2025 Confirmed Speakers
Collin Burry,
Design Principal, Gensler
Helen Berresford,
Head of ID: SR, Sheppard Robson
Kay Sargent
Director of Workplace Thought Leadership, HOK
Steve Wright,
Global Director Design and Change Management, GSK. Chair of Communities and Director, CoreNet UK Chapter
Sarah Leavesley,
Director of Corporate Real Estate Management, E.ON UK
JanJaap Boogaard,
Head of EMEA Workplace Advisory, Colliers
Giuseppe Cariello,
Lead Designer Workplaces & Events, Zendesk
Tim Allen,
Senior Director, HCG
Kornélia Kiss,
Business support and Projects Lead, Global Workplace Transformation, Sanofi
Georgina Fraser,
Head of Human Capital Consulting, CBRE UK Consulting
Lorena Espaillat Bencosme,
Senior Design Analyst, Zaha Hadid Architects
Alessandro Ranaldi,
Partner, Head of Workplace Consultancy, MS Urban Planning and Architecture, Foster + Partners
Naomi Sakamoto,
Principal, Gensler
Michael Dowds,
Head of Workplace Design Standards, Department for Work & Pensions
Rachel Flint,
Associate, Michael Grubb Studio
Cristiano Testi,
Principal Director, tp bennett
Angela Bardino,
Senior Associate Director – Interiors Europe, Jacobs
Chris Higgins,
Head of EMEA, Workplace, Real Estate & Facilities, GSK
Dominic Dugan,
Creative Director, Oktra
Danielle Dixon,
Director of Global Capital Projects, Syneos Health
Dr Umar Taj,
Associate Professor Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School
Gurvinder Khurana,
Director, M Moser Associates
Inabelle Fang,
Director of Corporate Real Estate International, Willis Towers Watson
Susie Harrison,
Head of Creative, AIS
Brian Robinson,
Real Estate and Facilities Director, Fidelity International
Neil Usher,
VP Places, Sage
Enrique Soler,
Head of Design, Willmott Dixon Interiors
Michael Simon,
Head of Interior Design, Bond Bryan
Alison Grant,
Senior Associate/Senior Designer, HLW
Adam Strudwick,
Principal, Perkins&Will
Angela Vico Correas,
Director, StudioNWA
Amber Luscombe,
Senior Development Manager, Head of ESG, Oxygen Asset Management
Nicola Gillen,
Head of Total Workplace EMEA, Cushman & Wakefield
Amrit Seera,
Architect, Vabel
Joanna Knight,
Co-Founder
SDC – the Sustainable Design Collective
Deborah Allen,
Founder, Douglas Jane
Alys Bryan,
Managing Editor, Design Insider
Guzmán de Yarza Blache,
Global Head of Workplace Strategy Consulting, JLL
Lee Penson,
CEO, Penson
Marco Gastoldi,
Associate Interior Designer, Gensler
Venetia Flint,
Sustainability & Communications Lead, Resonate Interiors
Emma Douglass,
Senior Interior Designer, Ryder Architecture
Sheela Shukla,
Interior Design Director, BDP
Andrew Wigmore,
EMEA Project Manager, Global Workplace Delivery, Adobe
Bex Moorhouse,
Global FM Programme Director, WPP
Clare Bridger,
Director Workplace Strategy, Incendium Consulting
Matt Clarke,
Managing Director, Umbrella Furniture
Tulsi Girme,
Global Director of Strategic Planning and Experience for Corporate Real Estate, Equinix
Carolina Florian,
Lighting Consultant and Associate Lecturer, UCL
Caroline Pontifex,
Director, Workplace Experience, KKS Savills
Jason Batour,
Creative Director OP Group
Kara Miotke,
Principal, Project Director, IA Interior Architects
Mark Eltringham,
Publisher, Workplaceinsight and IN Magazine
Louise Sheppard,
UK Head of Workplace Services & Social Sustainability, Zurich
Yolanda Cerezo,
Partner, IDOM
Dino Portelli,
Global Workplace Lead, Barclays
Anna Rigoli,
Director of Architecture, TTSP
Kate Smith,
Executive Director, Occupier Consulting, CBRE, UK
Elena Panagiotidis,
Managing Director, Siren Design
Mick Jordan,
Editor, Works Magazine
Sally Marshall,
Director, Turner & Townsend
Chris Moriarty,
Co-Founder Audiem, and Co-Host
Matt Waring,
Editor, arc magazine
Lydia Randall,
Director, BDG architecture + design
Sarah Hodge,
Global Workplace experience director, London Stock Exchange
Nathalie Baxter,
Head of Workspace, Home Group
Allison English,
Co-founder, Aéto Strategy
Diego Henriques,
Global Director – Workplace, Facilities and Real Estate, Reckitt
Jill Derrington,
Head of Design & Construction, BUPA
Lewis Barker MCRw,
Director, Workplace & Real Estate, EMEA at ServiceNow
Jo Downes,
Head of Workplace & Wellbeing, Nestle
Sonia Lamesa Pina,
EMEA Workplace Design Manager, Amazon
Hamza Shaikh,
Digital Artist & Architect, Gensler
Oliver Heath,
Director, Oliver Heath Design
Adrienne Lau,
Senior Associate, Heatherwick Studio
Simon Kincaid,
Partner | Principal, Conran & Partners
Deepa Deb,
Head of International Real Estate Investment, Watson Farley & Williams
Beatriz Gonzalez,
Director, Scott Brownrigg
Helen Gordon,
Founder & Creative Director, Nested Living
Ana Rita Martins,
Sustainability Lead & Architect, MCM
Anna Rooney,
Associate Director, AECOM
Cat Hoad,
Chair, Absolute Project Management
Dr Vanessa Champion,
Editor and Founder, Journal of Biophilic Design
Colin Macgadie,
Founding Director, FEL
David Laver,
Global Head of Facilities Management, WPP
Anna King,
Founder & CEO, Informare
Sarah Audsley,
Partner, Knight Frank
Jeremy Myerson,
Professor Emeritus, Royal College of Art
Carol Kavanagh-Hall,
Workplace Director, Group Real Estate, WPP
Lee Roberts,
Director, Zebra Global
David Cheshire,
Sustainability Director
Hero Bennett,
Director of Sustainability, Partner, Max Fordham
