COMMITTEES AND TEAMS

THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE BCO

The BCO is led by our members, who guide our research, events and other activities. The organisation’s daily operations are managed by our team from our headquarters in London.

If you’d like to speak to a member of our management executive, board or a specific BCO committee, please contact our London office.

THE BCO TEAM

The London-based BCO team handles the day-to-day operations of the organisation, led by our Chief Executive.

Come to us if you have any queries about membership, events, media or operations. If we need to, we’ll speak to any BCO member or a member of our board on your behalf.

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Team Members

Katharina Balassa

Director - communications and events

Alana Bennett

Team assistant

Laura Burgess

Senior events coordinator

Eric Chong

Director of research

Mary Economidou

Communications and events manager

Tracy Goodwin

PA to the chief exec/membership

Rhianna Harrup

Events co-ordinator

Robert Hayman

Communications and events manager

Saskia Hohler

Partnerships manager

Samantha McClary

Chief executive

Chané Scallan

Social media manager

Csoki

Head of tail wags

THE MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE

The BCO’s management executive is responsible for the management of the organisation’s affairs. The team meets quarterly with the BCO chief executive and other officers. Members also meet regularly with BCO committees to support their research and developments.

Presidential Team

Helen Hare
President
GPE

Andy McBain
Senior Vice President
Natwest

John Wright
Junior Vice President
Stride Treglown

Bruce Paterson
Honorary Treasurer
Quantem

Samantha McClary
Chief Executive
British Council for Offices

Peter Crowther
Immediate Past President
HERE Partnership

EXPERT COMMITTEE AND REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES

Clare Ashmore Parkeray
Guy Battle The Social Value Portal
Dan Bayley JLL
Colin Brown Mission Street
Frances Brown Cundall
Rachel Edwards Lendlease
Ella Griffin Unova Consulting
Oliver Hall Make Architects
Ottillie Heyes Savills
David Illingworth London Structures Lab
Peter Kerr Cameron Kerr
Sarah Lawson Michael Laird Architects
Catherine Macpherson Hoare Lea
Timothy Newcombe Cundall
Neil Pennell Landsec
Eleanor Penny Layrd Designs
Emma Roche Greenwoods
Alex Stork Overbury
Robert van Zyl Cundall
Richard Warwick Owers Warwick Architects

BCO Team REPRESENTATIVES

Katharina Balassa
Director of communications & events

Mary Economidou
Communications & events manager

Eric Chong
Director of research

Chané Scallan
Social Media Manager

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Presidential Team

Helen Hare

President

Andy McBain

Senior Vice President

Sam McClary

Chief Executive

Bruce Paterson

Honorary Treasurer

John Wright

Junior Vice President

Peter Crowther

Immediate Past President

executive members

Clare Ashmore

Parkeray

Guy Battle

The Social Value Portal

Dan Bayley

JLL

Colin Brown

Mission Street

Frances Brown

Cundall

Rachel Edwards

Lendlease

Ella Griffin

Unova Consulting

Oliver Hall

Make Architects

Ottillie Heyes

Savills

David Illingworth

London Structures Lab

Peter Kerr

cameronkerr

Sarah Lawson

Michael Laird Architects

Cath Macpherson

Hoare Lea

Timothy Newcombe

Cundall

Neil Pennell

Landsec

Eleanor Penny

Layrd Designs

Emma Roche

Greenwoods

Alex Stork

Overbury

Robert van Zyl

Cundall

Richard Warwick

Owers Warwick Architects

ADVISORY COUNCIL

The Advisory Council brings together a diverse mix of expertise and fresh perspectives from across the BCO. Its role is to explore key themes, ideas, and future projects, offering advice to the Management Executive. Reflecting the BCO’s broad membership, it includes the Management Executive, Regional and Expert Committee representatives, Awards judging panel chairs, and a balanced group of NextGen members from across the regions.

