The Propertyshe Podcast, hosted by Mishcon de Reya Partner Susan Freeman, explores the changing built environment, covering topics like proptech, flexible working, and smart buildings. Featuring interviews with influential property personalities, it is recognized as a leading commercial real estate podcast. Susan Freeman is noted for her extensive network and industry influence.
Episodes
John Forrester
John was appointed as Chairman of Related Argent on 1 May 2025. This follows his appointment as a Strategic Advisor to the board in May 2024 to advise on and support the continued expansion and reach of the business. He is also Chairman of Innovo Real Estate Development, the development arm of international construction company Innovo. John is a renowned senior global executive and accomplished CE
Elliott Sparsis
Elliott Sparsis is the founder and CEO of TOGETHER, a human-first meetings, events, and venue brand in London. Elliott is a property entrepreneur and hospitality specialist whose career has spanned investment, real estate, flexible workspace and events. Elliott began his career in property and investment, including a period at Blackstone, before moving into the rapidly evolving world of hospitalit
James Burchell
James Burchell is Co-Founder and Partner of Tellon Capital, a real estate investment company he established with Ben Hamburger in 2014. Since its formation, Tellon Capital has invested more than £300 million in Central London office and retail assets. James has 40 years’ experience in real estate. He began his career at Hirshfield’s in 1986, specialising in auctions and investment, before becoming
Thomasin Renshaw
Thomasin Renshaw is Managing Director – UK Development and leads the Greystar UK Development and Construction teams. She is responsible for leading their UK development strategy across build to rent (BTR) and purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA). She joined from Pocket Living, where she served as Chief Development Officer overseeing its entire pipeline of major London schemes including the a
Will Pearce
Will is the co-founder and CEO of Orbital, a legal AI platform built for the real estate industry. Founded in 2018, Orbital sits at the centre of property transactions, automating the legal work that has traditionally been slow and manual and connecting the parties who depend on it. It now handles over 200,000 transactions a year for some of the UK's top law firms including Mishcon de Reya a
Anette Simpson
Anette Simpson is Director of Developments and Partnerships at L&G's Affordable Homes Division one of the UK’s leading registered providers, delivering high-quality, tenure-diverse communities at scale through long-term institutional investment.She leads the development and delivery of L&G's growing national portfolio, overseeing developments from concept to completion, and plays
Faisal Butt
Faisal Butt is the Founder & Managing Partner of Pi Labs, one of Europe’s leading venture capital firms focused on AI and technology transforming real estate and the built world. Since founding the firm in 2014, he has led investments in ~100 companies across 17+ countries, achieving 20+ exits, and backing founders redefining how real estate and real assets are designed, built and operated.He
James Scott
James is the Group Director of Strategy and Planning at leading Master Developer, Urban & Civic. The company was specifically created 15 years ago to disrupt the established approach to the promotion and delivery of large scale residential led Strategic Sites. James qualified as a barrister before advising the Government on planning issues and cross-qualifying as a solicitor. Prior to being
Jessica Hardman
Jessica has worked in real estate investment for over 20 years – starting out her career at BNP Paribas, before joining Deutsche Bank’s real estate funds business in 2004. She enjoyed a successful, varied career with Deutsche Bank and DWS; first leading transaction teams culminating in €12bn of transactions, and subsequently running European fund management for international investors.Jessica was
Marc Vlessing
Marc is co-founder of Pocket Living, where he was CEO for 20 years and is now Chair. In 2017 Marc was awarded an OBE for services to housing delivery. Pocket was London’s first private developer of affordable starter homes. The company has delivered some 2000 homes with another 1000+ in the pipeline. Pocket’s innovation lies in combining purposeful and affordable high-quality design for single a
Gaby Hersham
Gabriela has been credited as a pioneering voice of flexible workspace in the UK and a champion of women in business. She founded Huckletree in 2014 to bring together London’s most innovative startups, entrepreneurs and businesses, after being inspired by the success of co‑working in New York. Huckletree is now one of the UK and Ireland’s fastest‑growing co‑working communities, with a presence in
Tom Sleigh
Tom Sleigh is Chair of the Planning and Transportation Committee at the City of London Corporation, overseeing one of the most dynamic and densely developed planning jurisdictions in the country. An elected independent Member representing the ward of Bishopsgate since 2013, Tom has long been at the forefront of shaping the City’s built environment and cultural life.He previously chaired the City’s
David Camp
