Judging

Chair of Regional Judging Panel

Angela Joseph

Brookfield Properties

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Emma Green

tp bennett

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David Crew

Hogan Lovells

David Crew, Global Operations Director, Hogan Lovells

David Crew is the Global Operations Director for Hogan Lovells and is responsible for the Firm’s Corporate Real Estate, Procurement, Sustainable Operations and Office Services functions.

Hogan Lovells have 49 offices across the world totalling 2.4M RSF and 7,000 people globally. David is focused on helping shape the culture of the firm, ensuring the firm benefits from a high quality office experience that supports the demands of an innovative law firm.

David is a Chartered Surveyor with 20 years’ experience of leading high-performing teams and executing strategic real estate initiatives. David has experience in leading strategic change across a global organisation that includes an award-winning “Smart Working” workplace program for an international financial services company.

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Mark Lacey

alinea consulting

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Ian McCarter

Knight Frank

Ian joined Knight Frank in 2015 from CBRE where he was a Senior Director. Ian has focused on development consultancy and leasing work in the Central London office market and has been involved in a number of high-profile schemes across the West End over the past 20 years, acting as a key advisor to some of the industries most respected investors.  Ian is also involved in the regeneration of St James’s working on St James’s Market (200,000 sq ft) and the regeneration of the former BBC site at White City of circa 1 million sq ft as well as two of the major transport development sites at Hanover Square for GPE totalling180,000 sq ft, Soho Place for Derwent London totalling 225,000 sq ft and Paddington Square totalling 330,000 sq ft.  Ian also undertook the largest pre let that has taken place in Mayfair and St James’s advising on the 230,000 sq ft pre letting to Blackstone. Ian has been involved in some of the highest profile schemes like 2 Television Centre, Gateway Central, 20 Manchester Square, AirW1 and 18 Hanover Square. Ian is currently advising on a number of high profile schemes like The Acre for Northwood Investors which totals 230,000 sq ft, The Smith in Victoria totaling 125,000 sq ft and 1 Victoria Street for Stanhope and Mitsubishi totalling 320,000 sq ft.  

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Marie Louise Schembri

Hilson Moran

Marie-Louise is Sustainability Director at Hilson Moran and forms part of the Operations Board. An experienced environmental designer and industry leader, Marie-Louise specialising in drivers and systems for bringing about meaningful environmental and social change in real estate and construction.

She brings over 25 years of industry experience championing sustainable design, from ambitious buildings and regeneration schemes across the world, to the ground-breaking authoring of the COL’s Carbon Options Guidance and other key policy documents. Her advisory role spans across the lifecycle of the built environment, from strategic land planning to buildings in operation and their repurposing.

Marie-Louise has been a panellist/judge for LREF, FOOTPRINT+, CTBUH, NLA; as well as a frequent contributor to publications including Architects' Journal, CIBSE Journal and Building Magazine.

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Ben Simpson

Fletcher Priest Architect

Ben is an associate who has worked at Fletcher Priest since completing his Masters of Architecture at UCL, The Bartlett School of Architecture. Ben also sits as a committee member for the British Council for Offices Next Gen London and South West region and is a champion of thought leadership for the next generation of talent within the built environment sector. Ben is a skilled designer, illustrator and communicator.

He works on several high profile workplace projects in London. Ben has played a key role in the design development of a major workplace project at Battersea Power Station, a small high-end office scheme in Fitzrovia and most recently he’s been crucial in the concept and technical design of 450,000sqft of market-leading workplace in the heart of the City of London. Being involved in projects from bid stage through to delivery, Ben has a robust understanding of a projects evolution on all scales of the workplace sector. Ben has a keen interest in the role of story-telling within architecture and looks to examine how this design methodology can transition into the tangible built environment.