Catalina, an Architect at Chapman Taylor's Manchester studio since 2021, excels in residential and mixed-use projects, dedicated to crafting vibrant and successful spaces. Her portfolio includes large-scale developments, masterplans, and restorations. As a lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, she combines her practice with academia, focusing on the role of art in placemaking through her PhD research.

Recognised for her contribution, Catalina was a 2023 ‘I Love Manchester’ Awards finalist and a 2020 ‘RIBA Rising Stars’ shortlist, highlighting her commitment to ethical and sustainable architecture. Active in Women in Property North West as an Inclusion Champion, she advocates for diversity, shaping the industry's future with her expertise and vision.

David Izett is the Non-Exec Chairman of LB Navana, an expert property management company. David is a fellow of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, with more than 40 years’ experience of the real estate industry, both in the UK and internationally, including Russia and Central Asia. He was Chief Executive Officer of Colliers International UK plc from 2001 to 2010, including being EMEA Chairman of Colliers International UK plc from 2005 to 2010.

David subsequently became a Business Development Partner for Cushman & Wakefield plc London in 2011 prior to becoming Chief Operating Officer of Cushman & Wakefield Moscow in 2012. He was Chair of the Cushman & Wakefield affiliate in Georgia and Kazakhstan before returning to the UK in 2016 where he now holds a number of board and consultancy roles with businesses in the real estate industry and the third sector.

Emma leads JLL’s commercial and corporate sustainability agendas, working with a team of over 200 sustainability professionals and supporting thousands of real estate colleagues. Emma also sits on the UK Executive Board and is tasked with building on JLL’s 25-year sustainability heritage; supporting our clients with innovative solutions and embedding sustainability into everything we do. Emma has 17 years of experience at JLL, having joined the Sustainability Consulting team in 2007 before taking on the UK Head of Sustainability role in 2021 and expanding to cover EMEA Markets Advisory in 2024.

Ms Papavasileiou is responsible for ESG strategy and execution in the Federated Hermes Real Estate team, including Real Estate Debt. She leads the climate resilience and net-zero agenda across over £6bn of Federated Hermes-managed real estate portfolios. With over 12 years of experience in the sustainability in the built environment, her focus is on developing holistic approaches in meeting environmental and social commitments within the commercial and residential real estate.

She is a member of the King’s Cross Environmental and Social Government (ESG) Committee and member of the Advisory Board of ConstructZero of Construction Leadership Council. Prior to Federated Hermes, Katerina was at JLL, leading portfolio level strategic implementation of ESG considerations. She also led the responsibility agenda for several construction and urban regeneration projects in London. She has also supported Associated British Ports with their energy transition and advised National Rail’s Real Estate team on the execution of their sustainability strategy.

Katerina holds a BSc in Management Science and Technology, an MSc in Applied Economics and Finance from Athens University of Economics and Business and an MPhil in Environmental Policy from University of Cambridge.

Kirsten joined Shoosmiths in 2003 and became a Board member in 2019 following her appointment as Head of the Real Estate Division. During her tenure, Kirsten led significant growth and helped cement the firm’s preeminent position in the Real Estate market.

She has played a pivotal role in developing the firm’s key client relationships, as well as ground-breaking work in relation to the government’s nitrate neutrality regulations. Shoosmiths was named ‘UK Law Firm of the Year – Large sized firm’ at the British Legal Awards 2023.

Since joining Ridge as Head of Social Value, Lauren has driven transformational change in the way the company views and delivers social value. She leads a team engaged in the research, design, and delivery of multiple social value programmes across the world.

With over 12 years of experience, Lauren’s work includes delivery of career and entrepreneurial programmes in some of the most deprived areas of London, developing business and community partnerships that deliver impactful social, economic and environmental outcomes.

Lauren sits on the Advisory Board of the BPIC Network and contributes to Social Value UK’s thought leadership group on social value in education.

Nuno is the Head of Sustainability at WilkinsonEyre and has over fourteen years of cross sector experience in sustainability in the built environment. Nuno specialises in environmental design, building performance and net zero carbon, and leads the development and implementation of the practice's ESG strategy.

He is an active member of industry groups, part of the LETI steering committee, and a co-author of the Climate Emergency Design Guide. He is also a contributor to the Net Zero Carbon Building Standard, a design tutor at University College London and sits on local authority Design Review Panels.

Rob is an award-winning architect and Head of Sustainability at Stride Treglown. Stride Treglown are an employee-owned, carbon-neutral practice and in 2021 became the 1st AJ100 architects to become a B-Corp. He has been responsible for a number of initiatives in Bath and Bristol which have promoted action on climate, biodiversity and health.

His 2022 climate installation won AJ Collaboration of the Year and this year he is coordinating an international action around biodiversity loss. He has been sustainability advisor to the RIBA Southwest awards, is an external Examiner at UWE and has been the winner of multiple RIBA design competitions.

An asset professional with extensive experience in social housing, Ruth is Director of Assets and Compliance at County Durham-based housing association believe housing. Her strength in data analytics ensures robust asset information is used effectively to assess the performance of 18,000 varied properties and to develop place-based approaches to investment.

She steers an ambitious environmental plan for both business and property portfolios. Ruth leads on extensive upgrading and retrofitting schemes, incorporating new technology where appropriate. She works with all parts of the business to promote efficient and innovative ways of working and is passionate about good customer service and engagement.

Thomasin leads the design, development, delivery and customer care teams at Pocket Living. Pocket is an innovative developer delivering homes for local Londoners on modest incomes at a discount to market prices.

She is also Non-Executive Director of Broadway Living RP, Ealing Council’s subsidiary delivering Council housing.