David joined Stanhope in 1987, was appointed a Director in 1990, Managing Director in 1995 and became Chief Executive in 2002. He has spent his entire career in the property development and investment industry, either acting on behalf of clients, or as a principal in relation to commercial and mixed use assets throughout the South East of England. David spent nine years at Donaldsons (now part of
Harry Hyman
Harry Hyman is a British property entrepreneur.He achieved a degree in Geography from Christ's College, Cambridge graduating with a double first in 1978. He trained as an accountant with Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and qualified in 1982.In 1995 he founded Primary Health Properties PLC, a company based on the idea of purchasing primary health care premises and leasing them ba
Anna Moore
Anna Moore is Founder and CEO of Domna, a housing asset management and retrofit platform helping social and private landlords keep homes safe, healthy, and compliant. Domna combines data, strategy and delivery support, using its proprietary stock assessment tool, Ara, alongside end-to-end technical and project expertise. Domna serves over 10,000 homes a year today. Anna holds senior board and advi
Andrew Jones
Andrew Jones is the CEO of LondonMetric which has become known as a consolidator of the UK REIT market and is now the 3rd largest UK REIT behind SEGRO and LandSec.Andrew was a co-founder and CEO of Metric Property Investments Plc from its inception in March 2010 until its merger with London & Stamford in January 2013. On completion of the merger, Andrew became Chief Executive of LondonMetric.
Ryan Prince
Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Ryan moved to London in 1998 to pursue postgraduate studies at the London School of Economics. Shortly after graduating, Ryan co-founded his first venture, iGabriel, one of the UK’s first early-stage tech venture funds backed exclusively by CEOs and entrepreneurs such as Brent Hoberman, Lord Myners, Peter Gabriel and Harvey Goldsmith. After successfully merging
Mark Shipman
In this episode of PropertyShe, Susan Freeman speaks with Mark Shipman, founding partner of Michael Elliott, to mark his 40th year in real estate. Widely recognised as one of London’s leading investment advisers, Mark reflects on his early career, landmark deals, and the evolution of the London property market. He also shares his perspective on current market conditions, international investment t
Louise Bonham
Louise joined MAPP as Chief Executive Officer in September 2023 bringing with her a wealth of experience in UK and EMEA property. She is responsible for charting the company's strategic direction within the ever-evolving world of property operations. Louise leads the Executive team across MAPP’s Property Management business and subsidiaries; RE-DEFINED, Building Consultancy by MAPP and Energ
Arthur Kay
Arthur Kay is an entrepreneur, and advisor to organisations building solutions for sustainable cities.He is the founder of several urban design and technology companies, including the clean technology company – Bio-bean (acq. 2023), the design, technology, and development company – Skyroom, and the £100m Key Worker Homes Fund.Arthur is an advisor to organisations including Innovo Group, and servin
Paul Oberschneider
Founder and CEO of Hilltop Capital Partners. Paul has been at the forefront of starting successful real estate businesses; an investment professional with a core expertise and 30-year track record in property development, asset management and financial structuring; transacting as an independent over £1 billion in the UK and Continental European real estate markets. Paul’s career spans working as
Nick McKeogh
Nick is Chief Executive of NLA, which he co-founded with Peter Murray in 2005. Nick leads the NLA’s culture and values; fostering key relationships; developing new business areas & partnerships. He leads on the annual London Real Estate Forum and is Co-chair of the Opportunity London Partnership.
Cath Webster
Chief Executive Officer at Thriving Investments Team Cath joined in January 2023 to lead on increasing funds under management alongside the delivery of social impact, augmenting the existing fund management platform across high-quality affordable housing, private-rented residential and urban regeneration strategies. She was previously Executive Director for Strategy and Investment at property deve
Sherin Aminossehe
Sherin has very recently become became the Ministry of Defence's first director of Growth and Missions, implementing the Government’s Plan for Change, ensuring the uplift in Defence spending is driving growth across the UK and setting the direction for investment in Defence. Prior to that she was the MOD's first Director of Infrastructure, responsible for the strategic oversight of both
Ian Rickwood
Ian Rickwood, Founder & CEO of Henley Group Ian Rickwood is a seasoned investor and serial entrepreneur with experience across geography and markets. He founded and became CEO of Henley in 2006 growing the business into the broad Investment business it is today creating many new successful ventures in that time. Prior to Henley he managed and grew two retail companies, one complete start up be
Bishoy Azmy
Bishoy has been with Innovo from its inception and is the driving force behind Innovo’s core principle of harnessing the smartest technology and innovative sustainability practices to create positive disruption across the traditional construction and real estate sectors.