Advisory Council members

Harry Allen, Savills

Clare Ashmore, Parkeray

Guy Battle, The Social Value Portal

Dan Bayley, JLL

Mike Burton, AECOM

Peter Crowther, Here Partnership

Seb Denby, Creative Places

Rachel Edwards, Lendlease

Francesca Ghavami-Milnes, Howells

Ella Griffin, Unova Consulting

Tim Griffin, Michael Laird Architects

Oliver Hall, Make Architects

Helen Hare, Great Portland Estates

Rob Harris, Ramidus Consulting

Ottillie Heyes, Savills

Will Higgins, Lambert Smith Hampton

David Illingworth, London Structures Lab

Angela Joseph, Brookfield Properties

Samantha McClary, BCO

Peter Kerr, Atelier Ten

Sarah Lawson, Michael Laird Architects

Andy McBain, NatWest Group

Cath Macpherson Hoare Lea

Bruce Paterson, Quantem

Neil Pennell, Landsec

Matt Perring, Method Consulting

Bianca Spoeala, Cundall

Beth Starling, Will+Partners

Alex Stork, Overbury

Adam Tillis, Dragonfly

Euan Tyson, R&A

Robert van Zyl, Cundall

Richard Warwick, OW Architects

Expert Committees

The BCO’s committees further specific areas of research, our work in the regions, our awards programme and our NextGen work. They each comprise a diverse selection of members from all areas of the office sector.

Our members express their interest in getting involved with a BCO committee by submitting an application form. All committees report their work to the Management Executive and hold regular seminars and workshops to further their discussions and research.

If you’d like to apply to join a committee, complete an application form and return it to us.

Expressions of interest can be submitted for:

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JOIN BCO AWARDS PANELShere

JOIN REGIONAL COMMITTEEShere

JOIN NEXTGEN COMMITTEEhere

COMMITTEES AND GROUPS

This committee is dedicated to improving the quality of membership and maintaining the stability of the BCO.

Lindsey Barrett CMS
Carl Giles Turner & Townsend alinea
Matthew Goodwin Faithful+Gould
Jack Hawkins GPE
Ruscha Fields The Good Plant Company
Justin Ford ADT Workplace
Samantha McClary BCO
Tim Mote Kier Construction
Sacha Norcliffe Turner & Townsend
Simon Wilkinson John F Hunt
David Williams Savills

This committee provides a strategic overview of the BCO’s wide-reaching research agenda. Members review and approve research proposals and completed reports, while advising on the financial aspects of research. If members spot a new research opportunity, they will advise the BCO.

The Research Committee meets quarterly. As well as advising members on their focused research areas, the committee oversees the BCO’s wider research programme. This focuses on:

Workplace strategy
New working practices
Health, wellbeing and productivity
Innovation and technology
People and places
Infrastructure and transport
Public policy and planning

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Benjamin Koslowski, Fletcher Priest Architects (vice chair)
Derek Clements-Croome, Reading University
Christopher Blust, AKT II
Asif Din, Perkins and Will
Steven Lang, Savills
Nigel Miller, Cordless
Ben Simpson, M3 Consulting

Terms of Reference

To meet on a quarterly basis
Provide a strategic overview of the BCO’s research agenda
Work to complement the existing BCO research committees
Advise on the financial aspects of research
Review both research proposals and also completed research reports
Advise the BCO on any issues which needed to be researched.

In addition the Research Committee supports papers and publications undertaken by other BCO Expert Committees on issues related to their areas of expertise including Sustainability, Occupier Demand/Service Delivery and Design & Specification.

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Members of this committee focus on all technical aspects of office design and fit out. By creating a forum for ideas and discussion, the reports and research they produce help introduce best practice across the industry.

Where sector changes are introduced that will impact the design and construction of offices, such as changes to building regulations, members will produce a considered response.

Andrew Bickerdyke Ramboll
Alan Bunting British Land
Mark Burgess jmarchitects
Derek Clements Croome University of Reading
Clare Danahay WILL+Partners
Alicia Freire Twin Earth
Helen Garthwaite Wedlake Bell
Danny Hall The Crown Estate
Geoff Harris Nuveen
David Healy WSP
David Hodge Canary Wharf Contractors

Mark Lacey alinea consulting
Mark Leeson McBains Cooper
Jason Margrave Quintain
Jason McColl Make Architects
Gavin Murgatroyd Gardiner & Theobald
Megan Royston Adamson Associates
Peter Runacres
Paul Scott AKT II
Peter Stocks Cundall
Saul Tyler Hoare Lea
Peter Williams Stanhope plc.

