Anyi Hobson

Founder
SEAM Advisory

Rokhsana Fiaz OBE

Mayor of Newham
London Borough of Newham

Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz OBE was elected the Mayor of Newham in May 2018. Since her election, she has been leading a transformative and radical agenda in Newham, reflecting a series of manifesto commitments to address inequality and poverty, invest in young people to widen opportunities, embed Community Wealth Building as the economic approach being adopted by the Council, increase participatory democracy and respond to the Climate Emergency.

As part of an ambitious programme of scaling up Council housing delivery in the borough she is leading one the most ambitious genuinely affordable housing programmes in London through a number of significant regeneration schemes. Under her leadership, Newham also became the first council in the country to make the health, happiness and wellbeing of its residents the key indicator of economic success. 

As an advocate for racial justice and equalities, Rokhsana was awarded an OBE in 2019 for services to Black and Minority Ethnic Communities in the UK.

Daniel Bridge

Programme Director
Royal Docks

Dan leads the team responsible for delivering the regeneration of the Royal Docks a joint initiative between the Mayor of London and the Mayor of Newham.  The project is the Mayor of London’s largest land-led regeneration project and a designated Enterprise Zone.  Dan is accountable for the delivery of a portfolio of major mixed-use development projects, estate and facilities management functions and a comprehensive programme of cultural placemaking, promotional and investment activity.

Prior to joining the GLA, Dan was Associate Director at AECOM Design and Planning. In this role he project managed and delivered masterplans, development frameworks and infrastructure delivery plans for the Olympic Legacy, Peterborough South Bank, Hackney Wick & Fish Island and Baniyas in Abu-Dhabi. 

Amanda Broderick

Vice-Chancellor and President
UEL

Stevan Tennant

Managing Director Development
Ballymore

Steve oversees the strategic direction of Ballymore’s residential, retail, and commercial projects in London. As a Fellow of the RICS, with over 30 years’ experience in the property industry, Steve has led mixed-use projects with a combined GDV in excess of £6bn, both in the UK and internationally. Today, Steve is focussed on securing planning consent and delivery for over 14,000 homes in London.  

Steve led the delivery of London City Island and Goodluck Hope, close to Canning Town. He was also responsible for the design and delivery of the new home for English National Ballet, and several years on from completion continues to maintain close links with the organisation to ensure the community benefits and social impact are far-reaching. Steve is also leading the partnership between Ballymore and LLDC in Stratford, where they are jointly delivering 700 new homes adjacent to East Bank, and 650 homes at Bridgewater Triangle. Steve is developing close links with the East Bank partners aiming to replicate the lasting success of City Island and its cultural and arts partnerships. 

Jon Neale

Head of Research & Insight
Montagu Evans

Damian Norman

Director Immersive Entertainment & Events
Excel

Damian Norman heads up Excel London’s Immersive Entertainment & Live Events division and is responsible for bringing some of the venue’s highest profile entertainment events including Formula E, Disney 100: The Exhibition and The Formula 1 Exhibition.

After earning a degree in International Business & Marketing, Damian began his career in the trade conference and exhibition market, before landing his first consumer position via DMG World Media in 2003, leading their skiing and snowboarding portfolio (despite not being able to do either!). 

During this time, he worked his way to become Group Show Director, earning a string of industry awards along the way. In 2008, Damian carried out an MBO independently and, together with private investors, brought the company, setting up VOS Media which he ran for five years launching events such as the London Bike Show and The Rouleur Classic.  

In 2013, he sold the business to The Telegraph Media Group (TMG), as part of this offering Damian became MD of Telegraph Events where he grew their events portfolio from five to 60 events in just four years. During this time, he was an integral part of the Senior Leadership Team of TMG helping oversee the overall £300m business. 

At the end 2017, he exited the Telegraph to take time out to help his wife raise their family, before setting up Live Mind Consultancy with several clients including the International Boat Show and Excel London. He moved to joined permanently 2019 after successfully leading the venue’s bid to host world renowned electric motor racing series Formula E. 

Before long, he began working on many other projects at the Royal Docks venue and now has pioneered a new waterside development at the venue to bring a host of global, immersive experiences to Excel as part of a wider strategic destination project.  In 2024 he launched Immerse LDN, creating London’s first Immersive Entertainment District, attracting over 1 million visitors since its inception.

Selina Mason

Director of Masterplanning
Lendlease

Selina Mason is an Architect and masterplanner who is responsible for delivering high quality design and masterplanning across Lendlease’s UK and Europe urban regeneration portfolio. Currently she is also Development Director on Smithfield Birmingham. Selina also has an Honorary Fellowship from RIBA and she is a Design Council Ambassador and was recently appointed by the Government to the Urban Centre Recovery Task Force.