The Talks at Workspace Design Show
2024 Confirmed Speakers
Collin Burry,
Design Principal, Gensler
Helen Berresford,
Head of ID: SR, Sheppard Robson
Dr. Golnaz Ighany,
Sustainability Director, BDP
Steve Wright,
Director of Workplace Design & Change Management, GSK
Sarah Murdoch,
Corporate Real Estate Director, Visa
Simon Fisher,
Founder & Director of F Mark, Founding Partner of The Regen Initiative
Jason Bruges,
Director, Jason Bruges Studio
Tim Allen,
Managing Director of Workplace, Aberley
Oliver Hall,
PARTNER – Architect and Head of Sustainability, Make Architects
Chair – BCO NextGen Committee
Georgina Fraser,
Head of Human Capital Consulting, CBRE UK Consulting
Matt Jackson,
CEO, BDG architecture + design
Sarah Bolas,
Director, HCG
Naomi Sakamoto,
Principal, Gensler
Ana Stanojevic,
Workplace Strategy & Development Lead, Nokia
Kursty Groves,
Workplace Strategist and Founder, Shape
Sue Glew,
Programme Director, The Better Workplace Programme, BT
Paula Rowntree,
Head of Workplace Design, Lloyds Banking Group
Bernie Mitchell,
Co-Founder, the London Coworking Assembly
Dominic Dugan,
Creative Director, Oktra
Kristina Allison,
BA (Hons) MA CEng MSLL MCIBSE, Senior Lighting Designer – AtkinsRealis UK (Lighting)
Ruth Kelly Waskett,
PhD CEng MCIBSE FSLL, Project Director (Lighting), Hoare Lea LLP
Gurvinder Khurana,
Director, M Moser Associates
Elaine du Preez,
Senior Design Manager EMEA, Salesforce
Paul Nulty,
BA Hons, IALD, MSLL, LIF , Founder, Nulty
Nigel Oseland,
Director, Workplace Unlimited
Neil Usher,
VP Places, Sage
Nicol Lee,
Design Director, Area
Laurie Goodman,
Strategy Director, IA Interior Architects
Toni Riddiford BSc MArch PGCert ARB,
Associate Director Architect, Head of Office & Workplace Sector, Stride Treglown
Darren Graver,
Head of Workplace Experience, Trainline
Dan Lister,
UK Lighting Practice Leader, Arup & President-Elect Society of Light and Lighting
Dominic Brankin,
Workplace Services Director, Government Property Agency
Nicola Gillen,
Head of Total Workplace EMEA, Cushman & Wakefield
Nicole Brocklebank-Fowler,
Global Head of Property Portfolio, Clifford Chance
Richard Prestidge,
Head of User Experience, Estates, Service Design & User Experience (SDUX), HMRC
Colin Cassé,
Director of Estates, HMRC
Alys Bryan,
Managing Editor, Design Insider
Guzmán de Yarza Blache,
Global Head of Workplace Strategy Consulting, JLL
Melanie Martin,
Associate Director, Orms Designers & Architects Ltd
Marco Gastoldi,
Associate Interior Designer, Gensler
Olivia Saxen,
Workplace Design Manager Lead, MYO, Landsec
Yasmin Al Ani Spence,
Director, WilkinsonEyre
Ashton Holmes,
Senior Project Designer, Peldon Rose
Ewan Jones,
Partner, Grimshaw
Bex Moorhouse,
Founder, Invigorate Spaces
Alan Bainbridge FRICS,
Director of BBC Workplace
Sarah-Jane Osborne,
Head of Workplace UK & Europe, Principal, Avison Young
Emma Green,
Director, tp bennett
Linzi Cassels,
Principal Design Director, Perkins&Will
James Saunders,
Global Projects Director, Arcadis
John Wozniak,
Operations & Sustainability Manager, Hunters
Beatriz Gonzalez,
Director, Scott Brownrigg
Stuart Templeton,
Associate Partner, Fletcher Priest Architects
Louise Clifford,
Associate Interior Designer, Ward Robinson
Helen Parton,
Workplace Design Journalist
Chloe Nicholls,
Associate Interior Designer, AtkinsRéalis
Emma Morley,
Director, Trifle
Kate Smith,
Executive Director, Occupier Consulting, CBRE, UK
Elena Panagiotidis,
Managing Director, Siren Design
Mick Jordan,
Editor, Works Magazine
Sally Marshall,
Director, Turner & Townsend
Sinead Fahey,
Architect, Jestico + Whiles
Matt Waring,
Editor, arc magazine
Lydia Randall,
Director, Head of ESG at BDG architecture + design
Lewis Harman,
Director, Hunters
Sherif Eltarabishy,
Associate Partner, Foster + Partners
Allison English,
Deputy CEO, Leesman
Diego Henriques,
Head of Corporate Real Estate and Facilities Management, Anglo America
Jennifer Bryan,
Founder, ABChange Consultancy
Lewis Barker MCRw,
Director, Workplace & Real Estate, EMEA at ServiceNow
Kim Massey,
Office Manager, Clifford Chance
Clare Bacchus,
Global Lead, The Design House, Barclays
Marc van den Helder,
Program manager Real Estate & Workplace Service, Booking.com
Catherine van der Heide,
Principal, Hassell
Rhiannon Laurie,
Associate, Gensler
Patrick Dumas,
Founder & CEO, Square Mile Farms
Co-founder and Director,
Align Design and Architecture
Alistair Johnson,
Chief Operating Officer, RPC
Andy Bradshaw,
Director of Property & Workplace, DLA Piper
Steve Henigan,
Managing Director, HCG
Leah Jones,
Interim Deputy Director Workplace Experience, Government Property Agency
Pernille Bonser,
CEO Resonate Interiors
Estelle Schurer,
Sustainability Analyst, Gensler
Dominic Coleman,
Director, Kibre
Kara Carter,
Director, Spacelab
Mario Vieira,
Head of Sustainability, Scott Brownrigg
Deepak Parmar,
Design Director / BCorp Lead, MCM
Mary-Louise Gray,
Workplace, Real Estate and Facilities – WREF VP, Head of COE, GSK
Nick Tyrer,
Associate, BDP Pattern
Simon Hamilton,
Design Director, Earl Kendrick Interior Design
Hazel Luff,
Part I Architectural Assistant at tp bennett
Fiona Anderson,
Workplace Director, Aberley
Chandkiran Nath,
Senior Consultant, AECOM
Lewis Huff,
Regional Lead Workplace & Real Estate Management, William Blair
Laurence Orsini,
Project Director, Scott Brownrigg
Manasi Menon,
tp bennett, Sustainability Coordinator
Dharshni Singh,
Formerly Capital Projects – Accenture and The Boston Consulting Group
Rob Blair,
Head of Workplace Experience, Akeneo
Suzan Dixon,
Head of Workplace Europe & Americas, Standard Chartered
Pinar Erdem,
Head of Workspace and Colleague Experience, Global Corporate Services, HSBC
May Fawzy,
Founder & Creative Director, MF Design Studio, and President, BIID
Dr Vanessa Champion,
Editor and Founder of Journal of Biophilic Design
Jeni Durksen,
Senior Associate, Design, M Moser Associates
Harsha Kotak,
Founder Director, Women in Office Design and Sustainable Design Collective
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