With 30 years’ experience in hospitality, Smith has previously held positions at De Vere and Marriott. As brand and operations director at De Vere, he oversaw the community engagement programmes for the portfolio of 22 De Vere hotels and conference centres in the UK.

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Prior to joining Canary Wharf Group, Alastair spent 9 years with Hamptons International and Countrywide, where he worked across various residential led roles in London and Asia. His final role at Countrywide was working on the delivery of two BtR assets in the North-west; The Cargo Building in Liverpool and Pomona Wharf in Manchester.

Lesley brings wealth of knowledge to the conversation as a well-known specialist and has been heavily involved in the evolution of build to rent in the UK over the last few years. On top of that, Lesley is Chair of Soho Housing Association, an active member of Women in Property and supporter of Real Estate Balance.

Grace joined Savills in 1984 and 2 years later he opened the Savills Dockland office. Since then, he has partnered with a myriad of developers and landowners providing specialised advice on every aspect of the development process.

When people ask Grace about his career, he asserts that “so much luck has been involved, but the luckiest break of all was Savills which came from knocking on the door. I joined the firm at the most fantastic time and it's still on one hell of a ride now.”

Ryan asks Camilla on the early stages of her career, how Black-Brick became so successful and her thoughts and opinions on the current market.

As the CEO , Travis is a global citizen switching between Melbourne, Denver and London frequently. Plus, he wears a lot of different hats. He is most passionate about the product design and direction and connecting with his team and community, so that is where he tries to focus most of his time, along with scaling the company for continued growth and success.

Nick has worked for both public sector and private sector regeneration specialists and has a strong commitment to balancing the tensions between commercial, social, and physical outcomes associated with regeneration and development.  He has delivered social value programmes for the London Borough of Croydon, and helped to shape and deliver long term strategic development partnerships, in his last role at Places for People setting up a Joint Venture with National Grid.  

Prior to this he worked in the new business team at Lendlease, and has also held roles for small family run developers and in consultancy.  He recently joined Sovereign Housing Association to head up a new Strategic Business Development team, with a focus on estate regeneration, town centre and high street renewal and partnerships.  He is a member of the CIOB and RICS.  Nick has worked extensively in multi-disciplinary schemes, guiding development from land acquisition through to delivery.

A property professional, Richard has been involved in residential agency, development and investment for nearly 40 years. Since 2000, he has concentrated on the investment and development sectors; primarily in London and the South East, but also regionally. He became involved in the BTR sector prior to the publication of Sir Adrian Montague’s ‘Review of barriers to institutional investment into the PRS’ in 2012, and has worked in management, investment and development for a number of companies either as consultant or full time. Well known as a speaker and writer, Richard authored ‘Understanding Build to Rent’ for Cubex Land and Fiera Real Estate in 2019. Once described as a “60yo enfant terrible”, a label he does nothing to discourage, he is noted for his outspoken views and contrarian approach. Currently, Richard is Head of Strategy & Enterprise at Howsy.com