Leaders Group – September Defence Investment: Securing Our Future and Driving Regional Growth Tuesday 8th September 2026 - 16:00 to 20:00 Guest Speakers Claire Benham Commercial Director Defence Infrastructure Organisation Giles Ambrose Engineering, Technology and Strategy Director BAE Systems Oriel Petry Senior Vice President Airbus Lee Bruce Director of External Affairs ADS Group Guest Attendees John England General Manager, Actuation Systems UK Safran Jay Asher Head of Public Affairs Saab UK Jen Hartley MBE Assistant Director of Capital Investment and Growth Newcastle City Council Craig Peacock Director of Inward Investment Tees Valley Combined Authority Paul Bristow Mayor Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Ed Ackland Cyber and Specialist Operations Command Ministry of Defence Stephanie Howell Assistant Director Market Engagement Homes England Clare Roberts Institutional Affairs Director Leonardo, UK Martin Murray Leader Staffordshire County Council Gus Wiseman Director (UK Product) PATRIZIA SE James Neely Strategic Partnerships Director (Defence) National Composites Centre Iain Watson Lead Director, Lending National Wealth Fund Details & Attendee List > Member Organisations
Leaders Group – October Hitting Regeneration and Investment for Six – Sports Centric Growth Tuesday 6th October 2026 - 16:00 to 20:00 Guest Speakers Karen Hirst Project Director Old Trafford Mayoral Development Corporation Duncan Stone Author Different Class: The Untold Story of English Cricket Louise Stewart CEO Chester Racecourse Sanjay Patel MBE CEO Yorkshire County Cricket Club David Skaith Mayor York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Dave Martin CEO Esports Global Guest Attendees Jon Dutton OBE Chief Executive British Olympic Association Katie Carr Head of Environmental Sustainability British Horseracing Association Sally Pettipher CEO Cornish Pirates Robert Holmes Head of Commercial Operations Burnley Football Club Heather Topel Estates Director All England Lawn Tennis Club Rucelle Soutar Chief Operating Officer Scottish Football Association Amy Starkey Project Director The Jockey Club Nick Smith Head of Infrastructure Birmingham City FC Dan Feist CEO Essex Cricket Clare Sumner CBE Chief Policy and Social Impact Officer The Premier League Max Chambers Corporate Affairs Director The Premier League Maria Bertelli Senior Vice President Legends Global Caroline James General Manager Utilita Arena Newcastle Stuart Pringle OBE Chief Executive Officer Silverstone Paul Bristow Mayor Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Richard Serra Property & Planning Director Tottenham Hotspur Football Club Tim Greenwell Chief Operating Officer Sunderland AFC Details & Attendee List > Member Organisations
Leaders Group – November Mid Term Investment Market State of Play Tuesday 3rd November 2026 - 16:00 to 20:00 Guest Speakers Speaker To Be Announced Details coming soon TBA Guest Attendees Julia Diez Head of UK Productive Assets Railpen Geoff Hepburn Investment Manager, Property & Direct Private Markets West Yorkshire Pension Fund Gillian Taberner Director South Yorkshire Pensions Authority Michael Green Head of Freeports Investment Partner and Head of Sterling 20 Joanne Donnelly CEO London Pensions Fund Authority Sudip Tailor Investment Partner Department for Business and Trade Matthew Graham Chief Client and Partnerships Officer LPPI Gavin Winbanks Founder White Hawk Green Peter Riley Head of Capital Solutions M&G Investments Gus Wiseman Director (UK Product) PATRIZIA SE Details & Attendee List > Member Organisations
Leaders Group – December Keeping Pace with the Evolving London Story Tuesday 1st December 2026 - 16:00 to 20:00 Guest Speakers Tom Copley Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development Greater London Authority Jules Pipe CBE Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and the Fire Service Greater London Authority Shama Tatler Baroness Shah of Wembley Labour Party Guest Attendees Jason Perry Mayor Croydon Cllr Shantanu Rajawat Leader London Borough of Hounslow Emilie Giles CEO Knight Dragon Professor Graham Lord Co-Chair SC1 Henrietta Gibb Director of Impact & Engagement Tideway London Cllr Una O’Halloran Leader Islington Council Andy Piper Design and Engineering Director Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Programme Cllr Peter Mason Leader Ealing Council Paul Bristow Mayor Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Tom Goodall Chief Executive Director Related Argent Angela Brennan Development Director Lendlease Graeme Craig CEO Places for London Vicky Savage Executive Director London & East of England Homes England Cllr James McAsh Leader Southwark Council Details & Attendee List > Member Organisations
Leaders Group – February Education! Education! Education!: The Impact of the Knowledge Economy on Places Tuesday 2nd February 2027 - 16:00 to 20:00 Guest Speakers Vivienne Stern MBE CEO Universities UK 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 Details & Attendee List > Member Organisations
