Angela Brennan

Project Lead, Elephant Park
Lendlease

Angela is Project Lead for Elephant Park, Lendlease’s £2.5 billion regeneration project it is delivering in partnership with Southwark Council. Elephant Park is one of the most significant urban regeneration projects in Europe and, once complete, it will include over 3,000 homes, 50 new retail and leisure units and 50,000 square feet of workspaces, all centred around a new two-acre park.

Angela has been part of the Elephant Park project for four years, previously holding the roles of development director and senior development manager. During her 22 years at Lendlease, she has worked across Australia and the UK on range of projects including IQL Stratford, Overgate Shopping Centre in Dundee and Bluewater, and corporate roles within HR, marketing, and operations.

Paul King

Managing Director Sustainability and Social Impact
Lendlease

Paul joined Lendlease in February 2015, bringing more than a decade worth of experience of sustainability in the built environment. Paul is responsible shaping the European sustainability strategy and its implementation. Previously he held the prominent role of CEO at the UK Green Building Council. Paul has also enjoyed senior positions at WWF-UK and was a co-founder of One Planet Living. Paul is Chairman of the Zero Carbon Hub and is a member of the Zero Carbon Homes 2016 Task Force. He is a member of the Green Construction Board and Chair of its Buildings Working Group.

Lucille Watkins-Brazier

Head of Social Impact
Lendlease Europe

Lucille joined Lendlease in 2019 and brings a wealth of expertise to the role having previously worked in operational & strategic positions within both the Construction and Development areas of the business. Lucille’s focus now is on leading the delivery of Lendlease’s Social Impact programme in Europe and supporting the delivery of Lendlease’s commitment to the creation of $250m AUD of Social value by 2025. Lucille’s career has spanned the public, private and third sectors, having held a range of roles including in Social and Economic Development, Responsible Business, Human Resources, Mediation and Youth Engagement Services.

Laura Jockers

Head of ESG
M&G Real Estate

M&G has recently appointed Laura Jockers as its new Global Head of ESG for Real Estate . Laura will take responsibility for overseeing and delivering sustainability strategies across the firm’s global Real Estate funds. Working collaboratively across teams and regions, she will ensure the funds respond to our investors’ growing ESG requirements and that M&G continues to be at the forefront of sustainability innovation and thinking on a range of topics, including net zero carbon and social impact. Laura joins from The Howard de Walden Estate which encompasses 92 acres of London’s West End and includes Marylebone High Street – one of London’s prime shopping and leisure locations – and also the world-famous Harley Street Medical Area. As Head of Sustainability, she was responsible for developing the business’s sustainability strategy across its business operations and £4.6bn property assets in London’s Marylebone. Prior to that, Laura worked as an Associate Director in JLL’s Upstream Sustainability Services Team and as a Global Sustainability and Research Consultant for various departments across JLL’s global business. She has over 15 years’ experience in sustainable real estate and has advised many companies on their sustainable Real Estate strategies including Lendlease, Sonae Sierra, Barclays Bank and AstaZeneca.

Thomas Bryans

Director & Co-Founder
IF_DO

Thomas is a big-picture thinker and masterplanner by nature. He has a wide-angle view on every element of our work and sees connections that might not be immediately obvious. He’s also a great communicator – both in person and on the page – and his TEDx Talk on ‘Architecture’s Ripple Effect’ is the perfect introduction to how we think and work. This interest in the wider repercussions of architecture goes hand in hand with an interest in sustainability and creating healthy environments. He’s drawn to working on projects where IF_DO can make a positive and far-reaching impact. He was the driving force in making our work at St Teresa’s School so rewarding, both for us and for the school, by involving the students in reshaping their school for the better, and inspiring them with what architecture can do.

Nicola Mathers

Chief Executive Officer
Future of London

Nicola is CEO of Future of London, an independent network supporting housing, planning and regeneration professionals through leadership, research and networks. She leads on strategy, business development and partnerships.

Nicola is passionate about the role of the built environment to improve lives and address inequality. Previously at Design Council and CABE she led national programmes to support the public and private sectors to plan and deliver well designed buildings and spaces.

Colin Wilson

Head of Regeneration Old Kent Road
London Borough of Southwark

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John Lewis

Executive Director
Peabody

John is leading one of London’s largest regeneration programmes in Thamesmead creating 20,000 new homes and is Group Lead for Placemaking. Before joining Peabody in 2016 John held CEO positions at Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation and Milton Keynes Partnership. John is a Chartered Surveyor and has a Master of Arts in Urban Regeneration. He is the Chair of Greatwell Housing Association and a Director of the Creative Land Trust, a charity established to secure affordable workspace for creatives in London.

Bill Hughes

Head of Real Assets
Legal & General Investment Management

Bill joined Legal & General in 2007 and is responsible for transforming its UK property fund management business into a global-reaching real assets platform. Operating in both the direct investment and lending markets, today it actively invests and manages over £27.2bn AUM across commercial property, private residential, infrastructure, property lending and corporate credit as at 31 December 2017. Since the beginning of 2015, L&G has worked closely with Government’s Regeneration Organisation to identify and invest in critical regeneration projects that support UK growth. 

Bill previously held positions at RREEF, the Real Estate Fund Management business of Deutsche Bank and Schroder Property Investment Management. From July 2014 to July 2015, Bill was President of the British Property Federation. He is currently Chair of the Property Industry Alliance (PIA), bringing together the UK’s leading property bodies to give them a stronger collective voice on issues such as policy, research and best practice.

Vivienne King

Founder, Impactful Places
Revo, Board Member

Vivienne King

Founder, Impactful Places

Vivienne King is an independent advisor specialising in strategic support to the real estate industry in achieving its positive impact potential. Vivienne has held leadership positions in real estate for more than 30 years, with a strong focus on retail and ESG throughout. 

Prior to founding Impactful Places in 2024, Vivienne was Head of Real Estate at The Good Economy, CEO of Revo, Soho Housing Association and Soho Ltd and for over 20 years with the Crown Estate, as General Counsel and member of its Executive Committee.

 Vivienne chairs the Shopkeepers Campaign for business rates reform; she is non-executive board member of Revo; a co-founder of real estate DEI organisation, Real Estate Balance; a LandAid Patron and Executive Vice President of the Story of Christmas charity. 

 In 2023, Vivienne was inducted into the Property Week Hall of Fame for her work in the real estate industry.