Workspace Design Show

2026 Confirmed Speakers

Ana Stanojevic,
Principal & Practice Group Manager – Workplace, Arcadis

Rod Hogg,
Director of Property, VirginMediaO2

Collin Burry,
Design Principal, Gensler

Morag Morrison,
Partner, Hawkins\Brown

Paula Rowntree,
Head of Workplace Design, Lloyds

Paulo Ribeiro,
Head of Interior Design UK&I, AECOM

Elaine Du Preez,
Director Workplace Design EMEA, Salesforce

Sam Fuller,
Head of Workplace, Octopus Energy Group

Jon Eaglesham,
Managing Director Barr Gazetas

Alex Lawlor,
Corporate Real Estate Sector Lead, AtkinsRealis

Allison English,
Co-Founder, Aéto Strategy

Andrew Emmett,
Strategy and Innovation Director, Uncoded

Beatriz Gonzalez,
Director Scott, Brownrigg

Liz Nicholson,
Workplace Project Manager, Nestle

Bex Moorhouse,
Global FM Programme, Director WPP

Casper Schwarz,
CEO Casper, Schwarz Architects

Catherine Kim,
Director Interior Design, ADP Architecture

Conor Gantly,
Head of Digital Transformation, TSK

David Smalley,
Director, Material Source

Dominic Dugan,
Creative Director, Oktra

Gavin Hughes,
Design Director, HLW

Gorka Lopez,
Workplace Strategy Lead UK and Europe, CBRE (Seconded to HSBC)

Gurvinder Khurana,
Director, M Moser Associates

Harry McKinley,
Managing Editor, MIX INTERIORS

Hayley Samuels,
Real Estate & Workplace Senior Manager, Databricks

Joe Durow,
Global Professional Services Practice Area Leader, Gensler

Julian de Metz,
Co-Founder, dMFK

Keir Regan-Alexander,
Founder, OmniChat

Lewis Barker Director,
Workplace & Real Estate, EMEA & Global Head of Strategy, Innovation & Transformation and Workplace Sustainability, ServiceNow

Louisa Kidson,
Director of Property & Workplace, Travers Smith LLP

Marc van den Helder,
Senior Program Manager Real Estate & Workspace Services, Booking.com

Matt Jackson Director,
Interiors Co-Lead Hawkins\Brown

Megan Dobstaff,
Design Principal, Gensler

Neil Usher,
VP Places, Sage

Nicola Tomkins,
Head of Design Major Projects, Overbury

Oliver Boote,
Workplace & Facilities Manager, Imperial College London

Pavan Birdi,
Senior Associate, Workplace Lead, Pascall + Watson

Sam Sahni,
Founder & Workplace Strategy Director, Work Transformers

Sarah Edwards,
Project Director, Oktra

Steve Gale,
Smart Workplace Architect

Stuart Oldridge,
Interiors, Associate Principal, HDR

Vidhi Sharma,
Creative Director, Modus Workspace

Tim Oldman,
Co-founder, Aéto

Tajal Rutherford-Bhatt,
Principal Director, tp bennett

Mark Eltringham,
Publisher, Workplace Insight

Michelle Marwood MRICS | EMEAPAC,
Real Estate Director, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

Adrian Norman,
Head of Design, Morgan Lovell

Chris Radley,
Senior Associate, Fletcher Priest Architects

Harsha Kotak,
Founder Women in Office Design (WOD) and Co-Founder The Sustainable Design Collective

Joanna Knight, 
Co-Founder, The Sustainable Design Collective

Ana Rita Martins,
Sustainability Lead, MCM

Asif Din,
Director of Regenerative Design, Perkins&Will

Deborah Allen,
Founder, Douglas Jane Studio

Lucy Bagshaw,
Project Director and Sustainable Designer, tp bennett

Dr Vanessa Champion,
Editor and Founder of Journal of Biophilic Design.

Nicola Gillen,
Head of Strategic Consulting EMEA, Cushman & Wakefield

Mari Samuelsen,
Senior Associate, Fletcher Priest Architects

Charlie Kent,
Creative Director, Area

Colin Macgadie,
Co-Founder, For Everyday Life

Matt Waring,
Editor, arc magazine

Tim Shepherd,
Founder & Managing Director, Shepherd&

Daniel Reynolds,
Project Director – Capital Delivery, London Borough of Waltham Forest

Jamie Davis,
Director of Workplace Strategy, Fidelity International

Tim Allen,
Senior Director, HCG

Muriel Altunaga,
Founder Director, The Flow

Samantha Jinks,
Director, TSK

Alys Bryan,
Editorial Director, Design Insider

Chris Mentiply,
Workplace Design and Projects Lead, Haleon

Anna Burles,
Creative Director & Co-Founder, Run For The Hills; President Elect, BIID

