Occupiers Forum
Agenda 2026
Thursday 26 February
09:30 – 10:15
The Great De-shitification – exploring what drives employee experience and if office design has lost its way
- Chair Allison English Co-Founder, Aéto
- Chair Tim Oldman Co-Founder, Aéto
- Panellist Mike Povey VP Corporate Services, Visa
- Panellist Suzan Dixon Senior Director, Corporate Real Estate, Royal Bank of Canada
- Panellist Jamie Davis Director of Workplace Strategy, Fidelity International
10:40 – 11:25
Exploring change in the Legal Workplace: Decoding the Human Algorithm
- Chair Joe Durow Global Professional Services Practice Area Leader, Gensler
- Panellist Louisa Kidson Director of Property & Workplace, Travers Smith LLP
- Panellist Krisztina Foster Workplace Change Manager, Ashurst
- Panellist Michelle Marwood EMEAPAC Real Estate Director, Norton Rose Fulbright
11:50 – 12:35
From data to brief – how evidence is shaping better workplace experience
- Chair Chris Moriarty Co-Founder, Audiem
- Panellist Chris Mentiply Workplace Design and Projects Lead, Haleon
- Panellist Marc van den Helder Senior Program Manager Real Estate & Workspace Services, Booking.com
- Panellist Kornelia Kiss Project Lead, Global Workplace Transformation, Sanofi
12:55 – 13:40
Five years of occupier insight: Rethinking what makes a workplace work?
- Chair Sally Marshall Director, Turner and Townsend
- Panellist Frederico Baptista Global Head of Real Estate Operations, Wise
- Panellist Matt Bigam Director of Commercial Lifesciences and Innovation, The Wellcome Genome Campus
- Panellist Sarah Murdoch Global Account Director, JLL
14:00 – 14:45
Transforming how we work: Managing change in modern workplace design.
- Chair Jennifer L. Bryan Chief Empowerment Officer, ABChange Consultancy
- Panellist Oliver Boote Workplace & Facilities Manager, Imperial College London
- Panellist Paula Rowntree Head of Workplace Design, Lloyds
- Panellist Bex Moorhouse Global Head of Strategy, Operational Excellence & Performance – Procurement & REWS, WPP
15:05 – 15:50
13 offices later: What we’ve learned about the workplace (and what we wished we’d known!)
- Chair Christian Brooks International Partner, Cushman & Wakefield
- Panellist Nicci Bird Global Brand Experience Director, Sage
- Panellist Florrie Chow Head of Workplace Design, Sage
16:10 – 16:55
Eliminating friction and frustration: How to create a zero Fs workplace environment
- Chair Ana Stanojevic Principal – Practice Group Manager, Workplace, Arcadis
- Panellist Stuart Beety RE Portfolio Management, Independent
- Panellist Riku Rusanen Nokia Workplace Strategy and Design Leader, Nokia
- Panellist Jacqui Porch Chief Markets and Communications Officer, Enoda