Occupiers Forum 2025 - 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 get the chance to hear from companies such as WPP, Sanofi, Reckitt, BUPA, Barclays, DWP, LSEG, E.ON and many more.

2025 Occupiers Forum Agenda

27 February

“I just want a desk”: Balancing employee needs with organisational goals and strategy in the modern workplace

10:00 – 10:45

Georgina Fraser, Head of Human Capital Consulting, CBRE

Sara Leavesley, Director of Corporate Real Estate Management, E.ON

Michael Dowds, Head of Workplace Design Standards, Department for Work & Pensions

Pinar Erdem, Head of Corporate Real Estate, EMEA & APAC, AIG

The State of Design; designing for the senses in a diverse and inclusive workplace

11:05 – 11:50

Collin Burry, Design Principal, Gensler

Andrew Wigmore, EMEA Project Manager, Global Workplace Delivery, Adobe

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

Sonia Lamesa Pina, EMEA Workplace Design Manager, Amazon

Workspace Communities – Building social value, fostering inclusivity, and strengthening community

12:05 – 12:45

Emma Douglass, Senior Interior Designer, Ryder Architecture

Jill Derrington, Head of Design & Construction, BUPA

Nathalie Baxter, Head of Workspace, Home Group

Strategies for managing transformation in the evolving landscape of workplace design

13:05 – 13:50

Anna King, Founder and CEO, Infomare

Bex Moorhouse, Global FM Programme Director, WPP

David Laver, Global Head of Facilities Management, WPP

Carol Kavanagh-Hall, Workplace Director Group Real Estate, WPP

Miquet Humphryes, Real Estate and FM Communications, WPP

Bridging the Gap: Aligning Corporate Real Estate Strategies with HR and IT in the Workplace of the Future

14:05 – 14:50

Sally Marshall, Director, Turner & Townsend Limited

Alistair Nisbet, International Real Estate Director, World Courier

James Hicks, Head of Corporate Real Estate, Corporate Engineering & Facilities, Corporate Operations, Gilead

Saskia Lorrison, Head of Workplace Operations, Convex Insurance

Developing global design standards while working with local cultures

15:10 – 16:00

Kate Smith, Executive Director, CBRE

Sarah Hodge, Global Workplace Experience Director, London Stock Exchange Group

Danielle Dixon, Head of Design & Construction, Syneos Health

Kornelia Kiss, Project Lead, Global Workplace Transformation, Sanofi

The role of smart technologies in effectively enhancing workplace functionality, comfort, design and sustainability. Is my smart building actually smart?

16:20 – 17:05

Chris Bunn, Managing Partner, The Intelligent Building

Diego Henriques, Global Director, Workplace, Facilities and Real Estate, Reckitt

Caroline Court, Head of Global Workplace Community & Innovation, Ericsson

Will Easton, Head of Workplace Experience, Smartdcc

Audrey Cowan, Workspace Strategy Manager, Burges Salmon LLP

2025 Speakers

Sarah Leavesley,
Director of Corporate Real Estate Management, E.ON UK

Kornélia Kiss,
Business support and Projects Lead, Global Workplace Transformation, Sanofi

Diego Henriques,
Global Director – Workplace, Facilities and Real Estate, Reckitt

Kate Smith,
Executive Director, Occupier Consulting, CBRE, UK

Collin Burry,
Design Principal, Gensler

Neil Usher,
VP Places, Sage

Emma Douglass,
Senior Interior Designer, Ryder Architecture

Danielle Dixon,
Director of Global Capital Projects, Syneos Health

Michael Dowds,
Head of Workplace Design Standards, Department for Work & Pensions

Sally Marshall,
Director, Turner & Townsend

Lewis Barker MCRw,
Director, Workplace & Real Estate, EMEA at ServiceNow

Jill Derrington,
Head of Design & Construction, BUPA

Nathalie Baxter,
Head of Workspace, Home Group

Chris Bunn,
Director, The Intelligent Building

Sonia Lamesa Pina,
EMEA Workplace Design Manager, Amazon

Pinar Erdem,
Head of Corporate Real Estate, EMEA & APAC, AIG

James Hicks,
Head of Corporate Real Estate, Corporate Engineering & Facilities, Corporate Operations, Gilead

Miquet Humphryes,
Real Estate and FM Communications, WPP

Carol Kavanagh-Hall,
Workplace Director, Group Real Estate, WPP

Bex Moorhouse,
Global FM Programme Director, WPP

Sarah Hodge,
Global Workplace experience director, London Stock Exchange

Alistair Nisbet,
International Real Estate Director, World Courier International Real Estate Director, World Courier

Caroline Court,
Head of Global Workplace Community & Innovation, Ericsson

Saskia Lorrison,
Head of Workplace Operations, Convex Insurance

Will Easton,
Head of Workplace Experience, Smartdcc

Audrey Cowan,
Workspace Strategy Manager, Burges Salmon LLP

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.