Leaders Group – February Education! Education! Education!: The Impact of the Knowledge Economy on Places Tuesday 2nd February 2027 – 16:00 to 20:00 Pewterers Hall, Oat Ln, Barbican, London EC2V 7DE Guest Speakers Vivienne Stern MBE CEO Universities UK Vivienne has over 25 years of experience working in higher education policy and politics at national and international level. She previously worked for the Chair of the Education Select Committee of the UK Parliament, as a policy specialist and then Head of Political Affairs for Universities UK, and most recently as the Director of Universities UK International (UUKi), which represents UK universities around the world. Laura-Jayne Rawlings MBE CEO Youth Employment UK Guest Attendees Jane Harrison-White Executive Director AUDE Sarah Cary Chief Development Officer Imperial College London Andy Levy Head of Capital Projects University of Cambridge Linda Goodacre Director of Estates and Facilities Management University of Sheffield Dan Newton Founder SETL Erin Peart Director of Estates and Facilities Newcastle University Liam O’Dell Director of Estates and Facilities University of East London Paul Bristow Mayor Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Alex Kelly Acquisitions Director Vita Group Rachel Miller Investment Strategy Director UPP Alistair Lomax Director Arc Universities Group Laura Kurt Managing Director Fusion Students Josh Wright Head of Acquisition & Development Unite Students Lana Stoyles Executive Director Business Transformation Nexus Multi Academy Trust Pradeep Kumar Head of Estates United Colleges Group Marc Burrow Estates Manager Leeds Diocesan Learning Trust Tommie Barker Director of Estates & Facilities Inova Multi Academy Trust Dr Arianna Sdei Sustainability Design Advisor Department for Education Anna Pearce Head Of Estates Greenshaw Learning Trust Tom Astle Health, Safety and Estates Compliance Manager Dixons Academy Trust Holly Crowther Trust Estates Manager Leodis Academies Trust Moray Notman University Partnerships Commercial Director Unite Students Steven Strang Group Executive Director of Estates and Sustainability Exeter and North Devon Colleges Group Lucy Nightingale Group Director of Estates & Facilities The Bedford College Group Nadia Persaud Education Sector Lead GB Energy Shelley Brown Principal and CEO Newcastle Stafford Colleges Group and the Institute of Technology Rychard Scrase-Field Group Director of Estates Development & Campus Services London South Bank University Liana Sinclair Group Director of Estates Milton Keynes College Group Julie Kapsalis MBE CEO & Principal North East Surrey College of Technology Paul Rolfe Director Chichester College Group Ian Grimes Director of Estates University of Hertfordshire David Warren Group Vice Principal, Development Luminate Education Group Mark Pepper Deputy Estates Manager Brighter Futures Learning Partnership Trust Anita Edson Director of Estates Cardiff University MEMBER ORGANISATIONS JOIN LEADERS GROUP Membership to UKREiiF Leaders Group ranges in price depending on if you’re an SME or larger organisation – membership lasts for a 12-month period. Within the period there will be monthly in-person meetings primarily hosted at various venues including morning, lunch and dinner events with exclusive guests including Government Ministers. Complete the form below to receive further information on how to join UKREiiF’s Leaders Group.
