploma in Architecture from Oxford Brookes University. Richard is also a Member of the British Council for Offices (BCO).
James O’Donnell
Associate Director
Arup
Jace Tyrrell
Chief Executive
Opportunity London
During a 25-year career in urban regeneration, destination development and campaigning in the UK and Australia, Jace has led successful industry and precinct partnerships and holds the world record for Business Improvement Districts (BIDs). His recent tenures include CEO of New West End Company (London’s West End), setting up Australia’s first BID across Sydney’s Western Harbour and incoming CEO for Opportunity London, the public/private partnership seeking to secure the next £100bn for London. Jace has represented thousands of businesses and employees, secured millions in funding and successfully advocated for billions into capital investment.
His entire career has been spent in building meaningful collaborations and driving value across cities with businesses, working with Government at all levels and cultivating local communities.
Jace is passionate about sustainable and innovative cities, commercial real estate, and the retail & leisure sectors. He thrives in leading award-winning teams and working with purpose driven businesses. He is an Alumnus of the London Business School and Griffith University, Australia.