Sustainability Talks
Sustainability Talks is a series of talks, discussions and interviews, bringing together a selection of key figures behind the workplace market’s leading sustainable initiatives and projects.
Hear from leading figures at GSK, PENSON, Perkins&Will, BDG architecture + design, MCM, Oxygen, HLW, AECOM and many more.
2025 Sustainability Talks Agenda
26 February
10:00 – 10:45
11:05 – 11:50
12:10 – 12:55
13:15 – 14:00
14:20 – 15:05
15:25 – 16:10
16:30 – 17:15
Jeremy Myerson, RCA, Professor Emeritus
Steve Wright, Director of Workplace Design and Change Management, GSK & Chair of CoreNet Communities, UK Chapter
Chris Higgins, Head of EMEA, Workplace, Real Estate & Facilities, GSK
Ellie Caley, Senior Workplace and Wellbeing Consultant at ART Health Solutions
2025 Speakers
Steve Wright,
Global Director Design and Change Management, GSK. Chair of Communities and Director, CoreNet UK Chapter
Ana Rita Martins,
Sustainability Lead & Architect, MCM
Adam Strudwick,
Principal, Perkins&Will
Lydia Randall,
Director, BDG architecture + design
Amber Luscombe,
Senior Development Manager, Head of ESG, Oxygen Asset Management
Jeremy Myerson,
Professor Emeritus, Royal College of Art
Alison Grant,
Associate Director, Siren Design
Alex Soto,
Associate Director & Head of Sustainability, StudioNWA
Mick Jordan,
Editor, Works Magazine
Joanna Knight,
Co-Founder, SDC – The Sustainable Design Collective
Mark Eltringham,
Publisher, Workplace Insight
Cat Hoad,
Chair, Absolute Project Management
Helen Gordon,
Founder & Creative Director, Nested Living
Colin Macgadie,
Founding Director, FEL
Lee Penson,
CEO, Penson
Lee Roberts,
Director, Zebra Global
David Cheshire,
Sustainability Director
Hero Bennett,
Director of Sustainability, Partner, Max Fordham
Chris Higgins,
Head of EMEA, Workplace, Real Estate & Facilities, GSK
Ellie Caley,
Senior Workplace and Wellbeing Consultant, ART Health Solutions
Ellie Sharpe,
Global Client Engagement Director, Perkins&Will
Anna King,
Founder & CEO, Informare
Oliver Hall,
Partner, Make Architects
Barbara Chandler,
Founder / Curator, GREEN GRADS
Oliver Lloyd,
Freelancer Designer & GREEN GRAD of 2023
Mathew Freeman,
Director – Freeman Studio / Former President – British Institute of Interior Design
Helen Parton,
Freelance Journalist in Sustainability
Jeremy Lacey,
Development Director, Quadrant Estates
Nuno Correia,
Head of Sustainability, WilkinsonEyre
Angela Mitten,
Programme Director – Science Transformation Programme, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
James Stratford,
Head of Workplace, AXA XL
Deborah Allen,
Founder, Douglas Jane
Mario Vieira,
Head of Sustainability, Scott Brownrigg
Duncan Scott,
Board Director, chapmanbdsp