Buildings and Offsite

Adrian is an Assistant Director with the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) in the UK Government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Adrian has responsibility for leading OPSS’s work on complex regulatory delivery issues including partnership approaches. His current priorities include construction products and in particular, developing a collaborative approach between regulators …

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Ahsan Khan, Director of Research and Innovation, TrustMark Ahsan is Director of Research and Innovation and leads the Data Driven Decarbonisation programme bringing together Government, Industry and Academia to develop, support and exploit data driven approaches to national and place-based decarbonisation activity. Ahsan and his team have been instrumental in developing data infrastructure and standards …

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Alex Whitcroft, Director, KIN Alex is an award-winning architect and sustainability expert. He is co-director of KIN – developers, architects, community-led housing enablers, and sustainability consultants, specialising in net zero carbon and Passivhaus homes. He is passionate about creating environmentally and socially sustainable communities and homes – with his work spanning Passivhaus and net zero …

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Alison Nicholl, Head of Constructing Excellence, BRE Alison has a background in knowledge transfer, driving innovation and change into the construction sector both in the UK and overseas. Alison is currently Head of Constructing Excellence, where she works with its members and wider movement to drive positive change in the built environment. Alison has a …

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Andrew is the Group Sustainability Manager at Polyroof Products Ltd, a part of the Roberts Group. Polyroof design, develop and manufacture specialist cold-applied liquid roofing systems for the UK and international roofing markets. Andrew is responsible for leading Polyroof’s organisational sustainability strategy as well as for its sustainable tools, systems, and training. Prior to working …

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Andy King, Technical Director, Wernick Group and MPBA Technical Committee Group Chair Andy has 25 years of experience working within the modular industry and has valuable knowledge of the special features of modular design and product development. Andy is Group Technical Director for the Wernick Group of Companies. Established in 1934 Wernick are the oldest company in …

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Ben Lowe, Sales Surveyor, TG Escapes Ben has 5 years’ experience working with eco-modular design & build contractors, leading client engagement from initial contact and undertaking site surveys through to point of sale and beyond. During this time Ben has worked closely with clients, helping them to achieve their vision primarily on education projects ranging …

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Cameron McKenzie, Sustainability Officer, Peabody Cameron McKenzie is the Sustainability Officer at Peabody working alongside the Sustainability Team to push forward Peabody’s Sustainability Strategy and carbon objectives, which include an ambition to achieve net zero carbon in Peabody’s core activities by 2030 and its wider activities by 2050. Cameron has an MSc in Sustainable Energy …

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Chit Chong, Group Sustainability Manager, Peabody Chit Chong is currently the Group Sustainability Manager for Peabody. As a committed environmentalist with an MA in Industrial Design Engineering and an MSc in Environmental Monitoring, he has worked in housing sustainability for over 20 years. Chit has run sustainability projects on a wide range of topics including …

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Chloe Sheward is Senior Architecture at Donald Insall Associates with specialist interest in the creative re-use of buildings.

Dan Capstick, Mortgage Product Manager, Ecology Building SocietyWith over 20 years experience in green and sustainable mortgages, Dan is an expert in his field in both commercial and residential sustainable lending.  Starting his career in mortgage operations moving into the Product team has given him a unique insight into meeting the needs of Ecology’s members, supporting …

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Daphne Thissen is the founder and director of Thissen Consulting, an independent agency providing one to one client feedback in the construction industry. She compliments her offering with workshops around participation and building partnerships for senior managers, focusing mainly on soft skills used in business and client relationship development. Before starting her own business, she …

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David Haimes, Former Programme Director, formerly with Highways England David Haimes MCIOB David has considerable experience in capital delivery, strategic transformational change programmes, asset development and process improvement projects within client organisations. He was part of the Manchester Airport Group (MAG) leadership team for 10 years, during which, he lead on constructing, buying, and selling …

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Aaron Gillich is Professor of Building Decarbonisation and Director of the BSRIA LSBU Net Zero Building Centre. The Centre is a joint venture between BSRIA and LSBU with the goal of accelerating decarbonisation in the built environment. Aaron has worked for the past 15 years across industry, academia, and government. His research centres on the …

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Dr Louise Cooke is a Senior Lecturer in Conservation with specialism in sustainability, heritage and buildings.

