137th Edition – Zak World of Façades United Kingdom

This will be the 137th edition globally and the 6th edition in London which will showcase sustainable innovations and challenges in the construction industry pertaining to the building envelope and will also display latest technological solutions.

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Speakers and Panelists

Ben Isaacs

Senior Associate, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates

Ben Isaacs joined WJE with ten years of structural engineering consultancy experience, including analysis, design, coordination, and construction review of building structures and components of various types. His primary areas of expertise include the analysis, design and evaluation of structural...

Sophie Baker

Senior Construction Manager, Skanska UK

Sophie has been working in the built environment for 10 years. Starting her career as a British Army engineering officer. She has worked on some of Skanska’s most high profile projects, such as Battersea Power Station and 80 Fenchurch Street...

Laura Rygielski

President & CEO, Boston Valley Terra Cotta

Laura Rygielski is the recently appointed CEO of Boston Valley Terra Cotta in Orchard Park, NY. Boston Valley specializes in the manufacturing of historic terra cotta replication, new construction and innovation in contemporary rain screen design and production. Rygielski has...

Torben Østergaard

Partner, 3XN

Torben Østergaard is a Partner at 3XN and has been responsible for developing and delivering a range of designs in Denmark and internationally since 1995. Leading the oversight and delivery of major projects, he has played a key role in...

Richard Till

Chief Commercial Officer, KGC Façades

Richard started his career in main contracting, working initially in the residential sector and then on major projects such as Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and Glaxo’s (GSK) research campus. In 1994 he joined the Swiss facade contractor Schmidlin working on...

Simon Ince

Product Specialist, UL Solutions

Simon is a pragmatic fire safety professional with a vocational approach to helping others comply with legislative and business fire safety requirements. He has a broad background in fire safety; testing, certification, fire risk management, fire risk assessment, auditing enhanced...

Aideen Lee

Senior Façade Manager, Multiplex

Since joining Multiplex in 2017, Aideen has been responsible for the delivery of complex façade schemes including The Broadway; the redevelopment of the Old Scotland Yard site and is currently leading the façade refurbishment and extension of the former IBM...

Daniel Moore

Partner, PLP Architecture

Daniel has substantial experience working on projects in the United Kingdom and across Europe. He brings an extensive understanding of the planning regulations and policies in London to our design teams, having worked on many projects across the Capital. He...

Moujehed Neffoussi

International Building Project Manager, AGC Glass Europe

Moujehed Neffoussi works as an International Building Project Manager at AGC Glass Europe. He is responsible for supporting the design and engineering community to choose the appropriate glass specifications for their projects. Joining AGC Glass Europe in 2014, Moujehed has...

Simon Webster

Founding Director, FMDC

Simon is an Architect, Board Member and founding director of FMDC. He is widely recognised as one of the most knowledgeable technical experts in UK facade consultancy, specialising in specification writing and in post-contract services. Simon leads our Sustainability and...

Rocco Boselli

Senior Façade Engineer, Eckersley O'Callaghan

After completing a six month internship at Eckersley O’Callaghan in early 2019, Rocco joined the company as a graduate engineer later that year. He forms part of Eckersley O’Callaghan facade engineering group, capitalising on the building engineering knowledge he gained...

Peter Mayhew

Associate Director, AHMM

Peter joined Allford Hall Monaghan Morris in 2004 after working at a number of practices in the UK, Netherlands and Australia. Peter was made an Associate in 2008 and Associate Director in 2021. Since joining the practice, Peter has contributed...

Ovi Mazareanu

Associate Director - Project Management (Construction), Mace

A charted engineer, Ovi has an MSc in Façade Engineering from University of Bath UK to complement his first degree in Mechanical Engineering. Ovi is a member of SFE technical committee and has nearly 30 years of continuous façade engineering...

Bram Van Der Wal

Project Leader, APT

Bram is a Project Leader at Apt with extensive experience in large-scale projects covering a range of sectors. Originally from the Netherlands, Bram has worked on projects in Europe, the Middle East, Australia and Asia, including a 4-year stint in...

