Panellists

A full list of speakers will be published in due course.

The 2025 panel includes:

Martin Hadland, Founder & Managing Director, Student First Group (Conference Chair)
Katie O’Neill, Global Living Sectors Research, Knight Frank
Kirsten Dyer, Director, CBRE
Tim Pankhurst, Executive Director, CBRE
Ashling Fox, Managing Director, Student Roost
Matt Burton, Chief Partnerships Officer, UPP
Duncan Garrood, Chief Executive, Empiric Student Property
Laura Kurt, Commercial Director, Fusion Students
James Pullan, Joint Founding Partner, Beachrock
Nick Hillman, Director, Higher Education Policy Institute
Richard Ward, Head of Research, StuRents
Bernadette Cochonat, Head of International Sales & Partnerships, The Unite Group
Sam Scott, Managing Director, Fresh
Suraiya Comunello, Chief Marketing Officer, Nido Living
Dan Smith, Director, Resi Consultancy & VerbaFlo.ai
Johnny Langton, Managing Director – Operations Europe, Greystar
Louise Archer, Sector Head for PBSA, HSBC
Peter Manners-Smith, Head of Commercial Real Estate Finance, Royal London Asset Management
Jasper Gilbey, Head of Housing, Alternatives and Strategic Transactions, Nuveen
Zejian Yang, Head of Investment & Asset Management, Mapletree Investments
Nick Riley, Board Director & Head of Student Housing, Whittam Cox Architects
Stephen Wells, Director of Estates & Facilities, University of East Anglia
Gillian Almond, Director of Commercial Services, Royal Holloway, University of London
Sally Mcgill, Chief Financial Officer & Deputy Chief Executive, University of Staffordshire
James Granger, Chief Operating Officer, University of Chichester
Robert Kingham, Director, Student First Group (Panel Chair)
Marcus Roberts, Head of Europe – Operational Capital Markets, Savills
Nicholas Castanet, Group CFO, UXCO Group
Sue-Lin Heng, Managing Director, Eastdil Secured
Oliver Cummings, Managing Director – Head of PBSA, Cain International
Matteo Minardi, Head of Real Estate Italy & Managing Director, Ardian
Marcus Roberts, Head of Europe – Operational Capital Markets, Savills
Brian Welsh, Founder, OPRE Solutions (Panel Chair)