Emma Osmundsen, Chief Executive. Sixty Bricks, Waltham Forest Borough Council’s Housing Development Company Emma is a Chartered Surveyor with over 25 years of development experience in the public, private and charitable sector. She is a UK pioneer of low carbon, healthy and climate-ready buildings and a leading developer of the International Passivhaus Standard. Emma’s Passivhaus …

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Grant White, Owner, Discovery Homes Started in 1989 converting old jute mills locally in Dundee, and slowly moved forward to building new houses in and around Dundee.We continued developing many sites locally until 2014. At this time we made a fundamental decision to change the way we constructed houses. Like many in the industry we …

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Gwilym Still, Director, Passivhaus Leader, Partner, Max Fordham   Gwilym leads Max Fordham’s Passivhaus team. His experience includes a variety of Passivhaus projects, from new build to retrofit, in areas such as multi-residential, student accommodation, offices, archives, primary and secondary schools. Notable projects include Agar Grove, a landmark multi-residential Passivhaus development in Camden, the Entopia building …

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Hanna Clarke, Digital and Policy Manager, Construction Products Association (CPA) Hanna Clarke is the Digital and Policy Manager at Construction Products Association (CPA), the leading organisation representing construction product manufacturers and suppliers. She works closely with the DLUHC, the new Building Safety Regulator and the new National Regulator for Construction Products (OPSS). She represents CPA …

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Hazel Mealy, Principal Strategy Officer, Better Placed Partnership, Lewisham, Lambeth and Southwark Councils Hazel is an ARB registered architect with experience in architecture, humanitarian shelter, urban planning, international development and low carbon design in the UK and Ireland as well as internationally. She has a masters from London Metropolitan University in the Architecture of rapid …

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Hermione is CEO of Purrmetrix, building tools that make it quicker and easier to measure building performance and manage retrofits. Although she originally qualified as a Chartered Surveyor, she has spent the majority of her career commercializing innovative technology and is particularly interested in the relationship between energy and buildings. At Purrmetrix she is concentrating …

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Hope Carpenter, Climate Change Project Support and Communications Officer, London Borough of Lambeth Hope works in climate change communications and engagement for Lambeth Council, collaborating with stakeholders across the borough from community groups to SMEs. She has professional experience in communications, campaigns and research with social impact organisations in the UK and overseas. Her academic …

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Ian Wilson, Group Chairman, Benx Prior to joining Benx, Ian spent 25 years advising on mergers and acquisitions, including 15 years in New York. He was partner at both Ernst & Young and Grant Thornton and was a managing director at US investment bank, Bear Stearns. He joined Benx Facades in 2014, as Group CEO …

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Jackie Maginnis, Chief Executive, Modular & Portable Building Association (MPBA) Jackie Maginnis, Chief Executive of the Modular & Portable Building Association (MPBA) has worked within the volumetric industry for 35 years. Prior to her role with MPBA she worked for a manufacturing and hire company of volumetric buildings, being involved with the design and manufacturing …

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Jae Cotterell, Director, Passivhaus Homes and PH15 System Jae Cotterell was the architect for one of the first three certified retrofit houses to the full Passivhaus standard in the UK, winning the Passivhaus Trust Award for best private house in 2013. Since 2012, and with a contractor partner, they have developed a component-based system called …

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James Duncan, BRE James leads the Built Environment Team, which supports the Construction and Infrastructure Industry, both in the UK and Internationally. James has experience in traditional construction, Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), facilities management and digital platform integration from both a contractor and client-facing perspective. The Built Environment Team at BRE provides product testing …

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Jamie Strathearn, Head of Programme, Cost, Procurement, Pre-Construction, Marks & Spencer Jamie graduated in construction project management at Heriot-Watt University and gained an MBA from Henley Business School. He is an experienced construction client, leading a team of in-house construction project managers, procurement and commercial teams delivering retail and commercial projects for M&S. He previously …

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Dr Jannik Giesekam is a Chancellor’s Fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. His research and consultancy focusses on climate change mitigation in industrial supply chains, with a particular emphasis on the UK construction industry. This includes over a decade of work on the policy and practices required …

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Jaspreet Singh, Pre-Construction Manager, Fusion Steel Framing Jaspreet is the Pre-Construction Manager for Fusion Steel Framing Ltd. He has a 15-year legacy of design within the Off-Site construction sector and the experience of more than 100 successful projects. His role utilises his experience to optimise superstructure designs to benefit from the use of Light Steel …