Nick Gaskell,
Partner, Workplace Sector Lead, Hawkins\Brown

Helena Hughes,
Director Global Occupier Services, Savills

Daniel Blaker,
Creative Director, Nulty

Guzman de Yurza,
Global Design Strategy Lead, JLL Design

Mark Eltringham,
Publisher, Workplaceinsight & IN Magazine

Harry Foster,
Leasing Director, Landsec

Helen Parton,
Freelance Journalist

Nimit Raval,
Sustainability Lead, Pascall+Watson

Anna King,
Founder, Informare

Joanne Sanger,
Senior Associate Interior Designer, Resonate Interiors

Mike Povey,
VP Corporate Services, Visa

Olly Hunt,
Development Director, Landsec

Jason Glover,
Director of International Operations, Sidley Austin

Juan Ferrari,
Director, Hoare Lea

Carolina Florian,
Lighting Director Qiddiya & President Elect SLL

James White,
Associate Director, Zebra Projects

Rosanna Vitiello,
Founder, The Place Bureau

Barbara Chandler,
Founder, GREEN GRADS

Jennifer Celesia,
Co-founder, Kindred

Suzan Dixon,
Senior Director Corporate Real Estate, Royal Bank of Canada

Nicci Bird,
Global Brand Experience Director, Sage

Chris Moriarty,
Co-Founder, Audiem

Florrie Chow,
Interior Architect, Sage

Christian Brooks,
International Partner, Cushman & Wakefield

Charlie Brett,
Senior Architect, LOM

Lidia Johansen,
Associate Environmental Consultant, chapmanbdsp

Kyle de Bruin,
Managing Director, Leesman

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Penelope McCallum,
Sustainability Director, Unispace

Nikhil Dhumma,
Director, JLL Corporate Real Estate

Workplace Sustainability Lead,
JLL UK Commercial Real Estate

Emily Samoluk,
Senior Sustainability Manager, British Land

Darcy Arnold-Jones,
Architect and Circular Economy Lead, Marks Barfield Architects

Paul Gaughan,
Founder, Lumybel

Georgina Smith,
Director, Broadbase Furniture Solutions

Jade Cohen,
Cohen Co-founder and CPO, Qflow

Elina Grigoriou,
Design & Sustainability Director, Grigoriou Interiors

Debbie Ward,
Director, Alliance for Sustainable Building Products

Stephen Hamil,
Innovation Director, Hubexo

Brett King,
Director, Industry Transformation EMEA, Procore Technologies

David Hughes,
Operations Director, Blackstone Strip Out

Luke Wills,
Operations Manager, Space Interior Systems

Nigel Harvey,
CEO, Recolight

Ella Smith,
Building Performance Analyst, AHMM

Cornelia de Boinville,
Commercial Director, Edge

Luisa Ramos Steiner,
Global Carbon Lead, Edge

Sarah Murdoch,
Global Account Director, JLL

Kornelia Kiss,
Project Lead, Global Workplace Transformation, Sanofi

Adrienne Kleman,
VP, Global Workplace Services, Paysafe

Hannah Baker,
Sustainability Strategy Chair, EPR Architects

Kiru Balson,
Materials and Circular Economy Leader, Max Fordham

Jonathan Allwood,
Director and Sustainability Lead, Barr Gazetas

Gregor Haran,
Sustainability Manager, Landsec

Dr. Vanessa Brady OBE,
Founder & CEO, The Society of British and International Interior Design (SBID)

Helen Berresford,
Head ID:SR, Partner, Sheppard Robson

Lydia Randall,
Director of Sustainability, BDG architecture + design

Hattie Emmerson,
FIS Project Reuse Lead

Sophie Morgan,
Senior Development Manager, Landsec

Roddy Bow,
Designer & Director, IDK

Luke Pearson,
Co-Founder, Pearson Lloyd

Matthew Brinklow,
Head of Sustainability, Mace

Matt Bigham,
Director of Commercial Lifesciences and Innovation, Wellcome Trust

Frederico Baptista,
Global Head of Real Estate Operations, Wise

Sally Marshall,
Director, Turner and Townsend

Jonathan Allwood,
Director and Sustainability Lead, Barr Gazetas

Gregor Haran,
Sustainability Manager, Landsec

Kiru Balson,
Materials and Circular Economy Leader, Max Fordham

Hannah Baker,
Sustainability Strategy Chair, EPR Architects

Iain McIlwee,
FIS Chief Executive

Matt Robinson,
Head of Sustainability, Workplace Futures Group

Debbie Ward,
Director, Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP)

Duncan Scott,
Board Director, chapmanbdsp

Amina Akhtar,
Design Director UK, Tétris

Sarah Grime,
Head of Gym Product, The Gym Group

Kirsty Shearer,
Operational Excellence Director, Agilité Solutions

Amina Akhtar,
Design Director UK, Tétris

Flavie Lowres,
FIS Sustainability Champion

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