An engineer and property developer specialising in delivering complex building projects, working with government and industry to improve environmental and working practices in construction. Peter is the founder Chairman of the UKGBC. Arts advisory/trustee roles have included The Heritage & Arts Lottery Funds, Tate Gallery, Royal Opera House, Glyndebourne, Sadlers Wells, the V&A, the Ashmolean, the Serpentine Gallery, and The Courtauld. Peter was also Chair of the 2012 Arcelor Mittal Orbit on behalf of the Mayor of London. Awarded CBE for Services to Construction in 2007, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society of Arts, Honorary Fellow of the RIBA. Founded Lipton Rogers in 2013 with his longstanding business partner of over 30 years, Sir Stuart Lipton. Peter is also a Non-Executive Director of First Base, an influential London residential developer focused on delivering award-winning buildings and places.

Catherine is a workplace specialist and a leading light in delivering award winning, complex, agile projects. As an interior designer at Hassell, Catherine has worked on a diverse range presentation and project she is involved in.

Emily Bohill is a Managing Partner at Bohill Partners, who helps real asset investors to build and retain best in class teams in Europe. Emily leads senior searches and complex advisory mandates, as well as managing the relationships with many of our key clients. She has deep and long-lasting relationships with a wide range of talented professionals across Europe. This experience puts her in an excellent position to advise leading real asset businesses on recruiting and retaining top talent. Whilst she has worked with top tier firms across the sector, she has a particularly strong track record of making senior hires for real estate private equity funds. Before she founded the firm with Alice Fontana in 2008, she ran the European real assets practice at Armstrong International and was a founding member of the Soros-backed search firm Skillcapital. Emily graduated from Trinity College, Dublin and St. Petersburg State University with an MA in Business and Russian. She speaks French, German, Irish, Russian and Spanish. Emily is a Trustee of The Story of Christmas, the property and construction industries’ annual Christmas charity event that supports disadvantaged children and the homeless. She is also on the board of Ireland Funds Great Britain. The Ireland Funds is a global philanthropic network established in 1976 to promote and support peace, culture, education and community development throughout Ireland, and Irish-related causes around the world. Emily is also Co-Chair of Thornhill Primary School Foundation, a state school in London. Finally, Emily is founder of Run Kids Run, an initiative to get children running, raising vital funds for state schools in England.

Paul Kennedy joined J P Morgan Asset Management in January 2020 as Head of Strategy and a Portfolio Manager for European Real Estate. He also serves as a voting member of the European Investment Committee and a member of the group’s senior leadership team. Between 2008 and 2019 Paul served as Head of Private Markets Strategy for the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). In this role, he was responsible for long-term real estate, private equity and infrastructure strategy (SAA and TAA). Prior to ADIA, Paul worked for Invesco Real Estate as a Senior Director and Co-Head of Global Research. Paul is a professional member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) and a member of the Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management Editorial Board, the Society of Property Researchers, the Investment Property Forum, International Real Estate Society and the American Urban Economics and Real Estate Association. He is also the Founder and Hon. Secretary of The Nick Tyrrell Research Prize and an active real estate investor. In 2020 he was appointed to the Expert Advisory Group for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyor’s review of property investment valuation. Paul holds a Ph.D. and a first class degree in real estate. He is a Visiting Lecturer at the Cass Business School at the University of London. Previous academic appointments include a Visiting Fellowship at the University of Reading and an Associate Fellowship at the Said Business School, University of Oxford.