Mark Bourgeois
Mark was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of The Government Property Agency in October 2024, heading up a 400-strong team that aims to transform how the civil service works and what its real estate portfolio looks like.He is an established corporate leader with over 30 years of strategic and operational real estate experience across asset management, investment, development and operations. Ma
Allan Lockhart
Allan Lockhart is Chief Executive of NewRiver REIT. He has over 35 years’ experience in the UK retail real estate market. Having started his career with Strutt & Parker in 1988 advising major property companies and institutions on retail leasing, investment and development, in 2002, Allan was appointed Retail Director of Halladale Plc focusing on acquiring value add opportunities in UK retail
Samantha McClary
Samantha McClary, Former editor Estates Gazette, Chief Executive of the British Council for Offices Until recently Editor of Estates Gazette, Sam's new role is as Chief Executive of the British Council for Offices. Sam McClary has more than two decades of experience in the UK real estate sector. She spent the first 24 years of her career as a journalist and editor, with an introduction to the
Robert Sloss
CEO of HUB, Robert Sloss, has been an entrepreneur in property and development for over 25 years. During this time, Robert has created a series of real estate investment and development platforms, primarily in the residential and office sectors. Robert has a passion for vibrant urban living and the need for the built environment to reflect changing human demand. As a result, HUB was one of the fir
Michelle McGrath
Michelle is responsible for the management of Shaftesbury Capital’s £5bn property portfolio, including asset management, investment, leasing, and marketing across Covent Garden, Soho, and Chinatown London, and is a member of the Executive Committee. Michelle was previously on the Board of Capco and has significant financial and real estate experience having joined Capco in 2014 undertaking a numbe
Tom Goodall
Tom joined the former Argent business in 2012 and became a Partner in 2020.Between 2019-2022, Tom was Head of Residential for the Related Argent business and CEO of the Heart of Hale development, overseeing a pipeline of more than 8,000 new homes across London. Prior to this role, Tom was responsible for residential at King’s Cross, including the delivery of the Gasholders apartments.In 2023, Tom
Antony Slumbers
Real Estate futurist Antony Slumbers is a globally recognised PropTech thought leader, speaker, adviser, and writer specialising in AI in real estate, real estate technology, and the future of work and workplaces. A serial entrepreneur, he has founded and successfully exited multiple commercial real estate innovation companies and now advises leading real estate boards on transformation, technolog
Keith Breslauer
Keith Breslauer is the Managing Director and Senior Partner of Patron Capital, including the Patron Capital Captive Fund and Funds I–VII. Since founding the firm in 1999, he has led its strategic growth, overseeing total capital under management of approximately €5.3 billion. Patron focuses on investments in property and European companies associated with property-related activities, with a portfo
Rita Rose Gagné
Rita-Rose Gagné is the CEO of Hammerson plc, an owner, operator and developer of prime, urban real estate in some of the fastest growing cities in the UK, Ireland and France.She joined the company in 2020 to develop and spearhead the strategic transformation of the business.She brings extensive experience in real estate investment - and global property markets - combined with strong strategic, ope
Harvey Soning
Harvey founded James Andrew International in 1974 following the first phase of his real estate career at Peachey Property Corporation and Guardian Properties Plc. James Andrew has been involved in many major commercial real estate developments, investment acquisitions, leasing and disposals in the UK, Europe and USA over the past 50 years.Harvey is Chairman of James Andrew RSW and James Andrew Res
Lynda Shillaw
Lynda is Chief Executive of Harworth Group, one of the UK’s leading land and property regeneration companies. She was previously Group Property Director and a Board Member at London Stock Exchange-listed Town Centre Securities plc where she led the management of its land and property and its development pipeline.
