Committee Chairs
POLICY & STRATEGY
Marcus Geddes
Managing Director – Workplace, Landsec
Planning & Sustainability Group
Andrea Merrington
Planning and Engagement Director
The Howard de Walden Estate
Nominations & Governance
Olivia Harris
Chief Executive – Dolphin Living
Membership
Simon Loomes
Strategic Projects Director – The Portman Estate
Planning Consultants Group
James Rowbotham
Head of Workplace Development – Landsec
NextGen Committee
Emma Lally,
Principal Consultant
Momentum Transport Consultancy
Our Leadership
Officers of the Association
Marcus Geddes, Chair – Landsec
James Raynor, Vice Chair – Grosvenor Property UK
Paul Williams, Immediate Past-Chair – Derwent London
Charles Begley, Chief Executive – WPA
Charles Pinchbeck DL, Treasurer – JLL
Andrew Brecher, Hon Solicitor – Brecher
Past Chairs of the Association 2002-2022
2021 – 2023 Paul Williams, Chief Executive, Derwent London
2020 – 2021 Olivia Harris, CEO, Dolphin Living
2019 – 2020 Craig McWilliam, Grosvenor Britain & Ireland
2017 – 2019 James Cooksey, The Crown Estate
2016 – 2017 Neil Thompson, Great Portland Estates
2013 – 2016 Daniel Van Gelder, Exemplar
2013 – Giles Clarke, Grosvenor Britain & Ireland
2011 – 2013 David Silverman, Derwent London
2009 – 2011 Robert Noel, Land Securities
2008 – 2009 Hugh Seaborn, The Portman Estate
2006 – 2008 Robert Heskett, Land Securities
2004 – 2006 Nigel Kempner, Benchmark
2002 – 2004 Colin Redman, Grosvenor Britain & Ireland