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2025 Speakers
Abena Akuffo-Kelly
Mayor of Folkstone 2024/25 I Head of Training, People and Culture
DIIC Diversity and Inclusion In Construction
Abigail Blumzon
Senior Associate Project Manager
Bailey Partnership
Allan Wilén
Economics Director
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Amy Cumber
Psychotherapist, Counsellor MBACP, Owner
Think About You
Amy Wright
Head of Ecology
Native Ecology LLP
Andy Burke
Co- Founder
Laura Burke Training and Consultancy
Anna Skeats
CEO
The Mason Foundation
Antonio Fletcher
Associate Director
Whitehead Monckton
Arfin Mehboob
Director
BIM Outsourcing
Caroline Watkins
Partner
Thomson Snell & Passmore LLP
Ceri Turner
Social Impact Manager
Balfour Beatty
Chris Kirby-Turner
Partner
Thomson Snell & Passmore LLP
David Smith
Acting CEO
South East Consortium
Dr Blessing Enakimio
CEO
Blé Global
Dr Colin Black
Director - Transport and Place
Mayer Brown Ltd
Ella Sandall
Kent Construction Focus Group (KCFG)
Elle Matthews
Senior HR Business Partner
Kier Group
Elouise Mitchell
Associate Planning Consultant
Lee Evans Partnership
Faith Abudu
Director
DIIC Diversity and Inclusion in Construction
Graham Dixon
Project Development Manager UK&I
Lhyfe
Hony Premlal
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Chair of Women in Social Housing (WISH)
Hony Premlal Consultancy
Huda Lohiya
Area Civil Engineer & Sustainability Advisor
Tensar, a division of CMC
Jessica Power
Social Value Manager
Skanska
Jill Willis
Co-Founder & Director
Attract & Engage
Jim Rogers
MTD Senior Policy Advisor
HM Revenue & Customs
Jo Davis
Client Relationship Director
Solve Social Value
Jon Alford
Carbon and Data Specialist
Auditel
Kemi Owoeye
Technical Lead - Sustainable Design
Willmott Dixon Construction South
Krystle Drover
Associate Director Major Projects Advisory
KPMG
Lindsey Biggs
Chief Innovation and Skills Officer
East Kent Colleges Group
Lindsey Platt
Building Remediation Lead
Orbit Housing Association
Louise Mansfield
Legal Director
Bevan Brittan
Lyndsey Gallagher
CEO
Gallagher Group
Malcolm Clarke MCIOB
Managing Director
Baxall
Marc Harris
Specification Manager
The Bespoke Brick Co.
Martin White
Sustainability Consultant
Green Business and Construction Hub
Matt Clark
Managing Director
GVE Commercial Solutions (Building) Ltd
Matt Samways
Managing Director
AIMIS Solutions
Matthew Barker
Technical Manager
Baxall
Natalie Bonnick
Head of Supply Chain Development at the Lower Thames Crossing
National Highways
Nicola Dibb
Managing Director
Solve Social Value
Paul Chapple
Principal Designer
Bailey Partnership
Rob Page
Chartered Architectural Technologist
Hazle McCormack Young LLP
Steph Harris
Head of Social Value and New Business
Apex
Stephen Morris
Associate Director
GVE Commercial Solutions Limited
Steve Gravenell
Director
On Grade Earthworks and Stabilisation Ltd
Tim Jackson
Partner
calfordseaden LLP
Tom Nelson
Director & Co-Founder
Nature Impact
Tom Raftery
Head of Sustainability
Bauder
Tudor Price
CEO
Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce
Vassos Chrysostomou
Chief Operating Officer
Aiforsite
Yvonne Phillip
Phoenix Academy Manager
Phoenix Community Housing
2024 Speakers
Adam Bryan
Director of Place
Medway Council
Adam Dodd
Operations Director
Harwood Building Control
Adam Smith
Procurement Manager
Town and Country Housing
Andrew Baldwin
Preconstruction Director
Baxall Construction
Andrew Osborne
Head of Economic Development
Ashford Borough Council
Annie Brown
Open Space & Landscape Officer, Landscape Architect & Outdoor Educator
Ashford Borough Council
Ben Geering
Development Director
Quinn Estates
Ben Kayser
Former International Rugby Player and Entrepreneur
Ben Lockwood
Deputy CEO
Ashford Borough Council
Caroline Lamont
Procurement Manager
West Kent Housing Association
Cheryl Causebrook
Construction industry professional
Kent Constructing Excellence
Claire Kennedy
Partner
Playle & Partners LLP
Connor Styche
Managing Director
The Digital Lookout
Darren James
Partner
Lee Evans Partnership
Dom Mulford
Senior Project Surveyor
Betteridge & Milsom
Donna Popplewell
Director
Bakerwell Ltd
Dr Bola Abisogun OBE (Hon DUniv, Hon MBA)
Change Maker, Disruptor, Servant Leader
DiverseCity Surveyors
Dr. Rehan Khodabuccus
Operations Director
ZED Pods Limited
Ellen Huelin
Sustainability Director
Whitecode Consulting
Ellie Carswell
Senior Project Manager
AtkinsRéalis
Fiona Baker
Director
Bakerwell Ltd
Geoff Wilkinson
Managing Director
Wilkinson Construction Consultants
Gill Lane Tech IOSH
Compliance Services Co-Ordinator / Mental Health Trainer
Lighthouse Safety
Gina English
Sales and Marketing Manager
Social Enterprise Kent
Guy Hannell
Area Director
Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure
Jo Weston
National Product Manager
Willmott Dixon Ltd
Jonty Brook
Chief Technology Officer
Soil Link
Lee Carroll
Partner
Bailey Partnership
Lee Maskell
Equity Partner
Faithorn Farrell & Timms
Luke Brown MRICS
Associate Director
AtkinsRéalis
Lydia Hill-Wood
Chartered Landscape Architect
Hill-Wood & Co (Kent) Ltd
Natalie Webster
Head of Social Sustainability
Kier
Natasha Gould
Marketing & Business Development Manager
Modus
Nathaniel Godden
Director
ADR Consulting
Nicholas Lee Evans
Heritage Partner
Lee Evans Partnership
Paul Gannaway
Director
Betteridge & Milsom
Paul Hills Tech IOSH
Health And Safety Advisor
Lighthouse Safety Training Ltd
Paul Hooker
Director
ECO MEP
Paul Stansbridge
Technical Director
Fairhurst
Petronila Osodo
Head of Remediation - Building Safety
Notting Hill Genesis
Phil Webb
Managing Director
Walker Construction
Reece Lemon
Planning Consultant (MRTPI) (AssocRICS) and Author
Lee Evans Partnership LLP
Robert Atkinson MInstRE
Head of Design (SHC)
Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Ltd
Roland Cooper
Director
Considine Limited
Selena Stray
Pre-construction and Framework Manager
Baxall Construction
Simon Ryan
Business Development Manager
Willmott Dixon
Stephen Laws CMIOSH
MD / General Manager
Lighthouse Safety
Steve Grimshaw
Strategic Programme Manager
Kent County Council
Stuart Hardie
Contracts Director
Baxall
Tom Reynolds
Interim Director (Environment)
Gravesham Borough Council
Will Rundle
Co-Founder
Soil Link
William Logan
MD
Logan Construction
Yuliana Ivanykovych
Senior Economist
Glenigan
Zara Rhodes
Proposal Coordinator
Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure
