Our team
Meet the people who lead UKGBC's mission for a more sustainable built environment.
Team
Simon McWhirter
Chief Executive
Get in touch for: Organisational Strategy, Advocacy, International
Yetunde Abdul
Director of Industry Transformation
Get in touch for: Industry, Climate Mitigation, Solutions & Innovations, Circular Economy
Elfrida Hamilton-Russell
Learning and Leadership Director
Get in touch for: Learning and Leadership
Alex Benstead
Senior Partnerships and Programmes Manage
Get in touch for: Programme Partnerships, Operations
Paul Cahalan
Head of Comms
Get in touch for: Media, Policy Comms, Comms Strategy
Siobhan Canniffe
Senior People & Culture Manager
Get in touch for: People, Culture, HR
Macarena Cárdenas
Senior Advisor – Resilience and Nature
Get in touch for: Resilience & Nature Insights
Marta Cerdá Martínez
Marketing Officer
Get in touch for: Marketing for Membership, Learning & Events, Paid Marketing
Gemma Drake
Project Coordinator: Advancing Net Zero
Get in touch for: Advancing Net Zero Projects
Kirsten Fletcher
Learning and Insights Coordinator
Get in touch for: Insights, Learning, and Leadership
Emily-Rose Garnett
Solutions and Innovation Senior Advisor
Get in touch for: Solutions and innovation
Kirsty Girvan
Policy and Public Affairs Senior Advisor
Get in touch for: Policy at UKGBC
Bethan Harris
Head of Sustainability Leadership (on maternity leave)
Get in touch for: UKGBC’s Leadership Programmes
Anna Hollyman
Co-Head Regenerative Places Programme
Get in touch for: Regenerative Places, Commercial Retrofit
Binta Isyaku
Membership Coordinator
Get in touch for: Membership enquiries, membership support
Marianne Juca
Digital Content and Social Media Officer
Get in touch for: Content Strategy, Website Management, Articles/Blogs, Social Media
Gesine Kippenberg
Senior Advisor : Sustainability
Abram Mansaray
Finance Officer
Get in touch for: Accounting, Operations
Simon Matthews
Advisor – Advancing Net Zero
Get in touch for: Advancing Net Zero, Industry Transformation
Ceri Mugford
Senior Membership Engagement Manager
Get in touch for: Membership Opportunities
Joe Pitts-Cunningham
Experiential Learning and Events Manager
Get in touch for: Learning and Events
Jaime Rebelo
Finance and Operations Manager
Get in touch for: Accounting, reporting & operations
Lucy Rees
Head of Insights and Systems Change
Get in touch for: Systems change, corporate sustainability, change management, industry insights
Reanna Reilly
Event Coordinator
Get in touch for: Events and Opportunities
Maria Rozanova
Marketing and Communications Manager
Get in touch for: Advancing Net Zero Marketing and Communications
Shruti Sawant
Learning and Events Coordinator
Get in touch for: Events Organisations and Management
Shereen Simpson
Learning Administrator
Get in touch for: Insights, Learning, and Leadership
David Steen
Senior Policy Advisor – Scotland
Get in touch for: Scottish Policy and Public Affairs
Cath Walford
Member Services CRM Manager
Get in touch for: UKGBC’s database
Joanne Wheeler
Co-Head Regenerative Places Programme
Get in touch for: Regenerative Places, Local Policy & Retrofit
Clare Wilde
Project Officer : Circular Economy & Nature
Get in touch for: Circular Economy Projects
Want to join our team?
At UKGBC we’re always looking for passionate individuals to join us as we strive for a sustainable built environment.
Trustees
Judith Everett (Chair)
Executive Director of Purpose, Sustainability and Stakeholder – The Crown Estate
Sunand Prasad
Principal – Perkins & Will
Victoria Quinlan
President – Europe – Cortland
David Partridge
Chairman – Related Argent Partnership
Jerome Frost OBE
Global Cities Leader – Arup
Lorna Walker
Co-founder – Camion
Miles Lewis
Director of Sustainability – Clarion Housing Group
Eva MacNamara
Director – Expedition Engineering
Estelle Bailey
Chief Executive – Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT)
Basil Demeroutis
Managing Partner – FORE Partnership
Tara Gbolade
Co-Founding Director – Gbolade Design Studios
Mark Robinson
Group Chief Executive – SCAPE
Sam Ewuosho
Founding Director – The Next Lighthouse
Clifford Ellis
Associate – BGO
Members Advisory Group
Stuart Burrows
Programme Director
Seiju Desai
Head of Technical Excellence
Clare Harrison
Project Director
Rachel Hoolahan
Architect and Sustainability Coordinator
Richard Jackson
Director
Ólöf Jónsdóttir
Head of Public Affairs
Katia Martin
Director of Corporate Responsibility
Rebecca Pearce
Director
Lucy Pedler
Director
Duncan Price
Partner (Sustainability)
Tom Randall
Associate Director – Building Performance and Systems
David Willock
Managing Director
Simon Wyatt
Associate Director