Our team
Meet the people who lead UKGBC's mission for a more sustainable built environment.
Team
Smith Mordak
Chief Executive
Get in touch for: Governance, Organisation Direction
Elfrida Hamilton-Russell
Learning and Leadership Director
Get in touch for: Learning and Leadership
Simon McWhirter
Deputy Chief Executive & Director of External Affairs
Get in touch for: Policy & Advocacy, Communications Strategy, Cities
Mike Clarke
Membership Director
Get in touch for: UKGBC Membership, Partnership Opportunities
Tim Adams
Impact and Operations Director
Get in touch for: Impact, Operations, Strategy
Yetunde Abdul
Head of Climate Action
Get in touch for: Advancing Net Zero, Partnerships
Connie Allen
Finance Officer
Get in touch for: Invoicing, payments, finance queries and reporting
Alex Benstead
Senior Advisor – Advancing Net Zero
Get in touch for: Embodied Carbon, Offsetting, Carbon Pricing, and Optimisation projects
Philippa Birch-Wood
Volunteer Local Network Coordinator : Birmingham & the West Midlands
Get in touch for: Opportunities in the region
Paul Calahan
Head of Comms
Get in touch for: Media, Policy Comms, Comms Strategy
Holly Campbell
Learning and Leadership Advisor
Get in touch for: Learning and Development
Siobhan Canniffe
Senior People & Culture Manager
Get in touch for: People, Culture, HR
Macarena Cárdenas
Research and Insights Advisor
Get in touch for: Resilience & Nature Insights
Gemma Drake
Project Coordinator: Advancing Net Zero
Get in touch for: Advancing Net Zero Projects
Daisy Everingham
Digital Content and Social Media Officer
Get in touch for: Articles/Blogs, Social Media, UKGBC Content
David Everington
Volunteer Local Network Coordinator – Greater Manchester
Get in touch for: Opportunities in the region
Emily-Rose Garnett
Solutions and Innovation Advisor
Get in touch for: Solutions and innovation
Hannah Giddings
Head of Resilience and Nature
Get in touch for: Climate Resilience and Nature
Kirsty Girvan
Policy and Public Affairs Advisor
Get in touch for: Policy at UKGBC
Leigh Grove
People and Leadership Administrator
Get in touch for: Administration for People & Culture, and Leadership Team
Bethan Harris
Head of Sustainability Leadership (on maternity leave)
Get in touch for: UKGBC’s Leadership Programmes
Anna Hollyman
Senior Sustainability Advisor
Get in touch for: Commercial Retrofit, Learning and Development
Louise Hutchins
Head of Policy and Public Affairs
Get in touch for: Policy, Public Affairs, Working with Government, Political Campaigns
Binta Isyaku
Membership Coordinator
Get in touch for: Membership enquiries, membership support
Emily Kent
Policy and Public Affairs Coordinator
Get in touch for: Local and national policy work
Gesine Kippenberg
Senior Advisor : Sustainability
Kai Liebetanz
Senior Nature and Circular Economy Advisor
Get in touch for: Circular Economy, Resilience and Nature Based Solutions
Ceri Mugford
Senior Membership Engagement Manager
Get in touch for: Membership Opportunities
Bradley Nissen
Coordinator – Solutions & Innovation
Get in touch for: Solutions & Case Study Library
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
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
David Steen
Senior Policy Advisor – Scotland
Get in touch for: Scottish Policy and Public Affairs
Hattie Thompson
Local Network Coordinator – Bristol & the South West
Get in touch for: Opportunities in the region
Cath Walford
Member Services CRM Manager
Get in touch for: UKGBC’s database
Joanne Wheeler
Senior Local Policy & Retrofit Manager
Get in touch for: Local Policy, Accelerator Cities and Build Upon 2
Tom Wigg
Senior Advancing Net Zero Advisor
Get in touch for: Advancing Net Zero, verification, and NZC performance targets
Clare Wilde
Project Co-ordinator : Circular Economy
Get in touch for: Circular Economy Projects
Tessa Winkelhake
Learning and Events Coordinator
Get in touch for: UKGBC Events
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
Sunand Prasad (Chair)
Principal – Perkins & Will
Victoria Quinlan
President – Europe – Cortland
David Partridge
Chairman – Related Argent Partnership
Jerome Frost OBE
Global Cities Leader – Arup
Lorna Walker
COO – Modomo
Judith Everett
Executive Director of Purpose, Sustainability and Stakeholder – The Crown Estate
Derek Wilson
Managing Director – Synergetic
Chris Oglesby
Chief Executive – Bruntwood
Basil Demeroutis
Managing Partner – FORE Partnership
Tara Gbolade
Co-Founding Director – Gbolade Design Studios
James Pearce
Head of Building Surveying – capco
Mark Robinson
Group Chief Executive – SCAPE
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