Sir Brandon Lewis CBE
Sir Brandon Lewis was a businessman before he entered Parliament in 2010 and served in numerous Government and Cabinet roles for over 10 years, during his time as Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth from 2010 to 2024. During his decade as a member of the British Government, he held several Ministerial and Secretary of State positions under 4 Prime Ministers. His final role was as Secretary of
Laurence Kemball-Cook
Laurence is the award-winning founder and CEO of Pavegen, an innovative, clean technology company. Headquartered in London, with an R&D centre in Cambridge, Pavegen manufactures a floor system that instantly converts kinetic energy from footfall into off-grid electricity, data and rewards. His mission: to improve the world through the power of a footstep. Laurence and Pavegen have been recogni
Howard Dawber
Howard was appointed Deputy Mayor of London for Business in December 2023.Before joining the Mayor’s team, Howard worked in business for thirty years, spending 17 years as Managing Director for Strategy of the Canary Wharf Group. At Canary Wharf, Howard was involved in the development of the Elizabeth Line and supporting the 2012 Olympic Bid and Olympic Legacy as well as commercial inward investme
Katherine Russell
Katherine is an accomplished leader in the Build-to-Rent sector, with almost two decades of real estate experience. As a founding member of John Lewis Partnership’s BTR strategy, she has been instrumental in developing and operating 10,000 homes and securing a pivotal joint venture with abrdn. Her career spans diverse roles in retail, mixed-use development, and asset management, including her tenu
Lloyd Lee
Lloyd Lee is the Managing Partner of YOO Capital, a privately held real estate investment company based in London.Born and raised in New York, Lloyd is a visionary with an unwavering dedication to uncovering the hidden gems of real estate.Lloyd graduated from Harvard University with a BA in, Fine Arts and History of Architecture, and soon joined the world of Private Investment via Starwood Capital
Damien Webb
Damien Webb is Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Head of International for Aware Super, one of Australia’s top performing super funds managing A$170 billion on behalf of its 1.1 million members.Based in London since October 2023, Damien oversees the Fund’s international expansion strategy which aims to originate a UK, European and Global deal flow for the global portfolio’s projected A$250 billi
Ted Schama
Ted Schama is Joint Managing Partner of Shelley Sandzer, the specialist UK leisure property agency. With over 30 years of experience, Ted is known for connecting people with the best places. He specialises in leasing for some of the biggest landlords in London, as well as internationally. His work also involves acquiring off and on-market opportunities for operators, as well as providing expertise
Sue Brown
Sue Brown is managing director for Real Estate Balance, a campaigning organisation working to improve diversity and inclusion in the real estate industry. Sue has four decades of business, property and economic-development experience. Sue joined Real Estate Balance in April 2020 from London First, where she was executive director with responsibility for property, planning, the environment and deve
Artem Korolev
Artem is the founder and chief executive of Mission Street which he founded in 2017.Over a short period, he has built the company into one of the UK’s leading specialist investors and developers in science and innovation real estate, with a committed development pipeline in excess of 1.5million sq ft.Building on an extensive track record across investment, development and finance, Artem has overal
Simon Carter
Simon Carter is the CEO of British Land.He has extensive experience of finance and the real estate sector. He joined British Land from Logicor, the owner and operator of European logistics real estate, where he had served as Chief Financial Officer since January 2017. Prior to joining Logicor, from 2015 to 2017 Simon was Finance Director at Quintain. Simon previously spent over 10 years with Briti
Tim Heatley
Tim trained as a lawyer and left law behind to found social impact developer Capital & Centric. He started out renovating a derelict house in his hometown of Salford and he now invests over £3m a week on regeneration projects with a positive social impact.Tim is the founder of Regeneration Brainery, an academy aimed at broadening diversity and inclusivity in property. Each year it mentors over
Nick Walkley
Nick Walkley is Principal and UK President at global real estate advisory firm Avison Young. Prior to joining Avison Young in 2021, Nick was Chief Executive of Homes England, the UK Government’s land, development, and housing investor. He led the creation and growth of the new Agency, responsible for the management/delivery of a diverse portfolio including the affordable homes programme, new towns
Chris Grigg
Chris is the Chairman of the UK Infrastructure Bank and of Evelyn Partners, the wealth management company. He's also a Member of the Corporate Board of Cancer Research UK. He stepped down as Senior Independent Director of BAE Systems PLC at the end of 2023.In his executive career, Chris was most recently CEO of British Land. Before that, he was CEO of Barclays‘ Commercial Bank. His earlier ca
Debra Yudolph
Debra is the founder and CEO of SAY, an award-winning consultancy business working with investors and developers to provide strategic operational advice for mixed-use and living assets. Debra has over 25 years’ experience in residential property and is recognised as one of the major contributors to the industry. Before starting SAY, Debra was Director of Asset and Property Management at Grainger p
Zac Goodman
Zac is the Co-Founder & Director of TSP, a multi award-winning and B Corp certified Investment & Asset Management company that looks for opportunities to add value and leverage their operational capability. He has over 15 years' experience in the commercial real estate sector.Zac is a natural entrepreneur, a dedicated mentor and 6-time Countdown winner.
Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips is a Principal and the Chairman and President of Jamestown, a US based global, design-focused real estate investment and management company. He is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. As President, Michael oversees the development and execution of the company’s real estate projects globally. During his tenure, Jamestown has grown its portfolio of assets in key markets throu
Stephanie Hyde
Stephanie Hyde is UK CEO and EMEA Markets CEO at JLL.She joined JLL in 2021 to lead the UK business following over 25 years in professional services. Stephanie’s role recently expanded to incorporate the leadership of JLL’s EMEA Markets Advisory business across EMEA as CEO.Stephanie is responsible for driving strategy and results for JLL’s leasing advisory and property management businesses as wel
Martin Samworth
Martin Samworth joined CBRE as a graduate in 1983 and enjoyed 37 years service with the company until 2020.He has extensive global corporate experience across the entire real estate sector at the highest level with Developers, Investors and Occupiers and with a background of specialising in Investment, Development and Real Estate Finance advice.He was appointed as CBRE Group President and Chairman
Laura Citron
Laura is CEO of London & Partners, the business growth and destination agency for London. She leads London & Partners in its mission to create economic growth that is resilient, sustainable and inclusive. Laura runs inward investment and trade for the capital, supporting thousands of innovative businesses to grow in London and internationally. She leads London’s tourism industry to develop
Despina Katsikakis
Over the past 40 years, Despina has consistently pioneered the science of evaluating employee priorities and evolving trends of office users. This has led to innovation and implementation of transformative workplace environments for global corporates such as: Accenture, Barclays, BBC, BP, Cisco, Deutsche Bank, GSK, Google, HSBC, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley & Unilever and substantial improvements
Hannah Chappatte
Hannah is the Founder and CEO of Hybr, a curated rental platform for first-time renters. It provides young people with a one-stop-rental-shop, whilst enabling operators to fill vacancies quickly, with pre-vetted and engaged young tenants. Hannah launched Hybr straight out of university in 2019 after experiencing first-hand the problems in the student rental market during her time at Bristol Unive
Joseph Rajah
Joseph founded B-Corp developer Joseph Homes in 2008 after years of serial entrepreneurship spanning property, events and NGO work. Starting his first business aged 14, Joseph is yet to have a ‘proper job’. He considers himself completely unemployable by traditional standards, so has no choice but to be CEO.Joseph leads a team of exceptional people through turbulent markets. Growing the company dr
Olaide Oboh
Olaide is a strategic thinker and problem-solver with a 15-year record of successful delivery in public and private sector organisations. With a degree in Sociology, Olaide is fascinated by how people engage with one another, with physical spaces and society in general; and this curiosity drives her.
Bradley Baker
Bradley is the CEO of central London developers CO-RE, specialising in large-scale complex assets.He has worked in the central London office market for over 30 years. He specialises in London occupiers and their design requirements. He is also responsible for scheme branding and leasing.Bradley became an equity partner at Knight Frank in 1999 and founded and headed their central London tenant repr
Lisette van Doorn
As chief executive of ULI Europe, Lisette van Doorn is responsible for the development of the Institute’s activities across the region, including its renowned pan-European conferences and over 200 local meetings and events across 15 countries. Van Doorn joined ULI from LIRE, her own consultancy business, which advises international institutional real estate investors and fund managers on strategy,
John Hoyle
John Hoyle is an entrepreneur and real estate professional focused on developing social ventures for profit in the UK and beyond.After a career as a Platoon Commander with the British Army serving in Germany, Iraq and London, John became a development manager in Abu Dhabi, and - on his return to the UK - worked for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games, and Grosvenor Estates.John fou
Giles Barrie
Giles Barrie has over 30 years’ experience, and specialises in communications strategy, media relations, thought leadership, research and crisis communicationsHe is a former Editor-In-Chief of Property Week who has also worked at the architects’ paper Building Design and as Deputy Editor at Building magazine.Giles won British Society of Magazine Editors, Periodical Publishers Association, Associat
Andrew Waugh
Andrew is a Founding Director of Waugh Thistleton Architects, a practice dedicated to delivering beautiful buildings and places that acknowledge their effect on the environment. He is a world-renowned spokesperson for low impact architecture and innovative construction, and lobbies and lectures internationally, communicating the urgent need for change to mitigate the climate crisis. A pivotal play
Beverley Churchill
With nearly 30 years immersed in the worlds of retail and real estate, specialising in brand-building and placemaking, Beverley’s key involvement in the transformation of both Selfridges and the Covent Garden estate into two of London’s best-loved destinations led to the founding, in 2017, of Churchill & Partners.