Chris Wilkinson

Managing Director, Jo Cowen Architects

Chris is the Managing Director of Jo Cowen Architects and has been instrumental in the evolution of the practice’s design output. He has worked on a number of award winning significant cultural projects and has been at the forefront of...

Richie Bieniasz

Associate Director - Project Management (Construction), Mace

Richie is the Mace Façade Lead for the Public Sector Business Unit, He is an engineer and façade expert with almost 20 years’ experience. His project experience includes the successful delivery of complex schemes such as the BBC Television Centre,...

Manuel Dos Anjos

Senior Façade Engineer, FMDC

Jean Pattinson

Associate, Renzo Piano Building Workshop

DPLG architect based at the Paris agency, Jean Pattinson was born in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande in Gironde in 1979. He studied at the Bordeaux School of Architecture and Landscape from where he graduated in early 2004. After an experience of a few...

Joost Moolhuijzen

Partner | Director, Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Architect DPLG based at Paris Office. Joost Moolhuijzen was born in Amstelveen, Netherlands, in 1960. He studied architecture at the Delft University of Technology and after graduating, he worked in London with Michael Squire from 1987 to 1990. He joined...

Anthony Cinnamon

Associate Principal, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates

Since joining WJE in 1995, Tony Cinnamon has participated in building enclosure investigations, window and curtain wall failures, and glass and glazing assessments. His expertise lies in the investigation and design of building facades, exterior wall systems, and fenestration systems....

Lynn Summerfield

Project Director, British Land

Lynn joined British Land as a Project Director within the Development Team back in 2017. Since joining British Land she has lead the delivery of large commercial office spaces in central London. This includes leading the Norton Folgate development –...

Shane Ensoll

Project Director, Landsec

Since Shane arrived in the UK in 2002 he has worked on many of the high profile projects in the City. On these projects he has used his cladding skills and construction experience to assist the design teams and consultants...

Patrick Campbell

Senior Partner, Foster + Partners

Patrick is a senior partner and recently completed the Monaco Yacht Club, a highly sustainable mixed-use building at the heart of Monaco’s Port Hercule. He joined the practice in 2007, after completing his studies at the Bartlett School of Architecture....

Rudolf Zelmer

Architect, eyrise

Rudolf Zelmer, architect at MERCK in Darmstadt. Born in 1970, studied architecture 1991-96 in Frankfurt (Dipl.- Ing. FH). Since 2007 at MERCK in various functions, among others as Head of Building Construction. Currently responsible for architectural projects at MERCK electronics...

David Perez

Envelope Design Lead, Wilkinson Eyre

As lead designer for various prominent architecture practices, David Perez has over 20 years of experience in the design and delivery of high profile, large-scale projects across the U.S., Australia and Europe. The latest examples in London include the new...

Chris Papanastasiou

Director, Robert Bird Group

Chris joined Robert Bird Group (RBG), who are specialist Structural, Civil, Geotechnical and Construction Engineers, in 2016. He currently leads a Building Structures Team in London and has 15 years of Engineering and Project Leadership experience within multiple sectors leading...

Yasmin Al-Ani Spence

Director, WilkinsonEyre Architects

Yasmin’s experience as a director at WilkinsonEyre includes the design and delivery of projects for British R&D company Dyson, including new office spaces across their existing campus – a portfolio that includes new build as well as options appraisals and...

Tom Callaway

Head of Construction, Knight Dragon

Tom is Head of Construction at Knight Dragon. Knight Dragon are developing Greenwich Peninsula, Europe’s largest single regeneration project. Greenwich Peninsula brings together culture, creativity, community, and modern architecture, all wrapped by the River Thames. More than 17,000 new homes...

Peter Fisher

Director, Bennetts Associates

Peter Fisher is a driving force behind many pioneering sustainable projects at Bennetts Associates, a UK-based practice that has achieved a series of ‘world-firsts’ in sustainability. Having studied both architecture and environmental design he is fascinated by architecture that straddles...

Olga Gomez Fernandez

Director, Squire and Partners

Olga Gomez is a Director at award-winning architecture and design practice Squire & Partners. Having graduated in Madrid, Olga subsequently lived and worked in Mexico City, China and New York. Since moving to the UK and joining Squire & Partners,...

