Propertyshe Podcast

Joy Nazzari advises governments and multi-billion-pound companies on how to design places that meet human – not just developer – needs via her branding and design agency dn&co.

Nick is Chief Commercial Officer at Pocket Living where he has been a Director since 2013.  Pocket Living create affordable Pocket homes exclusively for local first-time buyers. Nick is responsible for corporate and planning strategy, commercial partnerships, land acquisition and growth. 

He is a chartered surveyor and chartered town planner. Nick is also a former Cabinet Member of the London Borough of Wandsworth where he served for 12 years as an elected Member and was Chair of the council's planning committee for four years.

Nick led last year’s research working with Litchfields examining the potential and the challenges of small site delivery.  

He writes a regular property blog offering views on the residential development world.

Roger Orf joined Apollo in November 2010 and is a Partner & Vice-Chairman of Apollo’s Principal Finance and Real Estate businesses segment focusing on transaction development for both real estate equity and debt, operating partner outreach, significant limited partner matters and general ambassadorial work across the platform. He serves on the Investment Committees of the Apollo North American Real Estate and the European Principal Finance funds. Previously Roger was responsible for Citigroup’s global real estate investment activities. 

Jackie Sadek has 30 years’ experience in property, specializing in public-private sector partnerships.  From 2014 to 2016 Jackie was Specialist Adviser to Government on urban regeneration.

 Joanne McNamara is Executive Vice President, Europe and Asia-Pacific of Oxford Properties. In this role, Jo is responsible for all aspects of Oxford’s business across Europe. 

George Roberts is Head of UK & Ireland at Cushman & Wakefield, one of the world’s largest real estate advisers.

Prior to assuming his current leadership role in 2017, he led the firm’s London Markets division with overall responsibility for its occupier representation, leasing, capital markets, residential and development teams specialising in London real estate. 

Brad Hargreaves is the Founder and CEO of Common, the leading US residential brand that designs and manages multifamily apartments with more than 5,000 residents in over 10 markets across the country.

In her time at L&Q Fiona has spearheaded our 5.1billion development programme, led our expansion into the Midlands and North West, and delivered change programmes to improve both the efficiency and diversity of our Development and Sales function.

Prior to joining L&Q, Fiona was the Executive Director for Development, Enterprise and Environment at the Greater London Authority (GLA).

As part of the senior management team for the GLA, she was responsible for overseeing the delivery and implementation of key strategies such as the London Plan, the Economic Development Strategy, transport, environment and climate change and in overseeing the operation of the Mayor’s powers in relation to significant planning applications in the capital.

Basil Demeroutis is Managing Partner of purpose-driven real estate investment firm, FORE Partnership. The firm has a portfolio of over one million square feet in the UK and western Europe, spanning offices, mixed use and residential sectors. 

Manhattan Loft Corporation has spent 27 years conjuring vibrant communities within London's most famous and forgotten postcodes. One great building at a time.

Harry was born in Germany and raised in France and Belgium, before moving to Canada and then to New York. It was in New York and more specifically in the SoHo district: that gave Harry the idea and the impetus to start the Manhattan Loft Corporation. When he moved to the UK in the late 1980's Harry already knew that he wanted to bring to London the loft style living he had experienced in New York. Ironically, it was the decline of the property market in the early 1990's and the subsequent availability of old industrial buildings in unfashionable parts of town that enabled him to pioneer loft living in the UK.

Rebeca Guzman Vidal is the group head of retail at international investor, asset manager and developer Chelsfield, where she works on retail strategy across a global portfolio that spans gateway cities including London, Paris, New York and Hong Kong.

Ronen has recently joined Hines, the international real estate firm, as European Head of Operations and Senior Managing Director.

An expert on global workplace trends, technology and corporate real estate operations, he will work closely with Hines’ tenants across Europe to meet the evolving real estate needs of global occupiers.

James is CEO of Grosvenor Britain and Ireland and has overall responsibility for the business, which owns and manages the London Estate in Mayfair and Belgravia, and a range of new developments including a 1,500 home build to rent site in Bermondsey and eight new communities across the south east of England.

Gabrielle is the founding CEO of Equiem, leading the business from its 2011 inception to become the world’s leading tenant experience platform, used by 165,000+ people across 60 million sq ft of prime commercial real estate worldwide.

Named in Business Insider’s Coolest People in Australian Tech (2016) and honoured in Bisnow’s 2019 NYC Power Women list, Gabrielle is an exceptional leader, with a commercial acumen honed across 15+ years of leading and growing organisations. In the space of just 8 years, she has developed the Equiem team from just two to over 230 employees. Today, Gabrielle's Equiem manages a client portfolio of 145+ buildings across Australia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the USA, leading the firm to be named in Deloitte's Tech Fast 500 (APAC 2016). In 2017, she moved to New York with her family to spearhead the company’s expansion in the USA.

Gabrielle was previously Director of Sales & Marketing and Group General Manager of Advance Marketing, a leading marketing organisation operating in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.

She is also a published writer and an accomplished global presenter having studied Business and Communications at Monash University in Melbourne.

Liz was Chief Executive of the British Property Federation for thirteen years until her retirement in 2014. She was awarded a CBE in 2008 for services to the property industry.

Liz now has a portfolio career with a range of non-executive, advisory and charity roles, at Howard de Walden Estates, RPS Group, RDI REIT, Holtby Turner, the Churches Conservation Trust, Connected Places Catapult and The Whiteley Homes Trust. She is Chairman of Real Estate Balance, President of the Property Litigation Association, and a member of the Mayor of London’s Homes for Londoners Board. In 2017 Liz was appointed Chairman of the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) and in 2018 appointed Chairman of the Sponsor Board for the Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Programme.

Ryan Simonetti is the CEO and co-founder of Convene, the company that designs and services premium places to work, meet, and host inspiring events. His unique expertise in real estate acquisitions, development, and structured finance has helped catapult Convene to become a pioneer in the commercial real estate industry.

Brian qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1976. He joined Shaftesbury when it was formed in 1986, and was Finance Director from its float on the London Stock Exchange in 1987 until he became Chief Executive in 2011.

Helen Gordon is Chief Executive of Grainger plc the UK’s largest listed residential landlord.  

With a career in retail property spanning nearly 30 years Mark is a high profile thought leader in the field of placemaking and the challenges and opportunities that our town centres and retail places face. This was recognised in his recent appointment to chair of the governments High Street Task Force, following his role as President of Revo in 2019.