Offices + Workspace Update

DANIELLE ADLER, TSK | Danielle is experienced in all areas of workplace strategy, change management and stakeholder engagement. She will bring industry leading analysis and insight to inform the gathering of key data, analytics and scenario planning

DOMINIC BRANKIN, GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AGENCY | Dominic joined the GPA in 2019 as workplace services director & now leads the property services directorate. Dom manages the GPA’s property portfolio and undertakes transactions at best value, leveraging the Government Covenant to meet client needs. Dom also leads its workplace experience & projects teams to ensure the GPA delivers strategic value for government departments

HELEN HODGKINSON, TLT | Helen is chief people officer at TLT, where she is responsible for the firm’s people, performance & working environment. Helen has extensive experience in human resources, with previous leadership roles at Vodafone, KPMG, the Nationwide Building Society, the Health Service & Essex County Council. Helen is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development and is nationally reputed for her work in areas such as designing & developing agile working environments and DEI

SABINE DUNSTAN, CAPITAL&CENTRIC | In addition to their own new HQ, Sabine is leading the delivery of Civic, the first of its kind workspace in Wigan Town Centre. In partnership with Wigan Council, Capital&Centric are raising the bar with design-led, sustainable workspace aimed at fostering innovation & collaboration

JOE RIGBY, CBRE | Joe has recently been appointed managing director for CBRE’S Northern business, overseeing the Manchester, Liverpool & Leeds offices. Joe has been with CBRE for 10 years, holding several leadership roles during that time, including acting as North head of occupier services & head of office agency. In recent months Rigby has advised occupiers on several high-profile deals in Manchester including Pinsent Masons and S&P Global, both acquiring space at Relentless’ St Michaels development

DAN PODESTA, CIVIC ENGINEERS | Dan Podesta is an associate director & structural engineer at Civic Engineers, the structural, civil & transport engineering consultancy creating inspirational structures & places that have a positive impact on the environment and enable people to lead happier & healthier lives. Dan has extensive experience in the design & delivery of listed building refurbishment, retrofit & new build developments, including the transformation of Wigan’s civic centre & Park Hill in Sheffield

AIDAN THATCHER, WIGAN COUNCIL | Aidan is director of place at Wigan Council & he has a wealth of experience including progressing and delivering multi-million pound regeneration schemes together with attracting significant inward investment into place making. Aidan’s approach is pro-active and solution focused to bring about regeneration & place making change that delivers tangible benefits to the industry whilst also benefiting the local community

JAY PATEL, SAVILLS |Jay is a director in the Savills planning team based in Manchester. Jay is a town planner with over 25 years’ experience working in both public & private sectors. Before joining Savills, Jay worked for Deloitte (formerly Drivers Jonas) where he advised on a range of complex planning projects across the North West. Prior to this he worked for several years in the public sector during which time he gained extensive experience of local authority development control. During his career, Jay has advised on a number of high-profile office schemes across the North West including both new build & retrofit

PHILIP SCOTT, SCHRODERS CAPITAL | Philip is head of Manchester, leading a team of 10 real estate professionals who manage key city centre holdings including City Tower, No. 1 Spinningfields, St Ann’s House & 340 Deansgate. He is responsible for growing the regional platform & is directly responsible for the management of a c. £700m core portfolio of direct real estate on behalf of Greater Manchester Pension Fund. His current focus is to re-deploy c. £160m of capital raised from the sale of a central London office building in 2022, into performance accretive assets such as core offices, industrial, retail warehousing and alternatives in order to enhance the defensive qualities and liquidity of the portfolio by stabilising future income

MARK SIDEBOTHAM, PRACTICE DIRECTOR | Mark runs shedkm’s Liverpool studio & works across a variety of sectors including education, health, commercial, culture & private/public residential. Mark has led many of shedkm’s regeneration projects in both the residential & commercial sectors including Crusader Works & Kampus in Manchester & Littlewoods in Liverpool. He is currently leading on the design of ‘Haus’, a new affordable housing typology for towns and rural areas. Mark runs the company’s policy development in sustainability, in both its outputs & operations, & several internal specialist sub-groups across the practice

LEE TREANOR, HBD | Lee holds a national role dealing with all workspace projects within HBD’s urban regen division. In addition to the development project work, Lee heads up HBD’s ESG Strategy Group, which drives the company’s sustainability agenda. Lee is currently leading on the delivery of Island, a 100,000 sq ft Net Zero Carbon speculative new build office & the design of Colloco, a 200,000 sq ft Net Zero Carbon new build office project. Lee is also part of the Golden Valley delivery team, a new cyber innovation district in Cheltenham that will deliver 1m sq ft of commercial space & 1000 new low energy homes

CHRIS CHEAP, AVISON YOUNG | Chris is managing director of property advisor Avison Young’s National Transactional Business Group where he oversees the delivery of market facing advice across the retail, office, industrial & capital markets sectors. An office advisor at heart Chris has nearly 25 years’ experience of helping developers, investors, landlords & occupiers in the fast-moving workplace arena & has been involved in some of North West’s most important commercial developments

ANDY RINGLAND, CROOKES WALKER CONSULTING | Andy is chief technical officer and managing director of the Manchester office at CWC. Andy leads the energy, carbon, building performance & MEP consultancy services with the vision of enabling the best possible energy, sustainability & cost outcomes for all stakeholders in the face of ever-increasing constraints & challenges. Andy has extensive experience in dealing with existing buildings & heritage assets through transformational journeys to achieve net zero carbon & low capital & operational cost objectives.

GEORGIA-KAYE BERRY, COLONY | Georgia has worked in the flex-space industry for 10 years covering most roles within the operations of a building until she eventually found her passion within sales and is now the Head of Sales at COLONY. COLONY started in 2017 purely as coworking & have seen the rapid growth of the flex market & have continued to tailor their product & offering to suit the demands of clients. Now with 8 venues offering both coworking & private offices in Manchester City Centre & more on the horizon, they’re the fastest growing workspace operator in the City.

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