Fred Pilbrow

Founding Partner, Pilbrow & Partners

Pilbrow & Partners is led by Fred Pilbrow, an architect with over 30 years’ experience designing award winning projects in the UK and abroad. His work is shaped by a passion for the craft of building and a belief that...

Douglas Paul

Associate Partner, RSHP

Douglas is an Associate Partner at RSHP. Having worked at the practice for over 15 years, his significant experience and technical knowledge encompass a range of design stages, sectors and regions. He has been involved in projects such as a...

Daniel Lobitz

Partner, Robert A. M. Stern Architects

As a partner at Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Daniel Lobitz creates places that are captivating, contextual, and contribute to the public realm. Since joining RAMSA in 1986, Dan has designed and managed a diverse body of work, including multi-family residential...

Brody Isaac

Head of Sustainability, McLaren

Brody is the Head of Sustainability at McLaren Construction with over 10 years’ experience helping developers and principal contractors deliver sustainable construction practices. Specialising in the decarbonisation of site activities, embodied carbon reductions strategies, sustainable building certifications (BREEAM, LEED &...

Daniel J. Lemieux

Principal and Director, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates

Since joining WJE in 1996, Daniel Lemieux has successfully completed hundreds of projects in the area of building enclosure failure investigation, repair design, and architectural rehabilitation, including projects that have been recognized nationally for design and restoration excellence. As the...

Hugh McGilveray

Director, Eckersley O'Callaghan

Hugh helped form EOC’s facade engineering group in 2012 and has had a leading role in the team since. Originally from a structural and civil engineering background, Hugh diversified his skills by studying environmental architecture and brings a holistic knowledge...

Dan Norman

Specification Advisor, OBEX Protection

Dan Norman serves as the lead specification advisor at OBEX, where he acts as a guiding hand for architects, designers, and industry leaders, ensuring compliant façades. His passion for construction is deeply rooted in his past as a tradesperson, giving...

Zara Edwards

Head of Façades, AECOM

Zara is the Façade team leader for AECOM, London and is an elected Board Member on the Society of Façade Engineers. She began her journey in Façade Consultancy over 13 years ago, having originally pursued Architecture. In 2011 she completed...

Stephanie Godard

Account Manager - Advanced Material Interlayers, Eastman Chemical

Stéphanie Godard is working at Eastman as the Business Development Manager for the Advanced Interlayers group in Europe. She is in responsible of overseeing the relations with the architects and the façade engineers, providing an experience of over 20 years...

Claire Tribe

Pre Construction Director - Façades, McLaren

Claire is fifteen years into her career in the construction industry, starting as a quantity surveyor, she has spent the last half of her career working in a pre-construction role focused on the design and procurement of major projects in...

Aušra Vankevičiūtė

Group CEO, Staticus

In turbulent and unpredictable times, resilience is a quality which, despite its lack of glamour, has never been more important. And Aušra Vankevičiūtė’s career and character serve as testaments to the power of resilience. As CEO of Staticus, one of...

Patrick Ryan

Director, Patrick Ryan Associates

Patrick is a façade engineering consultant with 35 years’ experience in the façade industry. He launched Patrick Ryan Associates 25 years ago and prior to that he, ran a façade consultancy within a well-known multidisciplinary practice for 10 years. Patrick...

Thomas Schlenker

Senior Vice President, Schüco International

Thomas is a physicist and achieved a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology. He started his professional career at PriceWaterhouse Cooper, moved on to the German Robert Bosch GmbH and then worked as Vice President for the Manz Automation...

David Entwistle

Director of Major Projects, Saint-Gobain Glass

As a prominent figure in the London façade community, David brings over 28 years of experience to his role as Director of Major Projects at Saint-Gobain Glass. Having developed his expertise with specialist façade contractors and as a consultant for...

Ana Araujo

Partner & UK Façades Group Leader, Buro Happold

Ana Araujo leads the Façades team of Buro Happold, based in London. With 17 years of international experience, including all stages of a building life-cycle, Ana focused her expertise in façade diagnostic, due diligence and refurbishment from Georgian listed buildings...

