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
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Elfrida Hamilton-Russell
Learning and Leadership Director
Get in touch for: Learning and Leadership
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Simon McWhirter
Director of External Affairs & Deputy Chief Executive
Get in touch for: Policy & Advocacy, Communications Strategy, Cities
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Mike Clarke
Membership Director
Get in touch for: UKGBC Membership, Partnership Opportunities
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Tim Adams
Impact and Operations Director
Get in touch for: Impact, Operations, Strategy
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Yetunde Abdul
Head of Climate Action
Get in touch for: Advancing Net Zero, Partnerships
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Bethany Adams
CIRCuIT Intern
Get in touch for: CIRCuIT
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Connie Allen
Finance Officer
Get in touch for: Invoicing, payments, finance queries and reporting
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Alex Benstead
Advancing Net Zero Advisor
Get in touch for: Embodied Carbon Measurement & Reporting projects
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Philippa Birch-Wood
Volunteer Local Network Coordinator : Birmingham & the West Midlands
Get in touch for: Opportunities in the region
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Philip Box
Policy Advisor: Nature & Resilience
Get in touch for: Nature, resilience and planning policy
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Jenny Buckland
Executive Assistant to the CEO
Get in touch for: Governance, CEO/Board Enquiries, Leaders’ Network
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Holly Campbell
Learning and Leadership Advisor
Get in touch for: Learning and Development
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Siobhan Canniffe
Senior People & Culture Manager
Get in touch for: People, Culture, HR
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Macarena Cárdenas
Research and Insights Advisor
Get in touch for: Research and Industry Insights
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Helena Carless
Head of Marketing and Communications
Get in touch for: Press Enquiries and Communications Strategy
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Hadar Cohen
Learning and Events Intern
Get in touch for: Learning and Events
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Emily Dodkin
Project Coordinator: Advancing Net Zero
Get in touch for: Advancing Net Zero Projects
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Daisy Everingham
Digital Content and Social Media Officer
Get in touch for: Articles/Blogs, Social Media, UKGBC Content
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David Everington
Volunteer Local Network Coordinator – Greater Manchester
Get in touch for: Opportunities in the region
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Rob Fordham
Membership Services and CRM Manager
Get in touch for: Membership Enquiries, Data Management, Membership Administration
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Emily-Rose Garnett
Solutions and Innovation Advisor
Get in touch for: Industry Research and Innovation
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Hannah Giddings
Head of Resilience and Nature
Get in touch for: Climate Resilience and Nature
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Leigh Grove
People and Leadership Administrator
Get in touch for: Administration for People & Culture, and Leadership Team
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Omer Hamid
Communications and Media Manager
Get in touch for: Media opportunities, public relations
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Anna Hollyman
Senior Sustainability Advisor
Get in touch for: Commercial Retrofit, Learning and Development
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Louise Hutchins
Head of Policy and Public Affairs
Get in touch for: Policy, Public Affairs, Working with Government, Political Campaigns
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Binta Isyaku
Membership Coordinator
Get in touch for: Membership enquiries, membership support
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Emily Kent
Policy and Public Affairs Coordinator
Get in touch for: Policy and public affairs information.
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Gesine Kippenberg
Senior Advisor : Sustainability
Kai Liebetanz
Senior Nature and Circular Economy Advisor
Get in touch for: Circular Economy, Resilience and Nature Based Solutions
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Kerri McCarton
Project Coordinator : Resilience and Nature
Get in touch for: Resilience and Nature
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Caroline Morell
Research and Innovation Intern
Get in touch for: Solutions
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Ceri Mugford
Member Engagement Manager
Get in touch for: Membership Opportunities
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Brooke Penman
Climate Action Marketing Communications Manager
Get in touch for: Press Enquiries, Public Relations, ANZ Communications
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Joe Pitts-Cunningham
Experiential Learning and Events Manager
Get in touch for: Learning and Events
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Matilda Prescott
Officer: Marketing
Get in touch for: Marketing
Jaime Rebelo
Finance and Operations Manager
Get in touch for: Accounting, reporting & operations
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Lucy Rees
Head of Insights and Innovation
Get in touch for: Industry Insights, Corporate Sustainability, Race to Zero, Innovation
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Shruti Sawant
Learning and Events Coordinator
Get in touch for: Events Organisations and Management
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David Steen
Scotland Policy Advisor
Get in touch for: Scottish Policy and Public Affairs
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Hattie Thompson
Local Network Coordinator – Bristol & the South West
Get in touch for: Opportunities in the region
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Joanne Wheeler
Senior Local Policy & Retrofit Manager
Get in touch for: Local Policy, Accelerator Cities and Build Upon 2
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Tom Wigg
Senior Advancing Net Zero Advisor
Get in touch for: Advancing Net Zero, verification, and NZC performance targets
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Clare Wilde
Project Co-ordinator : Circular Economy
Get in touch for: Circular Economy Projects
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Trustees
Sunand Prasad (Chair)
Principal – Perkins & Will
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Victoria Quinlan
President – Europe – Cortland
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David Partridge
Chairman – Related Argent Partnership
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Jerome Frost OBE
Global Cities Leader – Arup
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Lorna Walker
COO – Modomo
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Judith Everett
Executive Director of Purpose, Sustainability and Stakeholder – The Crown Estate
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Derek Wilson
Managing Director – Synergetic
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Chris Oglesby
Chief Executive – Bruntwood
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Basil Demeroutis
Managing Partner – FORE Partnership
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Tara Gbolade
Co-Founding Director – Gbolade Design Studios
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James Pearce
Head of Building Surveying – capco
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Mark Robinson
Group Chief Executive – SCAPE
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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