Building For The Future

Sir Edward Lister is Chairman of the Homes and Communities Agency and a Non Executive Director at the Foreign Office. Sir Edward Lister has a considerable background in facilitating large-scale urban regeneration schemes and coordinating major public & private sector partnerships. He joins the FCO from local government. Previous roles include: Chief of Staff to the Mayor of London Deputy Mayor for Policy and Planning at City Hall and Leader of Wandsworth Council. Chairman of the Old Oak Common Development Corporation Chairman of London and Partners the agency responsible for inward investment to London and tourism His current roles include: Chairman of the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) Director at Covent Garden Market Authority Governor at the Museum of London

Symon has recently joined the British Land team as Project Director on the Canada Water Masterplan, a mixed-use urban center covering 46 acres and including up to 3500 homes. Symon Joined British Land after working primarily on the King’s Cross development, coordinating and delivering commercial office space, retail and mixed-use residential projects. Prior to this, Symon spent eight years working for a major main contractor across all aspects of development and construction in various sectors, as well as having key focus and commitment in design for off-site manufacturing and assembly.

Harry Badham joined AXA IM – Real Assets as the Head of Development in 2011, since when he has overseen in excess of 1m sqft of central London commercial development projects from inception to completion. Currently AXA IM –Real Assets has around 2m sqft of projects under construction, including a new innovative office concept at Twentytwo in London. Principally these projects provide workspace to major businesses, and have included retail, restaurant and residential spaces. Many of the projects have been recognised as industry leaders, including the ULI global award for excellence. Prior to AXA, Harry was a board director of Allied London, which was responsible for the regeneration of the Spinningfields Estate and the Brunswick Centre among other major mixed use development projects. Harry began his career at JLL within the corporate finance department, having graduated from Bristol University in Civil Engineering.

Rachel Beech is Supply Chain Director for Keepmoat Homes, joining the business in 2017 after 11 years in strategic Procurement and Supply Chain at Balfour Beatty. Rachel has experience in multiple market sectors within the construction industry, including infrastructure, nuclear, health, education and residential. Rachel’s key focus is the continued development of a sustainable strategic supply chain that will support Keepmoat’s strong business growth in increasingly demanding market conditions. Keepmoat Homes are the leading partnership home builder delivering high quality homes in areas that benefit greatly from housing led urban regeneration.

Angus is a partner in the construction group and is involved primarily in non-contentious work, including drafting, negotiating and reviewing construction and civil engineering contracts and professional appointments. He also advises on construction aspects of agreements for lease and development and funding agreements. Angus acts for a broad spectrum of clients, including developers, funders, owner occupiers, tenants, architects and contractors. Examples of recent experience include advising:  on construction issues in relation to Legal & General’s flagship Build-to-Rent fund;  Stanhope on the transformation of the iconic BBC Television Centre at White City into a mixed use development including housing, office and studio space for the BBC, complementary entertainment and leisure facilities, public open space, offices and a hotel;  on a large mixed use development at Principal Place, including a 50 storey residential tower and 600,000 sq ft office development. The development is situated over major rail lines coming into Liverpool Street station;  on the development funding and construction of a hotel and residential apartment block linked to the O2 arena;  on construction contracts and funding arrangements for a large scale high-end residential development in Mayfair;  on a large mixed use development at Merchant Square, Paddington, including a signature residential tower, hotel, affordable housing and retail space;  on a port redevelopment project, including the development of a wind turbine manufacturing plant;  on a development agreement and related construction contracts for a biomass discharge, transportation, storage and reloading facility at The Port of Hull; and  on the phased fit outs of two data centres for a large investment bank and subsequent resilience upgrade works. Angus has an MSc in construction law and dispute resolution from Kings College, London and is a member of the Society of Construction Law. Angus is a regular contributor to the legal column in the RIBA Journal.

Following a 17 year career in consulting with Accenture Neil joined Uber in summer 2015, initially to launch and run the business on Merseyside. Operating in more than 25 major cities and towns across the UK, Uber connects users to a safe and convenient ride at the touch of an app. Neil is now Uber's Head of Cities across the North of England. In this role he is responsible for ensuring Uber's service delivers maximum value for riders, partner-drivers that use the app and the cities in which we operate across Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Yorkshire and the North East.

As part of the Field Operations team, Paul's role is to help manage the resources and processes needed to define and deliver projects that will build the world's first Hyperloop systems. Paul has worked with technology startups for the past decade. As CEO and co-founder of Ignite, one of the first startup accelerator programmes outside the US, he supported over 100 early-stage businesses. Most recently, he was the Managing Director of the Dubai government's innovation program, where he facilitated partnerships between government entities and transformative technology companies, including Hyperloop One. Prior to working in the technology sector, Paul tackled a number of careers with varying degrees of success; as an editor and executive producer in the BBC and commercial radio, an author and an award-winning copywriter.

Alex is Arup’s chief economist and a leader of Arup’s City Economics team in London. He leads work on financing and funding of transport projects as well as wider infrastructure advisory work with a strong economic and finance component. He has worked with business improvement districts, local authorities and governments internationally on their growth and economic development strategies. Alex has written extensively on policy challenges facing world cities. He is a Fellow of the UK Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and former advisor to the Mayor of London’s infrastructure delivery board.

Liz is a well-known figure in the property industry, having served as Chief Executive of the British Property Federation for thirteen years until her retirement at the end of 2014. During that time, she managed to change the Government’s perception of the commercial property industry, to establish it as a key voice in policy debate, to dissuade the Government from legislating on commercial leases, to win innumerable changes to planning and tax legislation and, working as part of a pan-industry alliance, to persuade the Government to introduce real estate investment trusts (REITs). Previously, she was a civil servant in the MOD, eventually becoming a key player in the team that created QinetiQ plc. Liz is now embarking on a portfolio career with a range of non-executive, advisory and charity roles, including at Morgan Sindall plc, Redrow plc, Howarde de Walden Estates, Holtby Turner, Arcadis, Peabody and the Churches Conservation Trust, and the Architectural Heritage Fund. She is the chairman of LandAid, the property industry’s principal charity. She is also chairing the shadow board for the Curzon Urban Regeneration Company in Birmingham and has recently been appointed to chair the embryonic organisation that is being set up under the Government’s New Property Model initiative to asset-manage departmental property portfolios. At Centre for London, Liz is Chair of Trustees, and helps to ensure that we meet our charitable objectives.

Daniel P. McQuade is Group President, Construction Services, for AECOM (NYSE: ACM), a premier, fully integrated infrastructure firm that designs, builds, finances and operates assets for governments, businesses and organizations in more than 150 countries. In this role, Mr. McQuade is responsible for the success of the Building Construction and Energy, Infrastructure & Industrial Construction groups globally, setting the strategic direction, driving new business and expanding opportunities. His leadership has resulted in significant growth in key markets around the world, including Vancouver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, London, Moscow, Johannesburg, and Baku. Additionally, he leverages AECOM’s broad expertise in integrated pursuits and serves on AECOM’s Executive Leadership Team at the enterprise level.

Kara joined the UK Business in early 2012 from the Savills Australia Project Management team where she worked for three and a half years. Kara is a Director in the Savills Building and Project Consultancy team, as a Project Manager with experience across a number of areas including commercial fit outs, new build developments, water infrastructure, affordable housing as well as managing multiple project portfolios. Over the last 9 years, Kara has gained experience across all facets of Project Management and is a skilled communicator with highly developed stakeholder, risk management and negotiation skills, with a track record in delivering complex and fast track projects. Kara joined the UK Business in early 2012 from the Savills Australia Project Management team where she worked for three and a half years. Kara is a Director in the Savills Building and Project Consultancy team, as a Project Manager with experience across a number of areas including commercial fit outs, new build developments, water infrastructure, affordable housing as well as managing multiple project portfolios. Over the last 9 years, Kara has gained experience across all facets of Project Management and is a skilled communicator with highly developed stakeholder, risk management and negotiation skills, with a track record in delivering complex and fast track projects.

Larry Malcic leads the design process for HOK in London and provides design direction for a diverse range of projects, including commercial, corporate, academic and civic buildings. His involvement begins at the strategic design stage and continues throughout the development and delivery of projects. He established HOK’s strong presence in the UK and Europe, and has designed buildings in North America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Larry is working on projects in the UK, the Middle East, North America and South Korea and has delivered multiple award-winning projects in London for clients including Canary Wharf, Grosvenor and Skanska. Construction will begin soon on Spire London, his design for Europe’s tallest residential building. Under his leadership, the London practice has restored and refurbished major government buildings like the Ministry of Defence Main Building, the Foreign and Commonwealth Offices and 22-26 Whitehall for the Cabinet Office. His work in continental Europe includes waterfront master plans for Amsterdam and Rotterdam, as well as corporate buildings for NCR Corporation, Cisco Systems, and Dexia Bank. Before joining HOK, he held academic and administrative appointments in American universities where he was Assistant Dean for Planning and Development in the Olin School of Business, Washington University, and Visiting Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Texas. Larry’s undergraduate degree in Environmental Design and a Master of Architecture were awarded by the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the British Council of Offices, a trustee of the Architectural Association Foundation and a member of the Dean’s Council, University of Pennsylvania. Larry is a regular speaker in universities and conferences in Europe and Asia.