Brian Hawtin CMLI

Senior Landscape Architect at Barratt Developments PLC Brian Hawtin is a Chartered Landscape Architect and a professionally qualified Garden Designer. He is currently the Senior Landscape Architect at Barratt Developments PLC. He has achieved RHS Gold medals, RHS Best Garden Awards, National Landscape Awards and many others in a varied and successful career.  He has…

Alison Ogley

Partner, Planning Alison has over 15 years’ experience in Planning and Environment law and is an experienced advocate, having been called to the bar in 2014 and practising as a Higher Rights Advocate in Judicial Review and High Court Appeals. Alison acts for a wide range of development sectors, including minerals and waste, representing clients…

Penny Simpson

Partner, Head of Environment Having trained in the City (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s environment team) and with 20 years’ experience, Penny is an experienced all-round environmental lawyer with particular expertise in “natural environment” law. Within the “natural environment” niche, she has built a strong, national reputation in advising a wide range of private and public sector…

Richard Broadbent

Director, Planning and Environment Richard is a highly distinguished environmental lawyer and has worked on a number of high-profile nationally significant infrastructure, planning, and species licencing cases. These include nuclear power stations, offshore windfarms, port developments and HS2. Richard was a solicitor at Natural England since 2010 and was the Head of Legal Services since…

Elaine Cresswell

Director Reshaped and Landscape Architect Elaine is an enthusiastic Chartered Landscape Architect and director of reShaped, with over 15 years experience in the construction industry. She is currently leading the Landscape Institute Sustainability Working Group and an active member of the Landscape Institute Technical committee and Housing Working Groups. Over her career, Elaine has purposefully…

Iona Silverman

Partner, Freeths Iona is a Partner in Freeths’ IP & Media team.  She specialises in drafting complex intellectual property agreements, including trade mark licences, brand ambassador agreements and influencer agreements. Iona advises on all aspects of marketing and advertising law, including claims made online, in print and on pack and on all areas of ASA…

Dr. Sophie Taysom

Keyah Consulting Sophie is Founder of Keyah Consulting, working across the built environment to develop approaches to ESG. She is a speaker on national and international platforms. Sophie’s career spans central government, business and academia. She brings this range of expertise to her roles as a member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s Healthcare…

Jessica Pilz

Global Head of ESG, Fiera Real Estate Jessica joined Fiera Real Estate in 2020 and is responsible for the firm’s ESG strategies and initiatives across its investments, developments and operations. Prior to Fiera Real Estate, Jessica worked in the Commercial Real Estate Credit Team at RBS (now NatWest) where she was responsible for environmental and…

Katie Whipp

Head of Innovation & Strategy, Trustek Katie’s career has spanned the global real estate space for 14 years, most recently at CBRE and Cluttons, where she led their pioneering CRM programmes and digital transformation initiatives, working with some of the largest landlords and investors in the market. In early 2021, Katie moved from CBRE to…

Alex Dunn

Chair, Society of Property Researchers Research Manager, Cromwell Property Group Alex began working in the property industry in 2009 as an Analyst for MSCI, working closely with institutional investors. In 2015 he joined Cushman & Wakefield where he became Head of UK Business Space Research and then in 2017 joined Gerald Eve as Head of…