Previously, Thomasin led Grosvenor’s major 2-acre mixed-use scheme in Mayfair: the South Molton Triangle. Prior to that, at Muse, she led a number of urban regeneration projects, including the Lambeth Town Hall project in partnership with LB Lambeth.

Marylis Ramos Director, Savills Earth Advisory Savills

Marylis leads the Savills Earth Advisory, the central hub for Savills' in-house multidisciplinary ESG and sustainability consultancy service. She works closely with sustainability specialists from across the company to provide clients with holistic, end-to-end sustainability consultancy and expertise. With over 20 years of experience in the field of sustainability and environmental design, Marylis brings expertise across several areas, including energy, sustainability, health and well-being and social value. Prior to joining Savills in 2022, she was the head of sustainability, research and innovation at one of the UK's largest residential architectural practices, leading on a wide range of development as well as research projects. She is a strong advocate for holistic, multidisciplinary approaches to sustainability and of a human-centred approach to designing the built environment.

Since joining Savills, she has been helping our clients navigate and access the Savills Earth network of experts, which includes specialists in net zero carbon, sustainable design, energy, renewables and infrastructure, impact economics, operational sustainability, social value, biodiversity, health and wellbeing, environmental assessment, sustainable placemaking, and sustainable workplaces, and assists clients with sustainability visioning and framework development, communication, and thought leadership.

Vicki is a Director of Sustainability at tp bennett, bringing expertise to a variety of Architecture and Interiors projects. Vicki is a Passivhaus Certified Designer who champions exemplar sustainable design with a holistic approach. She is passionate about designing environmentally-sustainable, healthy and equitable spaces, whilst optimising tp bennett’s own footprint as a practice.

Sarah is Head of Impact at Puma Property Finance, leading the implementation and delivery of its Impact Lending Framework across residential and commercial real estate in the UK. Sarah has over 10 years’ experience in full spectrum commercial real estate finance, across origination, structuring and investment management. She is also a supporter and Trustee of ELOP – a LGBT+ Mental Health and Wellbeing charity.

Christopher heads up Davitt Jones Bould's Environmental, Social and Governance team, and has a particular focus on biodiversity & natural capital, town and city regeneration projects and coastal regeneration. He has, for example, been an active member of Habitat for Humanity's Empty Spaces to Homes Coalition, helping them to drive forward their scheme to solve the housing crisis through an innovative scheme. As part of this role, he has contributed to two All-Party Parliamentary Groups and Audit Wales review of brownfield land housing developments. Christopher holds a number of board and advisory roles at non-profits with missions relating to the protection and restoration of biodiversity, improving social mobility and delivering health and wellbeing. He also volunteers with the Cranfield Trust where he mentors and consults CEOs and board members of non-profits in crisis.

Minjia Yang is VP & Head of Sustainable Finance at the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) where she leads initiatives to elevate sustainability strategies across the global investment landscape. Prior to joining IWBI, Minjia worked with Delos, a wellness technology leader, to establish over 10 subsidiaries, joint ventures and the first VC fund focusing on wellness technology for the built environment in Asia. Minjia serves on ULI NY Housing Council, Berkeley Capital Group Impact Committee, Mercy University Women in Leadership Advisory Board, etc. Minjia is a recipient of the Global 50 Women in Sustainability Awards by SustainabilityX Magazine and the UN SDG Pioneer Award in the USA.

Kelly Worden, MPH, has focused her career on working upstream to promote population health and social equity. Kelly is VP of ESG and Investing for Health at the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) where she leads development of resources to help organizations place people at the center of their sustainability strategy and investment. Previously, Kelly worked with the U.S. Green Building Council and GRESB to develop real estate processes and industry standards to benefit people and society. This includes the LEED Integrative Process for Health Promotion for use by green building practitioners and the GRESB Health & Well-being Module for use by real estate companies and investors.

Jon spent 20 years as CFO and then CEO of Telford Homes Plc where he oversaw significant and sustained expansion in both business scale and profitability. Jon joined Greencore as CEO in October 2022.

Anastasia Petrova is a Global Head of Partnerships at Deepki, and is responsible for developing Deepki's network of strategic alliances with key industry players. She has over 20 years of international experience in telecommunications, banking and software development companies, focusing on sustainable growth and innovation. She has worked in Russia, Eastern Europe, Finland and currently is based in the UK. Throughout her career, Anastasia has held operational and strategic roles in large corporations and scale ups, including Nokia Corporation, NatWest Group, Pitney Bowes Software, Paysafe and Quantexa.

Ness is a planning lead and net zero strategist for the construction industry with extensive experience of programme delivery, client consultancy and advisory for asset managers on decarbonisation. Across a 25-year career in the public, private and third sectors, Ness has devised and delivered planning policy as well as energy, ecology, climate-change and sustainability projects and strategy. She has worked with developers on their planning applications for new, zero carbon, mixed-use and residential developments, meeting London Plan energy policy. In the public sector, Ness has written sustainable-design policy and guidance for Westminster City Council and led the design and evidence base for the net zero carbon policy in the Salt Cross Garden Village Area Action Plan, aligning with the LETI Climate Emergency Design Guide.

Ness instigated and led the development of the joint Cotswolds, Forest of Dean and West Oxfordshire project to introduce the UK’s first free-to-access Net Zero Carbon Toolkit. This has now been adopted by multiple local authorities across the country as the ‘how-to’ guide for the delivery of net zero carbon homes.

Rightmove With Rightmove for over a decade, Tim runs the company’s data services, deploying analytics to generate insights that enable customers to make good decisions quickly. He has a background in investment banking and management consultancy, and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, USA.