Coen van Oostrom
Since founding EDGE in 1997, Coen van Oostrom (1970) has built the company into the largest commercial property developer and investor in the Netherlands and one of the largest in Europe.
Dan Labbad
Dan Labbad was appointed Chief Executive of The Crown Estate in December 2019 and is an Executive Member of the Board.The Crown Estate’s portfolio includes extensive property interests in London and across the UK, a substantial rural holding and Windsor Great Park. It also manages the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland and plays a major role in the UK’s world leading offshore wind s
Rick de Blaby
Rick de Blaby is the CEO of Get Living PLC, the UK’s leading investor, developer and operating platform for Build to Rent residential homes with 4,000 in operation and over 6,000 in pipeline. Get Living's flagship assets and neighbourhoods include East Village at the Olympic Park, Elephant and Castle Town Centre, Middlewood Locks in Salford and Lewisham, plus others in Leeds, Glasgow, Birming
Damian Wild
After more than a decade at EG, this summer Damian Wild became managing director of ING, the leading PR + Communications agency for the built environment.Damian has spent more than 25 years working in business information, as a journalist, editor and publisher. He has worked in the UK and Hong Kong, across a number of sectors. He began his career at Public Finance magazine in 1993 covering local g
Honor Barratt
This podcast contains strong language from the start Honor is the Managing Director of Birchgrove, a specialist age-exclusive developer working to establish a portfolio of assisted living neighbourhoods with well thought-out facilities for rent.Central to Birchgrove's proposition is the belief that renting instead of owning a home is the most liberating form of tenure, allowing neighbours to
Philip Ross
Philip is Founder and CEO of the UnGroup and Cordless Group. He is an author, futurist and advisor on the new world of work and specialises in predicting the impact of emerging technology on the way we will work, shop, learn, consume leisure and live. Much of his focus has been on workplace innovation, advising organisations such as McKinsey & Co, Marks & Spencer, EY, Allen & Overy, Pe
Tony Travers
Tony Travers is a director of LSE London, a research centre at the London School of Economics.
Hrish Lotlikar
Hrish is a Co-founder and CEO at SuperWorld, a virtual world in augmented reality. Previously, he co-founded Rogue Initiative Studios, a Hollywood film, TV, gaming, and immersive entertainment studio. He was also the founding Managing Partner of Eastlabs, an early-stage VC fund based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Previously, Hrish was a Senior Business Developer and Global Evangelist at Toptal (backed by And
Gregory Dewerpe
Gregory is the founder of A/0 PropTech and a seasoned real estate and technology investor with over 15 years of experience across I banking, real estate and venture and a multibillion deal making history and a deep understanding of the financial markets, real estate and venture capital ecosystems.
Michela Hancock
As Managing Director for Greystar Europe, Michela focuses on expanding and strengthening Greystar’s third-party platform and strategic partnerships. She works closely with Greystar’s six country leaders in France, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom to identify new opportunities across student, Build to Rent and senior living.
Paloma Strelitz
Paloma is Head of Product & Creative Director of Patch, a startup developing a ‘Work Near Home’ ecosystem of coworking clubs and cultural venues across UK high streets.Prior to joining Patch, Paloma co-founded Assemble, the social impact design studio whose innovative, purpose-driven approaches were awarded the Turner Prize (2015). Paloma writes, speaks, and advises on cities, culture, and tec
Soumen Das
Soumen is the CFO of SEGRO plc, the leading pan-European developer, manager and owner of warehouses and industrial property. SEGRO is listed on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext Paris and is a constituent of the FTSE100. By market value, it's the largest publicly-listed REIT in Europe. He joined SEGRO in January 2017 and combines leadership of the finance functions with a wider contribu
Shain Shapiro
Shain is the Founder and Chairman of Sound Diplomacy, the leading global advisor on growing music and night time economies in cities and places.He has defined a new way to think about the value of music and through it, influenced over 100 cities and places to invest in music and culture as part of overall growth strategy. He is also the co-founder of Music Cities Convention, the world’s largest ev
Alistair Elliott
Alistair Elliott is Senior Partner & Group Chairman of Knight Frank.As Chair of the Knight Frank Group Executive Board, Alistair drives and implements the group’s global strategy.
