UKGBC - Key Persons


Alex Benstead

Job Titles:
  • Advancing Net Zero Advisor Get in Touch for: Embodied Carbon Measurement & Reporting Projects

Anna Hollyman

Job Titles:
  • Senior Sustainability Advisor

Basil Demeroutis

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner - FORE Partnership

Bethany Adams


Binta Isyaku

Job Titles:
  • Membership Coordinator

Brooke Penman

Job Titles:
  • Climate Action Marketing Communications Manager Get in Touch for: Press Enquiries, Public Relations, ANZ Communications

Caroline Morell

Job Titles:
  • Research

Chris Oglesby

Job Titles:
  • CEO of Bruntwood
  • Chief Executive - Bruntwood
Chris was appointed CEO of Bruntwood in 1999 and has overseen the growth of the business to one that owns over £1bn of commercial property across the city regions of Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and Leeds. Bruntwood was founded on a belief that its success comes from the success of its colleagues, customers and the communities in which it operates.

Clare Harrison

Job Titles:
  • Project Director

Clare Wilde

Job Titles:
  • Project Co - Ordinator

Connie Allen

Job Titles:
  • Finance Officer

Daisy Everingham

Job Titles:
  • Digital Content and Social Media Officer Get in Touch for: Articles / Blogs, Social Media, UKGBC Content

David Everington

Job Titles:
  • Volunteer Local Network Coordinator - Greater Manchester Get in Touch for: Opportunities in the Region

David Partridge

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Related Argent Partnership
David joined Argent in 1990, he was appointed Joint Chief Executive in 2006 and Managing Partner of the new Argent LLP in 2012 and became Senior Partner in 2019. He is now Chairman of the Related Argent Partnership. David is a Trustee of Landaid and Chairman of the Governance Board of the UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standard.

David Steen

Job Titles:
  • Scotland Policy Advisor Get in Touch for: Scottish Policy and Public Affairs

David Willock - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Derek Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director of Synergetic
Derek is Managing Director of Synergetic, which uses frameworks and data analytics to make property more sustainable - and profitable - at the same time. A chartered surveyor and transport-oriented development specialist with degrees in land economics and sustainable urban development, Derek has been responsible for the creation of TfL's Sustainable Development Framework.

Duncan Price

Job Titles:
  • Partner ( Sustainability )

Elfrida Hamilton-Russell

Job Titles:
  • Learning and Leadership Director Get in Touch for: Learning and Leadership
Elfrida is responsible for the design and delivery of UKGBC's leadership and learning programmes which aim to achieve impact across the built environment. Before UKGBC, Elfrida worked for over 20 years in Oil and Gas for Shell in various roles including Sustainability and Non-Technical Risk, Leadership, Learning and Development, and Finance. Elfrida has worked and lived in Africa and Brazil.

Emily Dodkin

Job Titles:
  • Project Coordinator

Emily Kent

Job Titles:
  • Policy and Public Affairs Coordinator

Emily-Rose Garnett

Job Titles:
  • Solutions and Innovation Advisor Get in Touch for: Industry Research and Innovation

Gesine Kippenberg

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor

Hadar Cohen

Job Titles:
  • Learning and Events Intern Get in Touch for: Learning and Events

Hannah Giddings

Job Titles:
  • Head of Resilience and Nature

Hattie Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Local Network Coordinator - Bristol & the South West Get in Touch for: Opportunities in the Region

Helena Carless

Job Titles:
  • Head of Marketing and Communications

Holly Campbell

Job Titles:
  • Learning and Leadership Advisor Get in Touch for: Learning and Development

Jaime Rebelo

Job Titles:
  • Finance
  • Operations Manager

James Pearce

Job Titles:
  • Head of Building Surveying - Capco
As Head of Building Surveying, James is responsible for construction and maintenance projects across Capco's Covent Garden Estate. A key part of his role is to implement Capco's Sustainable Development Framework and Net Zero Pathway through refurbishment and redevelopment projects. James is critical to delivery of Capco's ambitions, alongside collaboration with stakeholders, suppliers, occupiers and neighbours.

Jenny Buckland

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Jerome Frost

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Arup 's UK
  • Global Cities Leader - Arup
Jerome Frost is Chair of Arup's UK, Middle East, India, and Africa (UKIMEA) region. Leading a 6,500-strong team. His focus is on sustainable development, shaping more inclusive, safe, and resilient communities, infrastructure, and cities. Jerome currently serves on the board of the UKGBC is Co-Chair of the Real Play Coalition and is a Council Member of the WBCSD.

Joe Pitts-Cunningham

Job Titles:
  • Learning and Events Manager

Judith Everett

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director of Purpose, Sustainability and Stakeholder - the Crown Estate
Judith Everett joined The Crown Estate in 2013, and sits on the Group Leadership Team as Executive Director of Purpose, Sustainability and Stakeholder. In this role, Judith is focused on driving forward The Crown Estate's commitments on Net Zero and biodiversity, its role as a purposeful business, committed to creating lasting and shared prosperity for the nation.

