2024 Gala Dinner Guest Speakers
Ben Kayser
Former international rugby player and entrepreneur
Joe Marler
International rugby player and podcaster
2024 Speakers
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
Arfin Mehboob
Director
BIM Outsourcing Ltd
Ben Geering
Development Director
Quinn Estates
Ben Lockwood
Deputy CEO
Ashford Borough Council
Caroline Lamont
Procurement Manager
West Kent Housing Association
Caroline Watkins
Partner
Thomson Snell & Passmore LLP
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
David de Min
CEO and Co-Founder of System de Min
System de Min
David Smith
Director of Strategic Partnerships
South East Consortium
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
Ella Brocklebank
Head of Communications & Business Development
Jenner (Contractors) Ltd
Ellen Huelin
Sustainability Director
Whitecode Consulting
Ellie Carswell
Senior Project Manager
AtkinsRéalis
Elouise Mitchell
Senior Planning Consultant
Lee Evans Partnership
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 Davis
Client Relationship Director
Solve Social Value
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
Malcolm Clarke MCIOB
Managing Director
Baxall
Mark Chandler
Director
Stonewells
Matthew Barker
Leading technical competency and digital change
Baxall Construction
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
Nicola Dibb
Managing Director
NDA Bid Writers and Solve Social Value Ltd
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
Simon Ryan
Business Development Manager
Willmott Dixon
Steph Harris
Founder
Steph Harris Consulting
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
Tracey Butler
Corporate Director (Place, Space and Leisure)
Ashford Borough Council
Tudor Price
CEO, Chair
Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce
Will Rundle
Co-Founder
Soil Link
William Logan
MD
Logan Construction
Yuliana Ivanykovych
Senior Economist
Glenigan
Zara Rhodes
Proposal Coordinator
Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure
