Industrial & Logistics Conference

Amy Gilham is Head of Logistics at Turley and a Director of Economics in our London team. Amy supports a range of industrial and other occupiers to demonstrate the economic and social impacts of developments in London and elsewhere in the country. She has authored reports including What Warehousing Where (British Property Federation – BPF), Delivering the Goods (BPF) and Keep London Working (SEGRO). She sits on the BPFs Industrial Committee and GLA Industrial and Logistics Sounding Board.

Kevin Sims is a founder director of KAM Project Consultants which he established with Mike Wilcock in 2013. In 8 years, the business has grown from start up to 75 colleagues in 5 offices and revenues in excess of £12m substantially focussed on the industrial sector.

Kevin previously worked for Davis Langdon (now known as AECOM) for 27 years, rising from surveyor to board member, a position he held for 7 years. He held a number of key positions in Davis Langdon including Board member for the Middle East business unit where he was based in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.

Kevin has successfully managed the delivery of several million sq ft of industrial and distribution developments, ranging from developer led speculative units to complex automated fit outs for third-party logistics requirements across the UK.

Chris has over 20 years practical experience, providing professional architectural design services for UK and international clients. Chris has worked extensively on commercial projects from the project inception concept stage through planning through to project handover of the completed facility to the client. He has extensive experience in the supply of design solutions for large scale facilities within the industrial logistics and distribution sector, commercial office developments and the Waste and Energy sector.

Chris’ primary focus is working with the client to deliver strategic master plans across the UK, with an emphasis on intelligent master planning from a design and commercial perspective.

Chris is involved in design co-ordination and regularly visits sites to liaise with clients, consultants design teams, end users and planning authorities. Through this experience he has developed an appreciation of the differing needs of all the project stakeholders, including developers, end users, contractors and clients. He has undertaken a significant role in the design of award winning master plans and buildings for a wide range of clients and is committed to providing a ‘best in class’ service.

Doug is a Fellow of the RICS first qualifying in 1993. His career has been spent mostly in corporate roles with senior positions at Tesco, Amazon and now as Group Property Director at Wincanton PLC. Large scale real estate programmes, governance and high performing teams are particular areas of interest.  His career has taken him throughout Europe with the occasional foray into Global Programme Governance and the mind bending fun of the Indian real estate market.

Jake Huntley is a Partner in the Industrial and Logistics Agency team at DTRE and specialises in landlord advisory in the South of England. The M25 area has been a particular focus in recent years and Jake has advised on several potential multi-storey schemes during this time. Prior to joining DTRE in 2015 Jake worked for 4 years in the logistics team at Capita (formerly Nelson Bakewell/NB Real Estate).

Nneka Ejindu is Asset Manager within LaSalle Investment Management’s Asset Management team
based in London, primarily focusing on the offices and industrial sectors in the London & South East
market. Her key responsibilities include the creation, implementation and coordination of value
enhancement strategies across her assets as well as the provision of support to fund managers in the
acquisition and disposal of assets, which involves working closely with various external consultants
including agency (occupational & investment), development, planning, legal etc. Nneka is also
involved in a number of companywide and external projects including the global AUM database,
LaSalle Diversity & Inclusion Operating Committee, LaSalle liaison for the JLL Race for Change
network, and IAS Women in Industrial Property Committee.

Prior to joining LaSalle in 2009, Nneka started her career at Chesterton, before joining AtisReal
(BNPPRE) as a senior team member of the Property Asset Management department working mainly
for institutional funds. She then relocated to Pinder Fry & Benjamin to undertake the asset
management of commercial property investments within in-house speculative UK-wide office funds.

Nneka holds a BSc (Hons) in Land Management from the University of Reading and is a member of
the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

David Sleath is CEO of SEGRO, the leading pan-European developer, manager and owner of warehouses and industrial property with assets under management in excess of £20 billion. SEGRO is listed on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext Paris and is a constituent of the FTSE100. By market value, it is the largest publicly-listed REIT in Europe.

David was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2011 having been Finance Director since 2006. Previously, he was Finance Director of Wagon plc, an international automotive engineering group, and before that he was a Partner at Arthur Andersen.

He is also the senior independent non-executive director of Electrocomponents plc, and a board member of the European Public Real Estate Association and was previously President and a board member of the British Property Federation.

Kelly’s career spanned media, sales and hospitality before she joined the property industry at King Sturge qualifying as a chartered surveyor a few years later as the firm merged with JLL.  Whilst at JLL Kelly worked as part of the strategic asset management team, her focus on leasing industrial assets.

A chance meeting with some JLL colleagues at a Freehold LGBTQ+ networking event led to Kelly becoming a founding member of JLL’s LGBTQ+ network Building Pride. As her interest in EDI grew she took the leap and started her business Tigrou Consulting now delivering equality, diversity and inclusion advice and training to companies globally.  

Kelly is also the Programme Manager for Changing the Face of Property a collaboration between 12 of the largest real estate consultancies in the UK which aims to accelerate diversity and inclusion across the built environment. She is a Board member of Freehold CIC, the Chair of ULI’s UK’s REDI committee and a member of the ULI’s Executive Committee.

Jane Batchelor is the Career Consultant for Real Estate & Planning in Henley Business School, University of Reading.  Being based in the department she has worked with both undergraduate and postgraduate students for the last ten years aiding their personal and professional development.  Previous to this role, Jane worked at other educational providers in both post 16 and post 18 institutions, co-ordinating activities for outreach and widening participation.  As a passionate advocate for fairness in education & the workplace, Jane is engaged in numerous approaches and initiatives to encourage and build a diverse student body, working with students to build their confidence and successful professional development.

Akhtar Alibhai is a Director in the Industrial and Logistics Agency team at Colliers with a focus on London and the South East. Akhtar undertakes acquisitions, disposals and provides development advice to investors, developers and occupiers of industrial, distribution, and trade counter accommodation. Since joining Colliers in 2004, Akhtar has been a mentor to a number of younger surveyors with diverse backgrounds.