Bukky joined Barratt Developments plc as Group Sustainability Director in January 2020, responsible for the overall sustainability strategy and for driving the next stage of business transformation for Barratt’s sustainability priorities.

A key focus for her is to ensure Barratt continues to play a key part in those conversations that will influence the future of sustainability in the UK and beyond and addressing the challenges facing the sector, including: decarbonisation, sustainable placemaking, responsible sourcing, ecology and biodiversity, efficient construction, and the ongoing trends of interconnectivity.

Before joining Barratt, Bukky was at Tesco plc where she held various senior leadership roles, including strategy, business transformation, sustainability and engineering operations. Prior to joining Tesco, she worked for WSP, where she held commercial and senior technical roles in energy management, sustainability and mechanical services engineering.

Peter is Group Chief Executive of Crest Nicholson. He was formerly Group Chief Executive of Galliford Try plc. Peter also worked at Taylor Wimpey plc for over 30 years, he was Divisional chairman for 11 years, he was also responsible for the Spanish business and a member of its Executive Committee. Previously, he also worked for CALA Homes.

Jennie was appointed as a Director of Taylor Wimpey plc in April 2018, and also holds the role of Group Operations Director. Jennie joined Taylor Wimpey in 2014 from Redrow plc, as UK Planning Director, before becoming UK Land Director in 2015.

She has a wealth of experience in the housebuilding industry gained from roles which include strategic land oversight at Westbury plc and managing director of Harrow Estates Plc.

As Group Operations Director, Jennie oversees our land, planning, design and technical, production and supply chain functions, in addition to managing the Taylor Wimpey Logistics business. Jennie is also a non-executive director of the Peabody Trust.

Charlie specialises in strategic development, planning promotions and applications, green belt and CIL. His focus is on the housing sector. Charlie has been a planning consultant for over thirteen years, following his early career in local government. He has been responsible for the Guildford/Sevenoaks planning team since August 2016, growing the team to thirteen professionals.

Charlie leads the Savills Planning Thought Leadership Group, contributing to media profile and Research. He takes a friendly and positive approach to his clients, finding solutions and communicating issues. Charlie is also responsible for various developer forums.

Vicky is an economist, author, commentator and member of the board of the Centre for Economics and Business Research. She was previously Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, Director General for Economics at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Joint Head of the UK Government Economic Service.

She also held positions at KPMG London Economics among others. She sits on the Council of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, on the House Design Commission, and on the Economic Advisory Group of the British Chambers of Commerce. She founded GoodCorporation, a company set up to advise on corporate social responsibility.

Her books include: It's the Economy, Stupid - Economics for Voters; Greekonomics: The Euro crisis and Why Politicians Don't Get It; Redesigning Manufacturing; and Why Women Need Quotas.

Marc is co-founder and CEO of innovative housing developer Pocket Living – London’s first private developer to focus on delivering grant-free affordable homes for first time buyers.  

Marc founded Pocket Living as a relative outsider to the property sector. He spent the early years of his career as a corporate financier with County NatWest.

In 1991, he set up Media Finance, a management consultancy business. In 1997, Marc became Chief Executive of Crescent Entertainment - the West End’s largest group of theatres and cinemas - and in 2000 he became Chief Executive of First Call International.

Dave is Executive Chairman, responsible for leading ilke Homes’ executive team. Since launching in 2017, his vision is to grow the company into a top ten housebuilder, delivering 10,000 homes a year.

Dave has over 40 years’ experience in the construction industry. During that time, he spent seven years as CEO of Keepmoat Homes. There, Dave was responsible for growing the business to deliver an extra 3,000 homes a year.

From 2008 to 2012, he held the role of CEO at Apollo Property Service Group. Before merging with Keepmoat Homes in 2012, Dave successfully transformed the regional business into a national giant that delivered healthy profits for Apollo Property Service Group’s shareholders.

Dennis has been responsible for the bank’s real estate lending activity since 2006, combining this with his role as Managing Director. His two hundred-strong team manages all of the bank’s real estate clients, from SMEs to housebuilders and real estate investment trusts.