Terms of Reference

To address the technical aspects of office design, and fit out, and to act as a forum for new ideas and discussion
To produce reports and discussion papers which allow the dissemination of best practice in these aspects of office design, construction and fit out
To produce considered responses to changes in the Building Regulations and the agreed practices and guidance documents of other organisations which have a direct effect on the technical aspects of office design, construction and, fit out
To host technical seminars and workshops for members on the technical aspects of office design, construction and fit out
To report on its work to the Management Executive.

Environmental, social and governance issues have a growing influence on office development, design and occupation. The BCO’s ESG Group commissions and produces reports on how new thinking and approaches to ESG impact the sector.

The group’s remit is wide. As well as office design, the group addresses issues related to the decarbonisation of office buildings, the circular economy, social value principles and governance. They discuss and investigate the repercussions for investment and finance.

When the government creates consultation papers on environmental issues, the group plays a key part in shaping the BCO’s response.

Christopher Blust AKTII
Maria Cachafeiro Multiplex
Annabel Clark Faithful + Gould
Derek Clements Croome Reading University
Stephen Hill Arup
Debbie Hobbs SP Global
Nicola Hurst LGIM

Mat Lown TFT
Victoria Peckett
Neil Pennell Landsec
Paul Phillips Assurity Consulting
Dave Richards
Simon Sturgis Targeting Zero LLP
John Wright Stride Treglown
Simon Wyatt Cundall

Terms of Reference

To address those aspects of environmental sustainability that effect and influence office development, design and occupation
To commission and produce research reports and discussion papers which allow the dissemination of best practice and new thinking in those aspects of environmental sustainability which may influence office developments
To follow a broader remit within this field so that concepts of urban regeneration, mixed use development and social engagement, may be full explored including investment and finance questions
To host technical seminars and workshops for members on aspects of sustainability and green issues
To report on its work to the Management Executive
To act as a focal point in responding to Government consultation papers on environmental issues

Structural changes in the way that research is funded and delivered in the UK, along with the rapid growth of AI driven research has blurred the lines between traditional lab/science park operations and the use of office and workspace. In the last 10 years a vastly increased number of BCO members are becoming involved in the design, construction, leasing and operation of technically demanding buildings for a wide range of users across the spectrum of science and technology.

The Science & Technology Committee’s core priorities are to help to educate BCO members in the various technical, cultural and commercial considerations when working in this sector and to signpost members towards additional resources should they wish to develop their understanding further.

This will involve events across as wide a geography as possible, commissioning or updating research papers that are relevant to the membership and collaborating with industry-specific organisations to encourage two-way engagement with the BCO membership.

Andrew Somerville Cundall
Matt Smith DTRE
Alison Wring AECOM

Laura Ludlow Mills & Reeve
Steve Delvin Hoare Lea
Giorgio Cardone HTS

Terms of Reference

To encourage and facilitate engagement of BCO members in the science and technology real estate sector through education, interaction and promotion of opportunities
To assist members in understanding the scientific, technological and commercial drivers behind the sector, including the funding and regulatory dynamics of the occupier base
To work closely with the research committee, TAC and BCO director of research to commission and produce research reports and discussion papers which allow the dissemination of best practice and new thinking in the sector
To provide a “touch-point” for external bodies and partners(including central govt) to canvass the views of the BCO where input or opinion is needed
To signpost members towards events, research papers or new ideas are being delivered by other industry bodies (Constructing Science, I2SL, RICS and others)
To contribute where possible into a wider standardisation of specification in the various building types (wet laboratory, dry laboratory, GMP facilities etc) albeit not to produce a “guide to specification” equivalent internally
Where useful, to host technical seminars and workshops for members on aspects of design, construction and operation of science and technology buildings
In collaboration with regional committees, to host building tours and talks demonstrating best practice in the design and delivery of those buildings across a range of building typology and geography

The CX committee gathers passionate experts from across the industry, to help the BCO lead on customer experience across the office and workplace sector, just as it has in design and fit-out.

