Occupiers Forum 2026 - Workspace Design Show

Occupiers Forum: The View From HQ

Some of the UK’s largest occupiers join the speaking panel at the Workspace Design Show and share their insights on the future workplace experience, and how to create workplace environments that engage with employees.

By attending these talks, you will be able to hear from companies such as WPP, Norton Rose Fulbright, Visa, Booking.com, Haleon, Lloyds Banking Group, Sage.

Occupiers Forum Agenda 2026

26 February

The Great De-shitification – exploring what drives employee experience and if office design has lost its way

09:30 – 10:15

Allison English, Co-Founder, Aéto

Tim Oldman, Co-Founder, Aéto

Mike Povey, VP Corporate Services, Visa

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

Jamie Davis, Director of Workplace Strategy, Fidelity International

Exploring change in the Legal Workplace: Decoding the Human Algorithm

10:40 – 11:25

Joe Durow, Global Professional Services Practice Area Leader, Gensler

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

Krisztina Foster, Workplace Change Manager, Ashurst

Michelle Marwood, EMEAPAC Real Estate Director, Norton Rose Fulbright

From data to brief – how evidence is shaping better workplace experience

11:50 – 12:35

Chris Moriarty, Co-Founder, Audiem

Chris Mentiply, Workplace Design and Projects Lead, Haleon

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

Kornelia Kiss, Project Lead, Global Workplace Transformation, Sanofi

Five years of occupier insight: Rethinking what makes a workplace work?

12:55 – 13:40

Sally Marshall, Director, Turner and Townsend

Frederico Baptista, Global Head of Real Estate Operations, Wise

Matt Bigam, Director of Commercial Lifesciences and Innovation, The Wellcome Genome Campus

Sarah Murdoch, Global Account Director, JLL

Transforming how we work: Managing change in modern workplace design.

14:00 – 14:45

Jennifer L. Bryan, Chief Empowerment Officer, ABChange Consultancy

Oliver Boote, Workplace & Facilities Manager, Imperial College London

Paula Rowntree, Head of Workplace Design, Lloyds

Bex Moorhouse, Global Head of Strategy, Operational Excellence & Performance – Procurement & REWS, WPP

13 offices later: What we’ve learned about the workplace (and what we wished we’d known!)

15:05 – 15:50

Christian Brooks, International Partner, Cushman & Wakefield

Nicci Bird, Global Brand Experience Director, Sage

Florrie Chow, Head of Workplace Design, Sage

Eliminating friction and frustration: How to create a zero Fs workplace environment

16:10 – 16:55

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

Stuart Beety,
RE Portfolio Management, Independent

Riku Rusanen, Nokia Workplace Strategy and Design Leader, Nokia

Jacqui Porch, Chief Markets and Communications Officer, Enoda

2026 Speakers

Paula Rowntree,
Head of Workplace Design, Lloyds

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

Mike Povey,
VP Corporate Services, Visa

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

Jamie Davis,
Director of Workplace Strategy, Fidelity International

Joe Durow,
Global Professional Services Practice Area Leader, Gensler

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

Krisztina Foster,
Workplace Change Manager, Ashurst

Allison English,
Co-Founder, Aéto Strategy

Chris Mentiply,
Workplace Design and Projects Lead, Haleon

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

Jennifer Celesia,
Co-founder, Kindred

Oliver Boote,
Workplace & Facilities Manager, Imperial College London

Tim Oldman,
Co-founder, Aéto

Bex Moorhouse,
Global Head of Strategy, Operational Excellence & Performance – Procurement & REWS, WPP

Neil Usher,
VP Places, Sage

Chris Moriarty,
Co-Founder, Audiem

Nicci Bird,
Global Brand Experience Director, Sage

Florrie Chow,
Head of Workplace Design, Sage

Christian Brooks,
International Partner, Cushman & Wakefield

Sarah Murdoch,
Global Account Director, JLL

Kornelia Kiss,
Project Lead, Global Workplace Transformation, Sanofi

Adrienne Kleman,
VP, Global Workplace Services, Paysafe

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

Jennifer L. Bryan,
Chief Empowerment Officer, ABChange Consultancy

Jacqui Porch,
Chief Markets and Communications Officer, Enoda

Matt Bigam,
Director of Commercial Lifesciences and Innovation, The Wellcome Genome Campus

Stuart Beety,
RE Portfolio Management and Transaction Services, Omnicom

Frederico Baptista,
Global Head of Real Estate Operations, Wise

Sally Marshall,
Director, Turner and Townsend

Riku Rusanen,
Nokia Workplace Strategy and Design Leader, Nokia

Meet buyers looking for your products

Workspace Design Show provides the perfect business platform for suppliers and manufacturers to meet and do business with hundreds of buyers across the UK region, looking to equip upcoming projects with the most innovative products. Find out more about how Workspace Design Show can help you connect with the right purchase influencers.