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 & Policy

Mary Economidou

Communications and Events Manager (Maternity leave)

Tracy Goodwin

PA to the Chief Exec/Membership

Rhianna Harrup

Events Coordinator

Robert Hayman

Communications and Events Manager (Maternity cover)

Saskia Hohler

Events Coordinator

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
Rachel Edwards Lendlease
Rob Harris Ramidus Consulting
David Illingworth London Structures Lab
Catherine Macpherson Hoare Lea
Neil Pennell Landsec
Beth Starling WILL+Partners
Gillian Stewart Michael Laird Architects
Alex Stork Overbury
Robert van Zyl Cundall
Richard Warwick Owers Warwick Architects

BCO Team REPRESENTATIVES

Katharina Balassa
Director, Communications & Events

Robert Hayman
Communications & Events Manager

Eric Chong
Director, Research & Policy

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

Rachel Edwards

Lendlease

Oliver Hall

MAKE

Rob Harris

Ramidus Consulting

David Illingworth

London Structures Lab

Peter Kerr

cameronkerr

Neil Pennell

Landsec

Beth Starling

WILL+Partners

Alex Stork

Overbury

Robert van Zyl

Cundall

Richard Warwick

Owers Warwick Architects

Cath Macpherson

Hoare Lea

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
Ella Griffin Unova Consulting
Lee Jones Quantem
Michelle Marwood Norton Rose Fulbright
Samantha McClary BCO
Tim Mote Kier Construction
Sasha Norcliffe Turner & Townsend
Craig Tennant Ryden
Paul Webber Arup
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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Frances Brown Cundall
Derek Clements–Croome Reading University
Peter Grant Peter Grant Associates
Benjamin Koslowski Fletcher Priest Architects
Steven Lang Savills
Alexi Marmot Alexi Marmot Associates, UCL
Nigel Miller Cordless Group
Emily Pallot ACG Architects
Rob Partridge AKT II
Benjamin Simpson Fletcher Priest Architects

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
Rob Harris Ramidus Consulting
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
Jane Wakiwaka The Crown Estate
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

The Urban Affairs Group focuses on the role of offices as a catalyst for urban regeneration. Within this area, discussions and seminars explore the concepts of masterplanning, mixed-use development and social engagement.

Peter Barbalov Farrells
Gina Colley 360 Architecture
Caroline Haines Derwent London

Keith Priest Fletcher Priest Architects
Peter Wynne Rees The Bartlett, UCL
Gary Stoakes Jackson Coles

Terms of Reference

To explore the role and impact of offices as a catalyst in urban regeneration
To follow a broader remit within this field so that concepts of urban and master planning, mixed use development, and social engagement, may be fully explored including investment and finance questions
To host seminars and workshops for members on aspects of urban regeneration and renewal
To report on its work to the Management Executive.

The Occupiers’ Group is for both BCO members who are occupiers and those from the wider membership. Their remit is to discuss issues from the occupier’s perspective and present their conclusions to the BCO and other committees.

The group’s research and events help the office sector understand occupiers’ point of view and needs. Members discuss areas such as how to gain a better understanding of the needs of businesses occupying an office, new working practices and flexible working, ESG issues affecting corporate organisations, health and wellbeing, and how to attract and retain a high-quality workforce by providing the best quality workplaces.

When the government or a public sector organisation launches a consultation, the Occupiers’ Group produces a considered response.

James Ainsworth PwC

Joseph Baum Deloitte

Chris Early Freshwave Group

Ronen Journo Hines

Sarah Lawson Michael Laird Architect

Holly Pauline Gilead

Shak Parmer Goldman Sachs

Alexandra Weinberg Citi Bank

Terms of Reference

To consist of members drawn from across the occupier membership but including, as necessary and where deemed appropriate, other sectoral members from across the BCO membership
To discuss and develop an occupier’s perspective on issues and present these to the wider BCO organisation
To help occupiers through a combination of research (reports, discussion papers and seminars) and events (workshops, site visits and conferences) understand their needs better and this industry’s drivers
To help break down the barriers across the supply chain, creating a better understanding of offices (buildings) and the needs of business occupying that space
To work in association with other BCO groups and working parties to ensure higher levels of understanding and awareness of occupier perspectives
To produce considered responses to policy consultation exercises organised by HMG, local authorities, Cabe, and other public, private, and statutory organisations
To report on its work to the Management Executive and Board
To host a regular breakfast meeting where occupier issues are discussed and debated amongst the membership.

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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

Rory Gillespie Parkeray (NextGen)
Zib Gotto Saunders Boston Architects
Danielle Hudson Mills & Reeve (NextGen)
Ollie Lewis Overbury (NextGen)
Steve Marks Conisbee
Charlie Percival Bidwells (NextGen)

Judging Panel 2025 (Midlands & Central England)

Will Higgins Lambert Smith Hampton
Kiru Balson Max Fordham
Andy Bloxham Core Five
Emma Cochrane Weedon Architects
Ross Fittall MEPC

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

Lucy Atkins Carter Jonas
Laura Beaumont Helical
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
Jack Hawkins Great Portland Estates
Ravinder Heer CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Madeleine Jury AKT II
Lauren Lewis Arup
Phumzile Mbatha Gleeds
Chloe Prince Landsec
Matt Shore CO-RE
Ben Simpson M3 Consulting
Isla Stevenson Cushman & Wakefield
Poppy Taylor JLL
Sofia Wilson Mace Group
Beth Wooton Derwent London

Judging Panel 2025 (London)

David Crew Hogan Lovells
Emma Green tp bennett
Mark Lacey Turner & Townsend alinea
Ian McCarter Knight Frank
Marie Louise Schembri Hilson Moran
Ben Simpson Fletcher Priest Architects

Midlands

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

Regional Committee

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

NextGen Committee

Rosie Cotterill, Turley
Jack Francis, Associated Architects
Tiv Kaur, Buro Four
Faith Lucas, Quantem
James Talbot, Arup
Keely Warr, Quantem

Judging Panel 2025 (Midlands & Central England)

Will Higgins, Lambeth Smith Hampton
Kiru Balson, Max Fordham
Andy Bloxham, Core Five
Emma Cochrane, Weedon Architects
Ross Fittall, MEPC

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
Andrew Fairest Genr8
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
Craig Tennant Ryden
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

Meg Beattie JLL
Robyn Catherwood Turner & Townsend
Katherine Davies Form Design Consultants
Robin Ellis Graven
Frank Head Hoare Lea
Neal Hemingway 360 Architects
Emily Hughes CBRE
Harry Sharples AECOM

Judging Panel 2026

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

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
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
Tom Eddolls Knight Frank
James Crisp Whitecroft
Harry Power JLL
Katherine Turner Chapman Taylor LLP

Judging Panel 2026

Charlotte Acreman CBRE
Adam Burgess AHMM
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