25 – 26 February 2026 | Business Design Centre, London
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
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
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
13:05 – 13:50
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
15:10 – 16:00
16:20 – 17:05
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
Workspace Design Show is a must-addition to London’s design calendar, attended by the region’s top architects, designers, occupiers, developers, consultants, coworking companies, and fit-out companies. Register now to attend Workspace Design Show for free from 25 – 26 February 2026 at the Business Design Centre, London.