Propertyshe Podcast

Martin Samworth joined CBRE as a graduate in 1983 and enjoyed 37 years service with the company until 2020. He has extensive global corporate experience across the entire real estate sector at the highest level with Developers, Investors and Occupiers and with a background of specialising in Investment, Development and Real Estate Finance advice. He was appointed as CBRE Group President and Chairm...

Laura is CEO of London & Partners, the business growth and destination agency for London.  She leads London & Partners in its mission to create economic growth that is resilient, sustainable and inclusive.  Laura runs inward investment and trade for the capital, supporting thousands of innovative businesses to grow in London and internationally.  She leads London’s tourism industry to deve...

Over the past 40 years, Despina has consistently pioneered the science of evaluating employee priorities and evolving trends of office users.  This has led to innovation and implementation of transformative workplace environments for global corporates such as: Accenture, Barclays, BBC, BP, Cisco, Deutsche Bank, GSK, Google, HSBC, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley & Unilever and substantial improvement...

Hannah is the Founder and CEO of Hybr, a curated rental platform for first-time renters.  It provides young people with a one-stop-rental-shop, whilst enabling operators to fill vacancies quickly, with pre-vetted and engaged young tenants.  Hannah launched Hybr straight out of university in 2019 after experiencing first-hand the problems in the student rental market during her time at Bristol Univ...

Joseph founded B-Corp developer Joseph Homes in 2008 after years of serial entrepreneurship spanning property, events and NGO work. Starting his first business aged 14, Joseph is yet to have a ‘proper job’. He considers himself completely unemployable by traditional standards, so has no choice but to be CEO. Joseph leads a team of exceptional people through turbulent markets. Growing the company d...

Olaide is a strategic thinker and problem-solver with a 15-year record of successful delivery in public and private sector organisations. With a degree in Sociology, Olaide is fascinated by how people engage with one another, with physical spaces and society in general; and this curiosity drives her.

Bradley is the CEO of central London developers CO-RE, specialising in large-scale complex assets. He has worked in the central London office market for over 30 years. He specialises in London occupiers and their design requirements. He is also responsible for scheme branding and leasing. Bradley became an equity partner at Knight Frank in 1999 and founded and headed their central London tenant re...

As chief executive of ULI Europe, Lisette van Doorn is responsible for the development of the Institute’s activities across the region, including its renowned pan-European conferences and over 200 local meetings and events across 15 countries.  Van Doorn joined ULI from LIRE, her own consultancy business, which advises international institutional real estate investors and fund managers on strategy...

John Hoyle is an entrepreneur and real estate professional focused on developing social ventures for profit in the UK and beyond. After a career as a Platoon Commander with the British Army serving in Germany, Iraq and London, John became a development manager in Abu Dhabi, and - on his return to the UK - worked for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games, and Grosvenor Estates. John f...

Giles Barrie has over 30 years’ experience, and specialises in communications strategy, media relations, thought leadership, research and crisis communications He is a former Editor-In-Chief of Property Week who has also worked at the architects’ paper Building Design and as Deputy Editor at Building magazine. Giles won British Society of Magazine Editors, Periodical Publishers Association, Associ...

Andrew is a Founding Director of Waugh Thistleton Architects, a practice dedicated to delivering beautiful buildings and places that acknowledge their effect on the environment.  He is a world-renowned spokesperson for low impact architecture and innovative construction, and lobbies and lectures internationally, communicating the urgent need for change to mitigate the climate crisis.  A pivotal pl...

With nearly 30 years immersed in the worlds of retail and real estate, specialising in brand-building and placemaking, Beverley’s key involvement in the transformation of both Selfridges and the Covent Garden estate into two of London’s best-loved destinations led to the founding, in 2017, of Churchill & Partners. 

Since founding EDGE in 1997, Coen van Oostrom (1970) has built the company into the largest commercial property developer and investor in the Netherlands and one of the largest in Europe. 

Dan Labbad was appointed Chief Executive of The Crown Estate in December 2019 and is an Executive Member of the Board. The Crown Estate’s portfolio includes extensive property interests in London and across the UK, a substantial rural holding and Windsor Great Park. It also manages the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland and plays a major role in the UK’s world leading offshore wind...

Rick de Blaby is the CEO of Get Living PLC, the UK’s leading investor, developer and operating platform for Build to Rent residential homes with 4,000 in operation and over 6,000 in pipeline.  Get Living's flagship assets and neighbourhoods include East Village at the Olympic Park, Elephant and Castle Town Centre, Middlewood Locks in Salford and Lewisham, plus others in Leeds, Glasgow, Birmin...

After more than a decade at EG, this summer Damian Wild became managing director of ING, the leading PR + Communications agency for the built environment. Damian has spent more than 25 years working in business information, as a journalist, editor and publisher. He has worked in the UK and Hong Kong, across a number of sectors.  He began his career at Public Finance magazine in 1993 covering local...

This podcast contains strong language from the start   Honor is the Managing Director of Birchgrove, a specialist age-exclusive developer working to establish a portfolio of assisted living neighbourhoods with well thought-out facilities for rent. Central to Birchgrove's proposition is the belief that renting instead of owning a home is the most liberating form of tenure, allowing neighbours...

Philip is Founder and CEO of the UnGroup and Cordless Group.  He is an author, futurist and advisor on the new world of work and specialises in predicting the impact of emerging technology on the way we will work, shop, learn, consume leisure and live.  Much of his focus has been on workplace innovation, advising organisations such as McKinsey & Co, Marks & Spencer, EY, Allen & Overy,...

Tony Travers is a director of LSE London, a research centre at the London School of Economics.

Hrish is a Co-founder and CEO at SuperWorld, a virtual world in augmented reality.  Previously, he co-founded Rogue Initiative Studios, a Hollywood film, TV, gaming, and immersive entertainment studio.  He was also the founding Managing Partner of Eastlabs, an early-stage VC fund based in Kyiv, Ukraine.  Previously, Hrish was a Senior Business Developer and Global Evangelist at Toptal (backed by A...

Gregory is the founder of A/0 PropTech and a seasoned real estate and technology investor with over 15 years of experience across I banking, real estate and venture and a multibillion deal making history and a deep understanding of the financial markets, real estate and venture capital ecosystems.

 As Managing Director for Greystar Europe, Michela focuses on expanding and strengthening Greystar’s third-party platform and strategic partnerships. She works closely with Greystar’s six country leaders in France, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom to identify new opportunities across student, Build to Rent and senior living. 

Paloma is Head of Product & Creative Director of Patch, a startup developing a ‘Work Near Home’ ecosystem of coworking clubs and cultural venues across UK high streets. Prior to joining Patch, Paloma co-founded Assemble, the social impact design studio whose innovative, purpose-driven approaches were awarded the Turner Prize (2015).  Paloma writes, speaks, and advises on cities, culture, and t...

Soumen is the CFO of SEGRO plc, the leading pan-European developer, manager and owner of warehouses and industrial property. SEGRO is listed on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext Paris and is a constituent of the FTSE100. By market value, it's the largest publicly-listed REIT in Europe. He  joined SEGRO in January 2017 and combines leadership of the finance functions with a wider contribu...

Shain is the Founder and Chairman of Sound Diplomacy, the leading global advisor on growing music and night time economies in cities and places. He has defined a new way to think about the value of music and through it, influenced over 100 cities and places to invest in music and culture as part of overall growth strategy. He is also the co-founder of Music Cities Convention, the world’s largest e...