The mission of this committee is to enable and drive customer experience in the office and workspace sector by gathering insights, intelligence and real-life experiences from a wide cross-section of practitioners in the delivery of customer service.

The first key objective of the group will be to develop a CX Guide to Operations to sit alongside the BCO’s Guide to Specification and Guide to Fit Out.

The purpose of the CX committee is to ensure our members – and the wider industry – can deliver and operate workspaces that work for human beings, that enable businesses to be more successful, and that more than earn the commute.

James Ainsworth PwC

Claire Maude King’s Cross Group

Steven Mew Knowlemore

Zac Goodman TSP

Hazel Pearson Michael Laird Architect

Ralph Dorey Beem RE

Andy McBain Natwest

Emma Goodford Railpen

Michelle Laramy Canary Wharf Group

Alan Bainbridge BBC

Patrick Dumas Square Mile Farms

Tim Wookey Amamus

Rebecca Stewart Artus Air

Dan Jaggar Savills

Terms of Reference

To discuss and develop an occupier’s perspective on issues and present these to the wider BCO organisation
To gather insights, intelligence and real-life experiences from a wide cross-section of practitioners in the delivery of customer experience
To help break down the barriers across the supply chain, creating a better understanding of workplaces and the needs of businesses and human beings occupying that space
To work in association with other BCO groups and working parties to ensure higher levels of understanding and awareness of customer perspectives
To produce considered responses to policy consultation exercises organised by HMG, local authorities, and other public, private, and statutory organisations
To report on its work to the management executive
To ensure best practice in customer experience is accessible for all grades of offices

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REGIONS

The BCO has six regions, each with three committees focused on matters of local interest. The committees’ work complements the national work of the BCO.

Regional COMMITTEES

The Regional Committees are ambassadors for the BCO across the regions. They hold events and office tours to share best practice and launch BCO research. By encouraging collaboration among local members, their aim is to input into the organisation’s wider research agenda.

To promote excellence in the office sector, the Chapter Committees play a key role in delivering the BCO’s annual regional awards programme.

Deliver a varied calendar of office tours across the region to share best practice.

Disseminate knowledge though the regional launch of published BCO research.

Encourage and foster collaboration with a view to creating and inputting into cutting-edge research documents, fitting into the wider BCO objectives.

Organise events that encourage debate on topics affecting the regional market.

Deliver an annual regional awards programme to promote excellence in office space.

Engage with the national Committees, Management

Executive and to influence BCO strategy

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NEXTGEN COMMITTEES

The NextGen Committees champion the new generation coming into the office sector. They mentor and encourage younger members to become future leaders of the BCO, providing a platform for their ideas to be heard.

The groups’ social programme encourages those early in their career to network with other disciplines. Targeted seminars and debates help to spread knowledge throughout the younger membership of the BCO.

Bring through and champion a new generation of up and coming stars in the office sector.

Mentor and encourage this new generation to become future leaders of the BCO.

Provide a platform for new talent to get their ideas heard.

Encourage and foster collaboration with a view to creating and inputting into cutting-edge research documents, fitting into the wider BCO objectives.

Disseminate knowledge through unique targeted seminars and debates.

Promote the role of the BCO to younger members.

Establish a social programme encouraging those in the earlier stages of their career to network with other disciplines.

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JUDGING PANELS

Members of the BCO’s regional judging panels visit the projects submitted to the BCO Awards, which can take up to five days each year. A member can serve up to three years as a judge.

