Paul Orders

CEO
Cardiff County Council

Robin Dobson

UK Director of Development and Construction
Hammerson

Having trained as a Civil Engineer and then Chartered Surveyor, Robin leads the development team and is responsible for bringing forward future regeneration schemes together with retail/asset extensions. Completed projects include The Oracle, Reading; Bullring, Birmingham; Highcross, Leicester; Cabot Circus, Bristol; Union Square, Aberdeen; Victoria Gate, Leeds and Watermark, Southampton.

He also worked with Hammerson France to deliver Terrasses du Port, a €450m retail led redevelopment of the Marseille docks which opened in 2014.

Robin also has responsibility for bringing forward pipeline Joint Venture development projects in Croydon and Brent Cross in London.

Robin sits on the CR Board and Investment Committee at Hammerson and is a member of the BPF and FRICS.

Tim Warren

Leader of the Council
Bath and North East Somerset

Eoin Conroy

Head of Region - Central North/West & Wales
Bouygues Development

Eoin leads a development team

identifying and securing new opportunities across this area with a specific 

focus on mixed-use, residential and office sector projects. With over £750m 

(GDV) of development projects to his career credit, since joining Bouygues 

Development in 2011 Eoin has successfully progressed a series of major urban 

regeneration projects including the likes of Addlestone Town Centre (Surrey) 

In Bristol the focus for the business has been on progressing projects such as Castle Park View (the former Central Ambulance site along Castle Street – beside the Marriott Hotel) and more recently finalising an exclusive land agreement to progress a new major office development in the city centre.

Prior to joining Bouygues Development, Eoin worked with Leadbitter Group (Oxford) as Development & Investment Manager, Bowen Group as Development Manager (across the UK & Ireland) and even had a stint in private development consultancy before turning Client side.

Eoin graduated with degrees in both Economics and Corporate Economics from University College Cork (National University of Ireland) before turning to his passion for development and regeneration.