November 05th 2026
New Towns, New Opportunities
7.30am – Early-Bird networking, with formal start at 8.00am prompt – 10.45am finish (Networking Café 10.45am - 11.30am)
Venue
The Savoy
Strand
London
WC2R 0EZ
Tel: 020 7836 4343
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£145.00 + VAT
Guest rate
£175.00 + VAT
One off Trialist rate
£155.00 + VAT
Branded Table of 10 (for members)
all places at members rate £1,450.00 + VAT
EVENT SPEAKERS
Joanna Key
Director General, Regeneration, Housing and Planning
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Joanna Key is Director General, Regeneration, Housing and Planning at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Joanna was previously Director of Growth and Infrastructure at HM Treasury and Director for Domestic Affairs at the Cabinet Office. Prior to the Cabinet Office, she spent three years working as a director at the Department for Exiting the European Union, leading the work on the legal and constitutional implications of the UK’s departure from the EU.
Joanna joined the UK Civil Service in the mid-1990s. Over her career she has worked on a wide range of issues including economic growth, Brexit, planning and housing, climate change and energy policy.
Married to a diplomat, she has lived, worked and travelled extensively in the Balkans and China, returning to the UK in 2015 after three years working in Beijing on urban policy and growth. She has a masters degree in economics.
Helen Gordon
Chief Executive Officer
Grainger plc
Helen Gordon is Chief Executive of Grainger plc the UK’s largest listed residential landlord.
Helen was appointed Chief Executive of Grainger in January 2016 from RBS where she had been Global Head of Real Estate Asset Management since October 2011. Prior to that Helen was Director of Legal and General Property, responsible for the Main Life Fund and c.8 smaller Funds, and Group Property Director of Railtrack and Managing Director of John Laing Developments.
Helen is Senior Independent Director on the Board of Derwent London, is a Non-Exec Director of Business LDN, Vice Chair and a Board Director of the European Public Real Estate Association and a Board member of the British Property Federation.
Helen is Past President of the British Property Federation (July 2019 to July 2020), was a member of the Government’s New Towns Taskforce and also a member of the Government’s Urban Centre Recovery Taskforce for post Covid recovery. Helen has held a number of non-exec positions and Government appointments including the Board of Covent Garden Market Authority, Board of British Waterways and was a Trustee for The College of Estate Management for nine years. Helen is an Honorary Fellow of University College of Estate Management.