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REGIONAL COMMITTEES

East Anglia

Bedfordshire / Cambridgeshire / Hertfordshire / Norfolk / Suffolk

Regional Committee

Mike Ayton Dowley Turner Real Estate
Iain Ballantyne CB3 Consulting
Colin Brown Mission Street
Matthew Chambers Hoare Lea
Ruscha Fields The Good Plant Company

Nicola George Wates (NextGen)
Rory Gillespie Parkeray (NextGen)
Zib Gotto Saunders Boston Architects
Danielle Hudson Mills & Reeve (NextGen)
Ollie Lewis Overbury
Rory Luscombe Owers Warwick Architects (NextGen)
Steve Marks Conisbee
Eleanor Penny Layrd Designs (NextGen)
Charlie Percival Bidwells (NextGen)
Jamie Saunders Parkeray (NextGen)

Judging Panel 2026 (Midlands & Central England)

Emma Cochrane Weedon Architects
Kiru Balson Max Fordham
Andy Bloxham Core Five
Ross Fittall MEPC
Timothy Newcombe Cundall
Ben Thacker Savills

London

Within M25

South East

Essex / Kent / Middlesex / Surrey / Sussex

Regional Committee

Rachel Basha Basha Franklin
Amy Cooper Cushman & Wakefield
Sam Gardner Sheppard Robson
Chris John CBRE
Craig McDonald Ardstone Capital UK
Ruth Oates Buro Four
Matt Rosewell Gardiner & Theobald
Sarah Shuttleworth Brockton Everlast
Nieves Valle Stanton Williams
Nick Wells Legal & General
Austin Wikner Ridge and Partners

NextGen Committee

Meryn Baker Opera
Praneet Bhullar Hawkins\Brown
Tom Bremner Cushman & Wakefield
Tom Buckley Core Five
Thomas Cran Sheppard Robson
Sophie Davies Heyne Tillett Steel
Kostas Dellas Turner Townsend alinea
Sarah Evans Multiplex
Ravinder Heer CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Lauren Lewis Arup
Chloe Prince LandsecU+I
Olly Ridgley Broadway Malyan
Matt Shore CO-RE
Ben Simpson M3 Consulting
Isla Stevenson Cushman & Wakefield
Victoria Steward-Halford CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Poppy Taylor Rubix
Sofia Wilson WT (UK & Europe)
Beth Wootton Derwent London

Judging Panel 2025 (London)

Tom Brunt Exigere
David Crew Hogan Lovells
Brendan Durkin Eric Parry Architects
Andrew Gibson Kontor
Emma Green tp bennett
Marie Louise Schembri Hilson Moran

Midlands

Derbyshire / Hertfordshire / Leicestershire / Lincolnshire / Nottinghamshire / Shropshire / Staffordshire / Warwickshire

Regional Committee

Moe Ali, Bruntwood SciTech
James Bradley, Core Five
Justin Ford, ADT Workplace
Adrian Griffith, Newmark
Theo Holmes, CBRE
Joe Huddleston, Modus Workspace
Rachel Leung, JLL
Shak Parmar, Goldman Sachs
Angela Reeve, Turley
Andy Trickey, Overbury
Alex Slatter, Associated Architects

NextGen Committee

Grace Alom Rhino Interiors Group
Rosie Cotterill Turley
Jack Francis Associated Architects
Francesca Ghavami-Milnes Howells
Tiv Kaur Buro Four
James Talbot Arup
Keely Warr AtkinsRéalis

Judging Panel 2026 (Midlands & Central England)

Emma Cochrane Weedon Architects
Kiru Balson Max Fordham
Andy Bloxham Core Five
Ross Fittall MEPC
Timothy Newcombe Cundall
Ben Thacker Savills

North of England

Cheshire / Cumbria / Durham Lancashire

North Wales

Anglesey / Caernarfonshire / Flintshire / Merioneth

Northern Ireland

Regional Committee

Thomas Bone Hoare Lea
Peter Cartwright Cartwright Pickard
Ruairi Dempsey HDR
Stephen Frood Gardiner & Theobald
Ottillie Heyes Savills
Peter Jackson Walker Sime
Lee Leston-Jones Cundall
Stephen McIntyre FaulknerBrowns
Simon Millington Incognito
Jon Moister Curtins
Andrew Presly Government Property Agency
David Porter Knight Frank
Jonathan Seebacher Ryder Architecture
Adam Tillis Dragonfly

