Gareth Atkinson

Director, Civic Engineers

Atkinson is the director of Civic Engineers’ London studio. He leads on civil and structural engineering projects ranging from the sustainable retrofit and extension to large-scale regeneration and public realm improvement schemes. Atkinson sits on the New London Architecture net zero expert panel, where he collaborates with leaders from the built environment and real estate practices in the UK to identify the priorities for London to achieve Net Zero, and the role that the built environment has to play in meeting this target. A strong advocate of sustainable design, he has helped with the implementation of Civic Engineers’ climate charter.

Ben Cross

Development director, General Projects

Cross is responsible for leading and delivering major projects at General Projects and providing creative direction to branding and design. He has nearly 15 years’ experience delivering commercial, cultural and residential schemes across London and the UK. Prior to joining General Projects, Cross led a number of strategic regeneration schemes, managing more than £500m of GDV and delivering projects in both the public and private sector.

Pete Gladwell

Group social impact and investment director, Legal & General Capital

Gladwell joined Legal & General in 2007, launching a new generation of property funds focused on liability matching and defined contributions pension schemes, and L&G’s joint venture with PGGM, which total more than £5bn. In 2015, he moved to lead L&G’s investments with the public sector, including the cabinet office, local authorities, NHS, housing associations and universities – which now total more than £4.5bn. Gladwell holds an MA from Brasenose College, Oxford, in computation, the IMC, and is a fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and honorary professor at UCL.

Divya Hariramani Herreo

Associate director, sustainable design & wellbeing, service line lead, Longevity Partners

​​Hariramani Herrero specialises in asset-level ESG strategy, focusing on a holistic implementation of net zero carbon, social and innovation initiatives during the design process. She developed Longevity Partners’ sustainable design and health and wellbeing service line in 2020, and now leads this service globally for Longevity partners as associate director.

Cara Imbrailo

Partner, Charles Russell Speechlys

Imbrailo acts on the acquisition, disposal, development and asset management of commercial property. She works across the office, retail, mixed-use and life sciences sectors, including complex preletting agreements and commercial development sites. She also advises landowners on strategic land development sites. Imbrailo is admitted to practise in England and Wales. She acted for BioMed Realty on the preletting of BioMed@Babraham, a landmark 100,000 sq foot laboratory and office development at the Babraham Research Campus and advised on development and asset management at Granta Park, Cambridge, one of the UK’s top life science campuses. She advises the Howard de Walden Estate on a broad range of matters, including commercial acquisitions and disposals, retail, office and medical lettings, re-gears and leasehold enfranchisement. Imbrailo also acts for the Church Commissioners for England on strategic land development at sites across the country.

Dominic Lion

Development & sustainability director, Gallagher

Lion is a director and head of sustainable real estate at Gallagher, a global insurance brokerage. Alongside advising property owners on their insurance programme design and placement, Lion works with clients and insurers to unlock solutions to safely decarbonise their estate through effective risk transfer. Lion also sits on the board of the Structural Timber Association, where he advises industry, government and the insurance market on the adoption of mass timber.

Andy Mercer

Head of ESG, Colliers International

Mercer is the head of ESG (UK & EMEA) at Colliers International. He has more than 20 years’ experience in the non-domestic property sector and has specialised in building optimisation throughout his career. He holds degrees in building services engineering and business and has worked across both government and the private sector. Prior to joining Colliers, Mercer was head of energy at JLL, and director of energy services at CBRE. At Colliers, he is responsible for technical and commercial leadership across a broad range of ESG services that are designed to deliver positive environmental change while enhancing the long term value of real estate assets. Advice ranges from creating tangible ESG/NZC strategies and implementation plans at portfolio and asset-level, through to practical help optimising BMS and improving data quality.

Frederico Montella

Head of ESG and sustainability, Lambert Smith Hampton

Montella is responsible for the design and delivery of sustainability and ESG policies and services at Lambert Smith Hampton, both internally and on behalf of clients. His role involves challenging the business to set and meet environmental and social targets, such as a pledge to achieve net zero carbon status by 2030. Prior to joining LSH, Montella was head of EMEA sustainability at WeWork, and has also held senior roles in sustainability consultancy at leading architecture practices, including HLM, Sheppard Robson and Auckett Swanke. He is a respected author in the field of sustainability and has presented at the ULI’s European Sustainability Council.

Tom Willcock

Innovation director, Hollis

Willcock is a responsible for surveying innovation and is focused on using drones, data and technology to solve problems and improve efficiencies for clients. He also heads up Hollis’ dedicated innovation team, which seeks to drive new and innovative ways to grow the business sustainably, enhance the client’s experience and improve productivity.