Karl Stefan Dewald

Head of Façade Engineering, Schüco International

Stefan carries a doctoral degree in structural engineering and has further accomplishments in Business Administration and Management of Vlerick Business School. With more than 20 years of experience in the building and construction industry, he is an experienced head of...

Michele Sauchelli

Technical Director - Façade Engineering, WSP

Michele Sauchelli is an architect and engineer with more than 14 years of experience in the industry and is specialised in designing, managing and delivering complex façade projects. His expertise spans across façade technologies, environmental performances and applied research for...

Massimo Chies

Director | Cost Management – Façades, AECOM

At the beginning of his career, Massimo Chies worked in the tender department of Permasteelisa and Lindner, two of the largest cladding contractor’s active in the UK market. In 2014, he joined AECOM to support their cost team in the...

Allan Hurdle

Technical Consultant, Serge Ferrari Stamisol

Allan has worked in the building services industry for over 30 years; holding several senior positions of Managing Director and Vice President for ventilation manufacturing companies. For the past 9 years has worked via his consultancy business, focusing on smoke...

James Brackenreed-Johnston

Head of Façades, A. Proctor Group

James Brackenreed-Johnston joined the A. Proctor Group in 2019 as Specification Manager for the London Area. James has many years of experience in the high rise sector, focusing on façade design, regulation compliance and innovation. By advocating a systems based...

Stephen Tanno

Director Pre-Construction Services, Schüco International

Stephen Tanno graduated from The University of Southampton in 1987 and worked as a Consulting Engineer for the next 16 years, including 5 years with Ove Arup in Sydney and 8 years as Group Director with Buro Happold, where he...

Russell Cole

Director – Leader Façade UK, Arup

Russell is the leader of Arup’s façade business in the UK. Russell has a background in façade and structural engineering and specialises in the design, assessment and construction of all types of façade systems for a broad range of buildings....

Giles Martin

Director, WilkinsonEyre

Giles Martin has led several of the practice’s high-profile commercial and infrastructure projects. He is inspired by precise construction detailing and material technology and is motivated by the possibilities of developing these themes on large, complex urban developments. He has...

Neville Grunwald

Director of Facades and Roofs, Wates

With over 35 years of experience within the Building Envelope Sector, Neville is responsible for developing and delivering Wates’ façade and roofing strategy. He has also been the driving force behind the Joint Competence Initiative for the Envelope Sector (JCI),...

Leigh Easden

Principal | London Office Director, Thornton Tomasetti

Leigh Easden, Principal and Co Office Director at Thornton Tomasetti, is a Façade Engineer with over 20 years’ experience in the construction industry. During this time he has been involved with a diverse assortment of building types in various locations,...

Allan Gibson

AIS Global Product/Marketing Segment Manager, Kuraray

Allan Gibson is based in Oxford and for the past 18 years, Allan has managed the supply and specification of specialist materials used in the construction industry in the UK and Middle East. Now responsible for the Trosifol PVB and...

Steve Bosi

Director - Head of Façade Engineering, WSP

A Chartered Structural Engineer by profession, Steve Bosi has been working in façade engineering consultancy for over 25 years. During this time he has gained significant experience in the design and construction of building envelopes for a variety of buildings...

John Perry

Associate Principal, fjcstudio

John is a façade specialist with over 30 years’ experience working throughout Australia, Southeast Asia, China, Europe and the Middle East on projects ranging in size from Shanghai Tower to single residential. John is currently an Associate Principal at fjcstudio....

Phil Sedge

Director - Head of Façades, Mace

Phil Sedge, Head of Facades at Mace Group. Kicking off his career in the late 1980s, Phil has spent 35 years working in facades building prestigious projects across London working with the industry’s leading façade contractors.. Working for Mace Phil...

Neesha Gopal

Partner | Façade Specialist, Foster + Partners

Neesha Gopal joined Foster + Partners as Partner, Façade Specialist in July 2023 and is based in London, UK. Neesha chartered as an Architect and following several years as a Project and Site based Architect, she specialised in Façade Engineering...

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