NextGen Committee

Emma Bramley Cartwright Pickard Architects
Rhys Dunn Associated Architects
Amy Le Vasseur Rider Levett Bucknall
Charles Owen Overbury
Callum Riley Gardiner & Theobald
Jaime Stanton Morgan Sindall
Alan Stuart Atelier Ten

Belfast Working Group

David Algie Arup
Paul Beacom MRP
Tim Boyle Belfast Harbour
Carolyn Brady RLB
Andrew Campbell Troup Bywaters + Anders
Daniel Chesney Graham
Jerry Cronin Cundall
Phil Doyle 5plus Architects
Emma Fooks Mace
Kevin Francis GIA Surveyors
Lee Leston-Jones Cundall
Lucy McCutcheon Faithful & Gould
Kevin McNaull Turner & Townsend
Peter Minnis Todd Architects
Jon Moister Curtins
Des Mooney Rapport Architects
Drew Nesbitt Wilson Nesbitt
Jonathan Park Faithful & Gould

Judging Panel 2026

Nathalie Baxter Home Group
Danielle Ford Fordsight
Lee Treanor HBD
Richmal Wigglesworth Sheppard Robson

Scotland

Regional Committee

Atepheh Amid AECOM
Stacey Cassidy TLT LLP
Kieron Goodman Threesixty Architecture
Sarah Hagen CRBE
Peter Hendry Woolgar Hunter
Hazel Houliston NatWest

Lisa Morgan Morgan Architects
Carol Nisbet CMS Cameron McKenna
Simon Walsh Cooper Cromar
Craig Watson JLL

Atepheh Amid is leading on the BCO Scotland Mentoring Programme

Michael Gallacher is the BCO Scotland’s Rep for Mental Health

NextGen Committee

Robyn Catherwood Turner & Townsend
Robin Ellis Graven
Pauline Gellatly Cundall
Frank Head Hoare Lea
Neal Hemingway 360 Architects

Judging Panel 2026

Laura Banks PMP
Sara Dudgeon JLL
Ian Gracie Drum Properties Group
Sarah Peterson Atelier Ten

South West of England

Cornwall / Devon / Dorset / Gloucestershire / Hampshire / Herefordshire / Somerset / Wiltshire / Worcestershire

Thames Valley

Berkshire / Buckinghamshire / Oxfordshire

South Wales

Brecknockshire / Carmarthenshire / Cardiganshire, Glamorgan / Monmouthshire / Montgomeryshire / Pembrokeshire / Radnorshire

Regional Committee

Charlotte Acreman CBRE
Harry Allen Savills
Gary Carver Savills
Isabelle Davies Legal & General
Henry Harrison Mapletree
Matthew Heaman Hoare Lea
Andrew Heath CSquared

Danielle Kirk LSH
Sarah Mitchell Overbury
Mark Nevill Ramboll
Matthew Perring Method Consulting
Toni Riddiford Stride Treglown
Mark Rogers Turner & Townsend
Emma Wan AWW
Paul Webber Arup
Ian Wills JLL
John Wright Stride Treglown

NextGen Committee

Sam Auger AKT II
James Crisp Whitecroft
Tom Eddolls YTL Developments
Sarah Ellis Kier
Nariza Hopley BGY
Ben Mead Cundall
Harry Power JLL

Judging Panel 2026

Charlotte Acreman CBRE
Adam Burgess AHMM
Ryan Curan YLT Developments
Zoe Wood Boultbee Brooks Real Estate

COMMITTEES AND TEAMS

THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE BCO

THE BCO TEAM

Team Members

THE MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE

Presidential Team

EXPERT COMMITTEE AND REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES

BCO Team REPRESENTATIVES

Presidential Team

executive members

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Advisory Council members

Expert Committees

Expressions of interest can be submitted for:

COMMITTEES AND GROUPS

REGIONS

Regional COMMITTEES

NEXTGEN COMMITTEES

JUDGING PANELS