Kai Liebetanz

Job Titles:
  • Senior Nature and Circular Economy Advisor

Katia Martin

Job Titles:
  • Director of Corporate Responsibility

Kerri McCarton

Job Titles:
  • Project Coordinator

Leigh Grove

Job Titles:
  • People and Leadership Administrator Get in Touch for: Administration for People & Culture, and Leadership Team

Lorna Walker

Job Titles:
  • COO - Modomo
Lorna is a social entrepreneur. She runs Noble Walker Consulting, advising start ups, social enterprises and traditional property players with a particular focus on sustainability and social impact. Prior to this, Lorna was part of the cofounding team at Modomo - a startup tackling the housing crisis in a sustainable way through meanwhile housing - and led this purpose-driven business…

Louise Hutchins

Job Titles:
  • Head of Policy and Public Affairs

Lucy Pedler

Job Titles:
  • Director

Lucy Rees

Job Titles:
  • Head of Insights and Innovation

Macarena Cárdenas

Job Titles:
  • Research

Mark Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Group Chief Executive - SCAPE
Mark started his career as a YTS apprentice and progressed into roles in construction operations, strategic planning and corporate procurement. In 2009, Mark was appointed CEO of SCAPE which has over 1,600 live projects and commissions. He works with some of the UK's biggest construction companies and leading industry bodies to help improve the built environment across the public estate.

Matilda Prescott

Job Titles:
  • Officer

Mike Clarke

Job Titles:
  • Membership Director
Bringing 30 years experience, prior to UKGBC, Mike was Director of the Lake District World Heritage Project and Director of Membership Experience and Support at the Royal Institute of British Architects. Mike was a board member and trustee of Cumbria Drug and Alcohol Service, Alternative Futures Group and is a currently a Trustee/board member of Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres.

Omer Hamid

Job Titles:
  • Communications and Media Manager

Philippa Birch-Wood

Job Titles:
  • Volunteer Local Network Coordinator : Birmingham & the West Midlands Get in Touch for: Opportunities in the Region

Rachel Hoolahan

Job Titles:
  • Architect and Sustainability Coordinator

Rebecca Pearce

Job Titles:
  • Director

Richard Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Director

Rob Fordham

Job Titles:
  • Membership Services and CRM Manager Get in Touch for: Membership Enquiries, Data Management, Membership Administration

Seiju Desai

Job Titles:
  • Head of Technical Excellence

Shruti Sawant

Job Titles:
  • Learning and Events Coordinator Get in Touch for: Events Organisations and Management

Simon McWhirter

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Chief Executive
  • Director of External Affairs
With over 25 years' experience, Simon has had roles spanning across the construction, finance and not-for-profit sectors. Before UKGBC, he was Head of Engagement at the Active Building Centre, spent six years at HAB Housing as a sales director and five years at WWF. Prior to this, Simon was an international tax consultant, and spent several years at a newspaper.

Simon Wyatt

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Siobhan Canniffe

Job Titles:
  • Senior People & Culture Manager Get in Touch for: People, Culture, HR

Smith Mordak - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive
Chief Executive Get in touch for: Governance, Organisation Direction Smith is an award-winning architect, engineer, curator, and writer, working across disciplines to realise a regenerative economy and built environment. Their career has centred on creating and implementing strategies for the transition to a healthy, fair and sustainable built environment, and has included leading roles in architecture and engineering firms including Buro Happold, Webb Yates Engineers, and Studio Weave.

Stuart Burrows

Job Titles:
  • Programme Director

Sunand Prasad - Chairman, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Co - Founder
  • Principal
Sunand Prasad is a Principal of Perkins&Will and co-founder of the highly regarded architects, Penoyre & Prasad which became a studio of Perkins& Will in 2019. Sunand is one of the London Mayor's Design Advocates and Chairs the Editorial Board of the Journal of Architecture. He holds multiple advisory roles across industry and government.

Tara Gbolade

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founding Director - Gbolade Design Studios
Tara is Co-Founding Director of the practice and a Mayor's Design Advocate. She is an RIBAJ Rising Star winner and co-founder of the Paradigm Network. She sits on the steering group of Architects Declare, a network addressing how architects respond to our climate emergency.

Tim Adams - COO

Job Titles:
  • Operations Director
Tim joined UKGBC after operational finance roles in a range of businesses, from SME to Blue chip and private equity backed enterprises. Tim has supported municipal waste and recycling contracts such as windrow composting, materials recovery facilities and energy from waste. He has developed performance-management methodology in retail logistics and early in his career he qualified as a CGMA.

Tom Randall

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director - Building Performance and Systems

Tom Wigg

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advancing Net Zero Advisor

Victoria Quinlan

Job Titles:
  • President - Europe - Cortland
Victoria is responsible for Cortland's strategic vision and growth in the UK and Europe. She brings a wealth of experience in the real estate and construction sectors, having held positions spanning investment, development, business operations, finance and capital markets transactions.

Yetunde Abdul

Job Titles:
  • Head of Climate Action Get

Ólöf Jónsdóttir

Job Titles:
  • Head of Public Affairs