His career with Barclays spans more than thirty years, during which time he has undertaken a variety of roles in the client relations, operations, risk, strategy and structured finance functions for both the retail and corporate businesses.

In addition to running the Caddick Group with his father, Johnny is the founder of Moda, the first regional high amenity build-to-rent platform, which has secured a pipeline of over 7,500 apartments nationwide with a development value in excess of £2.5bn.

Emma is Managing Director of Exeter City Living Ltd, the ‘Profit for Purpose’ Development Company of Exeter City Council. She is responsible for the delivery of a portfolio of developments spanning residential, commercial and leisure.

Emma is a Chartered Surveyor with 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 leading developer of the International Passivhaus Standard, as well a Non Exec Director and Trustee of YMCA England and Wales, The UK Passivhaus Trust and Construction Excellence South West.

Paul joined the Harrison Street in 2020 and is Chief Executive Officer of Europe. In this role he leads the expansion of Harrison Street’s European strategies and he is also responsible for overseeing and growing the firm’s team of professionals across the U.K. and Europe.

Paul brings over 20 years of experience in private equity real estate, operations and corporate finance to the firm. Prior to joining Harrison Street, he was most recently President and Chief Operating Officer at Round Hill Capital, a real estate investment and asset management firm with a global footprint. While at Round Hill Capital, he managed a business with an $8+ billion portfolio as well as a team of 260 people across 15 offices in 14 countries. He has overseen investment and development projects, regulatory approvals, complex refinancings and capital raises in multiple European locations across a wide array of real estate asset sectors including retail, commercial, residential and student housing.

Prior to joining Round Hill, he served as a Partner at Aggmore Group, where he was responsible for raising and deploying over €500 million of new capital and developed JV partnerships with European operators in the residential and commercial real estate space. Earlier he served as Chief Operating Officer at North Bridge Capital Partners Ltd. Paul began his career at KPMG LLP as a senior manager in the transaction services department. Mr. Bashir earned a B.A. in Accounting and Financial Analysis from Newcastle University. He is ACA qualified and is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Lawrence provides market intelligence and strategy advice on the residential sector on behalf of Savills. His work focuses on build-to-rent, student housing, retirement housing, and infrastructure. He contributes to Savills’ house price and rental value forecasts.

Richard leads Apache Capital Partners, an institutionally backed real estate investment management business specialising in alternative sectors, including build-to-rent, student accommodation and senior living.

He is responsible for the UK office, strategic business development, oversight of transactional, development and operational management, and investor relations.

Richard is a member of the IPF Residential Special Interest Group Committee.

Mike is a change agent, committed to helping business big and small, new and established to prepare for and succeed in the great sustainability disruption that will wash through the economy in the 2020s.

Mike was until recently Director of Sustainable Business at Marks & Spencer, spearheading its ground-breaking Plan A (because there is no Plan B for the one planet we have) sustainability programme. He co-chaired the Consumer Goods Forum’s sustainability work bringing the world’s largest retailers and fast moving consumer goods brands together to work on issues such as deforestation, plastics and forced labour.

He is a Senior Associate at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and a Trustee at Blueprint for Better Business.

Rob joined Berkeley in 1994 and has been Group Chief Executive since September 2009. He is passionate about Berkeley’s social purpose and delivering lasting benefits to local communities through patient and sustainable placemaking.

Rob is Chair of Trustees for the Berkeley Foundation; an independent charity which supports disadvantaged young people, and is a Trustee of national homelessness charity Crisis.

He contributes to the Bank of England’s Residential Property Forum and sits on the governing bodies of Aston University and Wellington College.

Daniel Hulme has been CEO of Satalia since 2008 and, since 2014, director of University College London’s Business Analytics MSc. In both roles, he pushes the boundaries of data science, optimisation and AI to solve some of the business world’s most pressing problems.

He partners on AI and logistics with big UK retail brands, including Tesco. He is the co-founder of ASI Data Science, has advisory and executive positions in several companies and holds an international Kauffman Global Entrepreneur Scholarship, and is passionate about finding new ways to use technology to govern organisations, facilitate trade and deliver positive social impact. He is an active promoter of entrepreneurship and innovation.

An award-winning broadcaster and writer, Mark appears regularly on television, radio and online, providing expert analysis of the issues affecting modern Britain and chronicling the impact of rapid demographic, technological, economic and global change. A recipient of considerable industry recognition, his achievements include two Royal Statistical Society excellence awards. Before taking up his current post, Mark was Home and Social Affairs Editor for Channel 4 Television and Political Editor for Channel 5.

Geeta is Chief Executive of Metropolitan Thames Valley. Across a career of nearly 30 years, she has held a variety of leadership roles in the housing sector. She joined Metropolitan as Chief Executive in October 2017, and led Thames Valley Housing as Chief Executive for nine years – overseeing a top quartile performance in the sector for customer service, and the establishment of a successful market rent subsidiary, Fizzy Living. Geeta is a board member of the National Housing Federation; Vice Chair of the G15, the group representing London’s largest housing associations; and a non-executive director of McCarthy & Stone, a FTSE 250 retirement house builder. She has served on the boards of a number of other housing organisations and is also an ambassador for the charity World Child Cancer. In 2013, Geeta was awarded an OBE for achievements in social housing.

Katie Dean joined Urban Splash in the summer of 2019, becoming the company’s first ever land director, spearheading an aggressive land acquisition strategy. Katie has already made great strides in her role, helping Urban Splash win new sites across the country – including a site with the National Trust in Cumbria, and other sites in the north west. She has also established the company’s first ever land team, bringing five new hires into the business to accommodate land acquisition, which is set to continue to grow. Manchester-based Katie has enjoyed a lengthy career in property, as regional manager for Hallam Land Management, as well as roles with Ask Property Developments, and The P J Livesey Group. She’s using her experience to help Urban Splash acquire more new brownfield and greenfield sites across the country, primarily on which it will create its House by Urban Splash homes.

Richard Simpson is CEO of Watkin Jones Group and has more than 15 years’ experience working in property development and student accommodation. He has substantial executive experience in setting the strategic direction for all aspects of property portfolio management and has operated at Board level for a number of years, having previously served on the Board of The Unite Group plc, plus two years in a non-executive capacity with CityWest Homes. Richard is a qualified chartered surveyor and a fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

A fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the Institute of Recruitment Professionals, with 20 years' experience as a Specialist Paralegal Practitioner, Victoria has worked across a range of different sectors for organisations including British Steel, Parker Hannifin, Nissan Motor Company, The Guardian Newspaper and Land Securities before joining Galliard Homes in 2014 as the Group HR Director. Appointed to the Board in 2018, Victoria is passionate about improving the performance and capabilities of both people and organisations and has extensive experience of leading teams through business transformation and change management projects. She is committed to working in partnership with both business and community stakeholders to drive forward education and employability initiatives.

Victoria Hills MRTPI FICE is Chief Executive of the Royal Town Planning Institute with over 22 years in senior roles in planning, transport, organisational leadership and development. She latterly led the UK’s largest regeneration project at Old Oak. Using the convening role of the Institute, she makes the case for resourcing planning and advocating the important role of putting planning at the heart of government delivery for the quality places that people want to live in. She is driving forward delivery of the RTPI’s Corporate Strategy for the 25,000 member strong RTPI, focussing on raising the profile of planning, elevating the value of professionalism, and promoting a diverse and inclusive profession to ensure genuine representation of the society in which we work.

Elly Hoult is Group Director of Assets at Notting Hill Genesis (NHG), focusing on the day-to-day operation of asset management, strategic asset investment and energy provision. Prior to this role Elly led the integration process post-merger of Notting Hill and Genesis and also worked at Orbit Group and A2Dominion Group. She is a Governing Board Member at the Chartered Institute of Housing and a champion of diversity, sitting on the National Housing Federation EDI steering group.