Workplace Futures – The FM Conference – 23rd July 2021

Ann Marie Aguilar joined the International WELL Building Institute team in 2016, and from a base in London oversees the day-to-day activities of IWBI Europe. Ann Marie’s role is to support ‘early adopters’ of the WELL Building Standard by facilitating communication with IWBI technical experts to provide international translation, alternative adherence pathways and alignment with European sustainability rating tools. She brings to IWBI a technical background in sustainability consulting, having worked for 11 years with Arup Associates, the architectural consulting arm of Arup in their London offices.

Graeme Fox is Head of Technical at the BESA Group. Graeme is an award-winning Chartered Engineer with over 30 years’ experience of building services engineering, specialising in air conditioning, heat pumps, and small commercial refrigeration. He has extensive experience at managerial and Director level as a contractor and within trade associations driving the legislative agenda and guiding stakeholders through regulatory changes.

Hannah Nardini is one of the UK’s leading workplace strategists, applying her 26 years of experience in the design of office interiors and the workplace. Hannah has a unique and holistic approach to workplace solutions. Her focus is creating a great and practical work environment that inspires occupants to perform at their best. Along the way, she helps clients to increase productivity and happiness levels, reduce real estate portfolios, build a positive workplace culture, reduce attrition rates and attract the new, yet elusive generation of workers.

Hannah has led Sodexo’s food platform service development team for the past three years. Working together her Sodexo colleague Harpreet Cheema, the focus now is on driving the food transformation roadmap for the UK and Ireland based on insights, creating clear, differentiated and competitive go-to-market strategies by reviewing existing and emerging B2B/B2C food production and distribution models to develop viable new food models to meet the needs of the market and the company’s clients and consumers.

Harpreet has driven Sodexo’s promotional and omni-channel engagement strategy for over nine years. Working together his Sodexo colleague Hannah Hughes, the focus now is on driving the food transformation roadmap for the UK and Ireland based on insights, creating clear, differentiated and competitive go-to-market strategies by reviewing existing and emerging B2B/B2C food production and distribution models to develop viable new food models to meet the needs of the market and the company’s clients and consumers.

Lucy is a founding director of Larch Consulting, an award-winning advisory practice which specialises in FM and workplace. Her team work with a wide range of commercial, public and charity organisations in the UK and internationally. She is a judge of the Technology in FM Awards and a member of the RICS Strategic FM Advisory Group. Lucy has been voted a Pioneer of FM and one of the 20 Most Influential Women in FM.

Mark has over 20 years’ experience of regulating workplace safety. He works for HSE’s Public Administration, Education and Volunteers team, who lead on developing policy, engaging with stakeholders and providing advice and guidance in respect of local and central government, education and voluntary work.

Nicola is Head of Total Workspace EMEA at property services group Cushman & Wakefield. She specialises in the relationship between design, people, behaviour & the built environment. An architect and author, Nicola is widely recognised within the industry as a leading authority on workplace strategy, design and behaviour change management. Based in London, she draws from 25 years’ experience delivering workplace strategy and innovation internationally.

In addition to being CEO, Raj is a co-founding partner in technology specialist Freespace. He is experienced in delivering solutions for the workplace, with previous roles as Innovation Director for a $1bn facilities management company and GM of a $100m global service organisation. He balances his passion for technology with creating value-based solutions that sustain for the long-term. He is also an expert in user-centric thinking solutions and systems.

Tim Oldman is Founder and CEO of Leesman, the world’s foremost authority on employee workplace experience. The Leesman Index is used by industry thought leaders around the world to measure, benchmark and improve the experience of their employees. Last year, Leesman launched new tools that would also evaluate the experience of employees working from home, and today it sits on the largest employee homeworking experience benchmark dataset of its kind, positioning Leesman at the epicenter of the future of work debate.