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2026 Keynotes
Richard Wood
Head of Commercial
Heathrow
Samantha King
Skills & Employment Specialist
Lower Thames Crossing
2026 Speakers
Alastair Huntingford
Director of Cyber Security & Compliance
Fluidity
Andrew Beadle
Procurement and Supply Chain Lead
Lower Thames Crossing
Andrew Stotesbury
Business Development Manager & Technical Specialist - Temporary Works
StrucX
Bob Bohannon
Group Sustainability Lead
Thorlux Lighting
Caroline Watkins
Partner
Thomson Snell & Passmore LLP
Cheryl Causebrook
Construction Industry Professional
Kent Constructing Excellence
Chris Hare
Executive Director & Deputy CEO
MidKent College
Chris Kirby-Turner
Partner
Thomson Snell & Passmore LLP
David Smith
Director of Partnerships
South East Consortium
Deborah Turner
Chartered Surveyor & Co-Founder
Breakthrough Women
Doug Bannister
Chief Executive
Port of Dover
Dr Colin Black
Director
Mayer Brown
Ella Sandall
Head of Communications & Business Development
Jenner
Elouise Mitchell
Senior Planning Manager
Chartway Partnerships Group
Faith Abudu
Director
DIIC Diversity and Inclusion in Construction C.I.C.
Gaby Coeuille
Product Manager
Tensar, A division of CMC
Gok Faromika
Associate Principal Designer
Bailey Partnership Group
Helen Simmons
Senior Social Value Manager
Clear Voice
Huda Lohiya
Area Civil Engineer & Sustainability Advisor
Tensar, a division of CMC
Jack Gilbey
Spatial Operations Lead
Cloudcam UAV Ltd
James Galpin
Partner
Hazle McCormack Young LLP
Jarvey Moss
CEO
Saible
Jeanette Wessen
ISO, Health & Safety and Food Safety Consultant
Next Step Compliance
Jemma Fairclough-Haynes
CEO
Orchard Employment Law
Jeremy Murphy
Director & Master Joiner
Joinery Workshop
Jill Willis
Co-Founder & Director
Attract & Engage
John Walsh
Director
Senate Consulting Limited
Jonathan Buckwell
Director
DHA
Kelly Hannaghan
Mental Health and Wellbeing Consultant
Mind Work Matters
Kingsley John Hughes
Architect
Designscape Consultants Ltd
Leo Scarborough
The Buildsmith
Buildsmith Solutions
Lucy Druesne
Deputy CEO
Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce
Lydia McKeown
Director
We Do Marketing Ltd
Malcolm Clarke
Chairman
Baxall
Marcus de Guingand
Managing Director
Third Pillar of Health
Mark Andrews
Deputy Executive Principal (Strategy & Curriculum)
North Kent College & SECTEC
Mark Degiorgio
Managing Director
Degiorgio Properties Ltd
Martin Kingman
Chief Executive Officer
PLC Pro Legal Group
Matt Clark
Managing Director
GVE Solutions Limited
Matt Lacey
Managing Director
SURVEYTECH
Matt Lynch
Managing Director
Henderson & Taylor
Matthew Barker
Technical Director
Baxall
Mehrdad Bahari
Director
Adkins Consultants Ltd
Oliver Davis
Head of Nutrient Neutrality
Dace Environmental LTD
Oteri Maxwell
Senior Health and Safety Advisor
Morgan Sindall Construction
Paul Dawson
Group Technical Manager
LHC Procurement Group
Pip Lawrence
Chief Executive Officer
West Kent Mind
Rebecca Richardson
Director
Procurement Edge
Richard Jackson
Executive Director
Designs for Lighting (DFL)
Richard Wood
Head of Commercial
Heathrow
Rob Page
Chartered Architectural Technologist
Hazle McCormack Young LLP
Sam Heard
Refurbishment Divisional Manager
Axter Ltd
Sam Luker
Director
Consult Sustain
Samantha King
Skills & Employment Specialist
Lower Thames Crossing
Sarah Campbell
Senior Campaign Manager
Climate Group
Shane Forster
Employer Engagement Lead
The Education People
Steph Harris
Head of Social Value and New Business
Apex
Stephen Paine
Operations Director
Morgan Sindall Construction
Steve Booker
Managing Director
Kentec Training
Steve Samson
Head of Economy
Kent County Council
Stuart Hardie
Managing Director
Baxall
Tom Fielder
Managing Director
Switchplane
Tom Nelson
Director & Co-Founder
Nature Impact
Tudor Price
CEO
Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce
Warren Glover
Technical Sales
Concrete Canvas
Zara Barrow
Construction Planning Manager
Vistry
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
Ceri Turner
Social Impact Manager
Balfour Beatty
Dr Blessing Enakimio
CEO
Blé Global
Elle Matthews
Senior HR Business Partner
Kier Group
Graham Dixon
Project Development Manager UK&I
Lhyfe
Hony Premlal
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Chair of Women in Social Housing (WISH)
Hony Premlal Consultancy
Jessica Power
Social Value Manager
Skanska
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
Marc Harris
Specification Manager
The Bespoke Brick Co.
Martin White
Sustainability Consultant
Green Business and Construction Hub
Matt Samways
Managing Director
AIMIS Solutions
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
Stephen Morris
Associate Director
GVE Solutions Limited
Steve Gravenell
Director
On Grade Earthworks and Stabilisation Ltd
Tim Jackson
Partner
calfordseaden LLP
Tom Raftery
Head of Sustainability
Bauder
Vassos Chrysostomou
Chief Operating Officer
Aiforsite
Yvonne Phillip
Phoenix Academy Manager
Phoenix Community Housing