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Jennifer Makkreel, Deputy Head of Capital Projects, University of Oxford. Jennifer leads the team of Programme and Project Managers to deliver the University’s £2billion capital project portfolio (circa £120m/year). She was Project Director for the University’s Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities Project – a 24,000sqm facility which includes a 500-seat concert hall, a black box …

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Jim Cowell, UK Technical Director, Algeco UK Jim is a passionate advocate of offsite construction, having progressed his career in the industry over thirty years, with Adroit modular buildings, Ilke Homes and Algeco Group (Formerly Elliott). Now responsible for all technical activities within Algeco, including research and development and project delivery, Jim leads a team …

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Julie Godefroy, Head of Net Zero Policy, CIBSE Julie is a chartered engineer. She works as Head of Sustainability for CIBSE, where she leads the work on climate action including the Net Zero Carbon Building Standard, policy work, and collaboration with other institutions for joint climate action. She also works as independent sustainability consultant, with …

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Kathryn Thomson, Head of Training, CIBSE Kathryn Thomson has been Head of Training at CIBSE since July 2022. She originally studied geography, trained as a teacher and has worked as a teacher trainer and education manager of international training at the University of Cambridge. She has worked across numerous membership bodies including the ASE, RGS-IBG …

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Kerry Jones, Associate Director, Faithful and GouldKerry is a Quantity Surveyor and Project Manager and has 32 years in construction with over 20 years of experience within the modular industry. This has mainly been focused around large scale permanent design and build projects for healthcare, education and commercial applications. Kerry is an Associate Director at …

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Lizzy Westmacott, Associate Director, Joint Head of Sustainability, ECD Architects Lizzy is a qualified Architect and certified Passive House Designer with 15 years’ experience of design and getting projects delivered on site. The combination of practical experience as an architect and a deep knowledge of sustainability enables her to build the practice’s expertise, as well …

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Louisa Bowles is a Partner and Sustainability Lead at Hawkins\Brown. She has led several multi-disciplinary projects from inception to completion and now leads the practice’s dedicated team of sustainability specialists. She has structured the practice’s Whole Life Design strategy, and the development of the in-house H\B:ERT whole life carbon tool, which ensures all projects are …

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Mariam Kapsali, Architect & Passivhaus Designer, Architype Mariam has worked on a variety of projects ranging from primary and secondary schools to housing and archives. She has worked as project architect on London Dock Secondary School, a large Passive House secondary school situated in London. Mariam’s skills lie in climate responsive design for buildings, passive …

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Martin Keogh, Saint-Gobain Ecophon Martin has a passion for creating a positive impact for people and the planet, through the development of sustainable systems and solutions for the construction industry. Currently with Saint-Gobain Ecophon whose purpose I ‘Making the World a Better Home’, his particular interest is how to increase prosperity within communities, driver circularity …

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Martin Twamley, Technical Director, STEICO UK Ltd Martin is the Technical Director of STEICO UK Ltd who are a subsidiary of STEICO SE, the worlds largest producer of wood fibre insulation. Martin trained as Architectural Technician, working on numerous projects across Europe, and has been involved in the supply, design and specification of both structural …

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Matt Bridgestock, Managing Director, John Gilbert Architects

Mike Fairey, Chairman, Light Steel Frame Association Working within the automotive and construction industries since the 1980s, Mike Fairey has firmly established his reputation as an expert in offsite construction, engineering, and light steel framing. His career began with a five-year engineering apprenticeship in prototype automotive design and testing, creating new models for Rolls Royce, …

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Mina Hasman, Sustainability Director, SOM & Lead, Climate Framework Mina Hasman leads SOM’s sustainability and wellbeing operations and long-term vision for achieving excellence in practice. She has experience in a wide variety of projects in Europe, UK, Middle East, and Asia, bringing a greater understanding of the implications for sustainable and equitable design in different …

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Nathan Baker, Chief Executive, IOM Nathan joined Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) where, as part of the executive team, he drove the transformation of the Institution’s purpose to refocus on delivering social value through the sharing of knowledge and uniting around a common purpose.

Neil Pennell is Head of Design Innovation & Property Solutions at Landsec, one of the UK’s leading property companies. He is responsible for the design and development of innovative, environmentally sustainable and technically excellent buildings. Neil is a senior thought leader specialising in technical and innovative solutions for Landsec’s current and future portfolio, acting as …

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